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Groups vie for superiority in security standards competition
The race to establish a standard set of IT security policies is on, but it seems that the competitors can't agree on what constitutes crossing the finish line. Get an update on who the front-runners are and find out why there may never be a clear winner.The ongoing disagreement between...
Tags: Judith N. Mottl, security, National Information Assurance Partnership, security standard
Technical articles 2001-10-08

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Software Assurance Partnership Creates New Opportunities and Improves Client Service
Softchoice is a corporate reseller of IT hardware and software solutions. The Information Management Group IMG is a firm that offers customized training services to its enterprise clients. When the Microsoft Volume Licensing team introduced enhanced Software Assurance benefits, Softchoice and IMG recognized an opportunity to create a partnership to...
Tags: Software, Information Management, Customized Training, Software Assurance, Software Assurance Partnership, Softchoice, Information Management Group, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Management
Case studies
XTS-400 Trusted Computer System: Technical Overview
The BAE Systems Information Technology XTS-400 Trusted Computer System is the successor to the worlds' only National Information Assurance Partnership NIAP evaluated high-assurance general-purpose computer system. The XTS-400 features Linux compatibility and supports contemporary Intel hardware speeds. It is designed to require no porting of common applications which run on...
Tags: BAE Systems Plc., Computer, XTS-300, Linux, Productivity, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software
White papers 2005-02-26
Security and Assurance in Outsource Contracts: The National Probation Service
The National Probation Service NPS is split into 42 regional areas across the UK each of which has an autonomous management board. The NPS, like many other Government departments, public bodies and private sector organisations, outsources its IT provision to a third party. The NPD found that in some cases...
Tags: Security, Siemens AG, Outsource, National Probation Service, Outsourcing, Team Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management
Case studies
Assurance for Federated Identity Management
Federated Identity Management is an emerging paradigm that is rightly getting a lot of standardization and research attention. One aspect that is not receiving enough attention is assurance. The paper provides an exposition of the assurance process, how it applies to identity management and particularly to federated identity management. Their...
Tags: Identity Federation, Federated Identity Management
White papers 2008-03-20
A Comparison of Academic and Government Information Security Curriculum Standards
This paper compares the ISECON model curriculum approach and topic areas to the National Security Agency's most common standard for information assurance certification - the National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Instruction NSTISSI No. 4011. Comparing these two standards provides a unique vantage point to better examine the merits...
Tags: Information Security, Project Management Institute, Standards, Government, Quality, Security, Business Operations
White papers 2003-12-27
Web-Based Data Quality Assurance Reports at the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC)
A series of approximately 60 tables and reports has been developed for monitoring the quality of data submitted to the Uniform Data Set UDS of the National Alzheimers Coordinating Center NACC. Twenty-nine Alzheimers Disease Centers ADCs, funded by the National Institute on Aging NIA, submit data collected on standardized forms...
Tags: Data Quality, Alzheimer's Disease, Web, QA, SAS Institute, Quality Assurance Supervision
White papers 2007-05-14
Technical Assurance, Security Policies and GSI Accreditation for the National Probation Service
The National Probation Service NPS plays a major national role in reducing crime and re-offending. GSI accreditation was fundamental to the infrastructure for NPS and the National Offenders Management Service NOMS as a whole. Insight took an environment with little formalised or centralised security provision, and implemented a structured security...
Tags: Siemens AG, National Probation Service, Security
Case studies
Implementing Information Security Governance (ISG) - A Case Study: Entrust
As a worldwide leader in identity and access management solutions, Entrust takes information security very seriously. Given its leadership role and the increasing emphasis on cyber security, Entrust was directed to review and improve internal information security practices. Cyber security is best viewed, not solely as a technology challenge, but...
Tags: Information Security, Entrust Technologies, Cyber Security, Corporate Governance, Security, Business Operations, Corporate Law
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Abbey National's Online Mortgage Sets New Standards for Service and Responsiveness
A familiar brand on UK high streets, Abbey National provides mortgages, savings products and personal banking to its retail customers and also markets its own life assurance, insurance and investment products under the Abbey National Life brand. Abbey National recognised that the speed with which they could deliver a 'decision...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Standards, Mortgages, Finance, Capital Structures
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Portal Improves Delivery of Youth Services and Gives Young People a Voice
Young Scot is the national youth information charity for Scotland. Working in partnership with Microsoft, Fujitsu, BT, and Storm ID, Young Scot implemented a multi-channel delivery strategy with a national youth information portal at its core. Developed using the Microsoft .NET Framework, the portal is used by Scottish government agencies...
Tags: Voice, Microsoft Corp., Young Scot, Portals, Web Technology, Internet
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PATROL Performance Assurance Solutions: New Support for VMware
The PATROL Performance Assurance Solution is an integrated set of products that monitor, measure, evaluate, predict, and report the performance of distributed systems. PATROL Performance Assurance supports the collection, analysis, and modeling of kernel-level system data. Version 7.2.00 of PATROL Performance Assurance introduces the PATROL Performance Assurance for Virtual Servers...
Tags: BMC Software Inc., Microsoft Virtual Server, Performance, VMware Inc., PATROL Performance Assurance Solution, Performance Management, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware
White papers 2004-12-01
On Identity Assurance in the Presence of Federated Identity Management Systems
This paper addresses the appropriate management of risk in federated identity management systems by presenting an identity assurance framework and supporting technologies. The paper starts by discussing the risk mitigation framework that should be part of any identity assurance solution. The authors then demonstrate how their model based assurance technologies...
Tags: Identity Federation
White papers 2008-01-29
National Intelligence and the Integration Gap: A Common National Data Model
One needs to prioritize and choose subsets of critical data that, if integrated, could make a difference for our nation. For example, if FBI watch-list information and CIA suspicious activity information were combined and available throughout various government and commercial enterprises such as airlines, perhaps it could help immensely in...
Tags: Information, Government, Federal Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers
Secure Information Sharing for the U.S. Government
Effective sharing of information among disparate communities at all levels of government - national, state, regional, and local - has become a top priority of the U.S. Government, whose leaders repeatedly assert that more effective information sharing is a prerequisite to advance homeland security efforts. While a common assumption is...
Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Information, U.S. Government, Homeland Security, Government
White papers 2006-03-06
An Introduction to Telco Revenue Assurance
Telco Revenue Assurance is quickly becoming the new "Buzzword" in the industry, but how many people really understand what it is, how it works, and how it can be used to effectively solve problems? The presenter of this webcast will give a practical overview of Revenue Assurance and why it...
Tags: Telecommunications Company, SAS Institute, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications
Webcasts
The Business of Software Quality: Virtusa's Innovative Software Quality Assurance Approach
The software industry has witnessed a dramatic rise in the impact and effectiveness of software quality assurance recently. From its day of infancy, when a handful of software pioneers explored the first applications of quality assurance, to the development of software, software quality assurance has become integrated into all phases...
Tags: Software, Software Quality Assurance, Virtusa, Software Industry, Tools & Techniques, Management
White papers 2007-04-13
"software assurance planning"
Can someone provide me the exact meaning of "software assurance planning" and what are the steps in this planning.Also If anyone has any information regarding the topic then please post it
Tags: upen80@..., Software Assurance, software
Discussion threads 2007-10-26
Managing an IT-Outsourcing Partnership in Asia Case Study: The Relationship Between a Global Outsourcing Company and its Global IT Services Supplier
This paper describes a case study of an Asian Information Technology IT outsourcing partnership in the discrete manufacturing industry. Interviews with business and IT executives of both the outsourcing company and the IT supplier provided the necessary insights. This article aims to provide a...
Tags: Information Technology, Outsourcing Company, IT Outsourcing, Tilburg University, Outsourcing, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
White papers 2002-09-01
SOUTHCOM Completes an Information Security Program With a 100% Certification Rate
The United States Southern Command SOUTHCOM is facing a challenge that all federal government and DoD agencies either are, or soon will be, facing - how to demonstrate and prove that their personnel are IT security competent and meet the compliance requirements of Directive 8570. When looking for a training...
Tags: Information Security, Certification, Compliance, New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, Training, SOUTHCOM, Workforce Management, Security, Human Resources
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