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Compliance Week, PwC on the state of compliance
So how do you run your compliance operations? Compliance professionals love to trade notes around this question, as best practices can be hard to come by for specific tasks. Help is on the way, as Compliance Week and PricewaterhouseCoopers undertake an ambitious new study of the issues.
Cloud security issues linger, but usage still soars
Information Week offers an interesting anecdote about a small start-up that had decided to pull back from using a public cloud due to security concerns. The firm itself did not have any issues; it was convinced that customer data would be safe and sound. The problem was that potential clients
Identity crisis for GRC industry?
In some respects, the governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software industry is as healthy as ever. Coming out of a recession, many companies are now prepared to spend more on GRC programs. According to one recent survey, 37 percent of respondents expect their companies to increase GRC budgets wi
Why the recession has been good for GRC companies
We've noted often that the recession has forced companies to cut back on their IT spending. While GRC initiatives have held up fairly well, there has still been some pain. But there has been a silver lining: According to Risk.net, the downturn "has nudged firms towards integrating their dispar
Database security a brewing crisis?
You would think databases would be at the top of the security food chain. And in a sense they are. Companies spend a lot of energy trying to protect unauthorized users from breaching the network, which is the first line of defense. But database-centric security is an area that would appear to be s
Data security still not a big priority
Data security has been in the news constantly as of late--lots of headlines about breaches, arrests and the like. But some new research suggests that many companies are still woefully behind the curve when it comes to strong security practices.
A survey from Imperva and the Ponemon Institute o
Here's one way to cut back on T&E fraud
We've noted recently that more companies seemed bent on instilling better travel and entertainment cost controls. Let's face it: The expense account is among the easiest to fudge. At some companies, T&E "fraud," for lack of better word, is a great pastime, but it's going to get harder to fudge
The coming compliance-oriented IT frenzy
Some people might think that just because they've turned the corner on Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, it will be clear sailing from here, but I beg to differ. If anything, the IT crunch stemming from rules and regulations is about to get even worse. The burden will fall hardest on financial servic
How bad will the Wall Street job cuts be?
The Financial Times reports that banks are finalizing their budgets for next year and that many are planning more job cuts. The number could hit 70,000, which would add to the 150,000 jobs the industry has already shed. Not surprisingly, the cuts will be centered in investment banking and trad
Time to get serious about ERM?
We've noted recently that risk management has moved to the top of the agenda at some companies, and even the PCAOB, which is pushing its seven new risk standards . For enterprise risk management vendors, this counts as a great marketing opportunity. Compliance Week notes that Standard &
