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Take a multi-pronged approach to data security
Data security is at the top of a lot of managers' minds these days. Perhaps we can learn from the financial services industry, where the issue is perennially on the front-burner. Aberdeen reports Read more...
Sarbox-inspired storage tape breakthrough?
We've noted that Sarbanes Oxley has really fueled the database and storage market. Data centers will certainly continue to draw IT Read more...
Bank spending on fraud and authentication soars
Banks have a lot to worry about as they take their Web-based services to new levels. Phishers and others fraud artists are boosting their sophistication level, a challenge that banks cannot afford Read more...
Materiality concept still evolving
Recall that AS5 changed the concept of the "likelihood" of material misstatement, adopting the phrase "more than remote" likelihood from "reasonable possibility." That was part of a larger effort to Read more...
XBRL standards body stokes worry
Most people think XBRL is pretty good idea. But not everyone thinks the tag standards should be set by XBRL US, a non-profit group comprising top accounting firms KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst Read more...
The compliance dangers of Web 2.0
For hackers and thieves, the rise of Web 2.0 as an enterprise-level communications medium looms as a goldmine. Forrester Research says that a lot of new-age collaborative services are in operation Read more...
Cynthia Cooper, still an inspiration
Cynthia Cooper, still an inspiration Remember Cynthia Cooper? The soft-spoken former chief audit executive at WorldCom was the one who blew her whistle when she uncovered a lot of bad practices at Read more...