TechRepublic Resources
- The value of information security certs
- It's hard to believe now, but just a few years ago, only the largest organizations were concerned with the need for network security. Now, of course, even smaller organizations are seeing the importance of security. According to a just-released report from Global Information Security Workforce, there's been a 10%...
- Tags: Information Security, Hiring, Certification, Quality, Recruitment & Selection, Security, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- SmartWater Uses BS7799 to Demonstrate Industry Best Practice in information security
- SmartWater Technology manufactures a generic property marking system suitable for use across a wide range of property, from cars to antiques, that is easy to apply but extremely difficult for criminals to remove. One of the key stimuli behind SmartWater Technology's BS7799 project was the need to achieve official Police...
- Tags: Information Security, Siemens AG, Industry, Property, SmartWater Technology, Business Structures, Security, Finance
- Case studies
- Case Study: Outsourced Network Security Uses Behavioral Modeling
- What's the best way to improve network security? For the CIO of a large, Dallas-based financial institution which for security reasons prefers to remain anonymous, tackling network security meant outsourcing. Many organizations, given the increasing complexity of attacks, and the potential cost savings from not maintaining a round-the-clock information security...
- Tags: Information Security, Network, Outsource, Network Security, Monitoring, Modeling, Outsourcing, Security, Networking, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- Case studies
- Building an Effective information security Risk Management Program
- Information technology IT infrastructure services and operations, designed to support the healthcare mission at UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center MDACC, have been significantly enhanced and made more secure due to extensive implementation of an institution-wide Information Security Risk Management Program RMP. Information security at MDACC facilitates clinical operations and...
- Tags: Information Security, University Of Texas, E-health, Security, Healthcare
- White papers
- HIPAA - Final Security Rule: information security Reference Guide
- The HIPAA Final Security Rule is divided into three broad categories of safeguards; administrative, physical, and technical and contains 42 security specifications. This paper lists the requirements of the Final Security Rule in point format with the action that needs to be taken in order to achieve compliance for Healthcare...
- Tags: Information Security, Compliance, HIPAA Final Security Rule, Hipaa, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Security, Healthcare, Government, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- White papers
- Security Compliance - Separating FUD From Reality, Part One: Sarbanes-Oxley
- Information security is no longer just a good idea; thanks to legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley, it's now a mandate. SOX requires new attention to security as part of a risk management framework with certified internal controls. At its heart, SOX is a call to governance, but organizations are struggling to...
- Tags: Information Security, Security, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- Webcasts
- Fujian Tax Bureau Tightens information security With HP Services
- The Fujian Province Local Taxation Bureau stores confidential information of 400,000 taxpayers in the province. Any loss of information or computer failure would result in serious disruptions and damage to the bureau's reputation. To protect their database, the bureau engaged HP to develop and implement a 30 million yuan system...
- Tags: Information Security, Hewlett-Packard Co., Bureau, Taxes, Free Trade, Productivity, Financial Planning, Finance
- Case studies
- Managing IT Compliance Risk for information security
- As the compliance landscape becomes more complex, the risks associated with noncompliance grow more costly. Within IT, your challenge lies in not only achieving compliance, but sustaining it when faced with overstretched staffs and inconsistent, manual processes. This webcast explains about Symantec's three-step process for helping you achieve and sustain...
- Tags: Information Security, Symantec Corp., Information Technology, Compliance, Security
- Webcasts
- Temple University Offers a Lesson in information security
- Until September 2002, computer security at Temple University in Philadelphia was limited to securing mainframes and providing disaster recovery. However, as information security threats increasingly focused on the Internet and networked systems, and as federal laws were passed requiring greater network security for public and private organizations, the University -...
- Tags: Information Security, Temple University, Network Security, Computer, Security, Networking
- Case studies
- Internet Filtering Is a Management Concern
- The internet should be used in the workplace only for business purposes. This realisation was the starting point for the Munich based company Bosch Siemens for setting up a fundamental infrastructure for secure internet access. Taking the form of a comprehensive project entitled "New Office Next Generation Web Access" the...
- Tags: Information Security, Data Protection, Websense Inc., Disaster Recovery, Internet, Backups, Data Management
- Case studies
- Using BS7799 Certification to Provide Demonstrable Assurance of information security Best Practice to Customers
- Privatised from HMSO in 1996, TSO The Stationery Office has a successful heritage in official publishing stretching back over 200 years. Many of TSO's customers were looking for demonstrable assurance of the security procedures and that was one of the primary reasons that TSO chose to adopt BS7799. Although they...
- Tags: Information Security, Certification, Siemens AG, TSO, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Tools & Techniques, Security, It Operations, Quality, Business Operations, Management
- Case studies
- Novell Case Study: Mutual Fund Company
- The company is one of the largest mutual fund companies in the U.S., managing funds for millions of shareholder accounts. The fast-growing company needed a way to manage the vast array of information coming through and to convert it into meaningful data so as to identify and address its real...
- Tags: Information Security, Shareholder, Novell Inc., Mutual Fund, Fund Company, Mutual Funds, Retirement Plans, Investment, Financial Accounting, Security, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance
- Case studies
- Ophir Optronics Takes a Measured Approach to information security
- Ophir Optronics is an international leader in precision IR optic, laser measurement equipment and 3-D non contact measurement scanning. The company wanted to prevent monetary losses caused by interruptions to manufacturing and two, of equal importance, to prevent any damage to the company's brand image that might be caused by...
- Tags: Information Security, Mobile, Laser, Ophir Optronics, Branding, Remote Access, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Marketing
- Case studies
- Customers Connect: Holland & Knight Makes the Case With information security, Availability, and Data Protection Solutions From Symantec
- This webcast discusses how Symantec solutions help to ensure the integrity of their critical information assets, while reducing the complexity and cost of IT operations management. This webcast explains how Symantec solutions are helping deliver tangible business value, which includes 100% ROI in one to 12 months for data protection,...
- Tags: Information Security, Symantec Corp., Data Protection, Backups, Security
- Webcasts
- TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft information security Protects Critical Information Assets (Level 300)
- How does the Microsoft Information Technology IT team secure a computing environment that has more than 300,000 network devices in 96 countries? This webcast shows how Microsoft Information Security manages security risks by adhering to the following standards: fast, reliable, protected, and secure by design. The presenter explains how they...
- Tags: Information Security, Asset, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Security
- Webcasts
- Reducing Microsoft Exchange Backup Window by 80% and Imaging Mobile PCs Remotely in 5 Minutes With Symantec
- Quality Built gathers and manages large amounts of data gathered during the construction of homes. This information is critical to its patent-pending risk assessment systems to accurately identify and track construction quality issues, and the services Quality Built provides to its customers - some of the largest builders in the...
- Tags: Information Security, Risk Assessment, Symantec Corp., PC, Window, Microsoft Exchange Server, Imaging, Microsoft Corp., Security, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Case studies
- information security for Small Banks and Credit Unions
- Many smaller banks, credit unions and savings & loans lack the resources to implement and maintain the security posture mandated by GLBA and other federal regulations. Proactive monitoring and protection against intrusions often comes at a high capital cost for additional security technology, additional headcount, and additional strain on already...
- Tags: Information Security, Bank, Webcast, CyberTrust, Posture, Regulations, Digital Media, Financial Services, Security, Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Effective Corporate E-Mail Compliance
- E-mail has become the single most important method of communication in today's business environment. However, concerns surrounding corporate communication policy, intellectual property leaks and government regulatory compliance threaten to limit the usefulness of e-mail if violations go unchecked. Securing the transit of sensitive information must become a priority for enterprises...
- Tags: Information Security, Secure Computing Corp., Corporate Communication, E-mail, Online Communications
- White papers
- information security Program Development for GLBA
- The client needed to update its information security program to meet Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act GLBArequirements. The client had made extensive changes to its customer information system, including the addition of home banking, online customer care, a virtual private network VPN, acquisition of an insurance division, and several new branch locations. NMI...
- Tags: Information Security, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Regulations, Security, Government
- Case studies
- International Network Services Case Study: Biomedical Research Company
- A client specializing in biomedical research decided to implement a comprehensive security program to protect its intellectual property. The client develops state-of-the-art technology for analyzing and managing complex genetic information for use in biomedical research. Given the nature of its business, protecting its intellectual property is of paramount concern. Therefore,...
- Tags: Information Security, Client, Biomedical, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, Security, Research & Development, Business Operations
- Case studies
