Risk Management

Defining the Problem be clear about what youre trying to achieve So you have an intrusion prevention system (IPS) project... It stands to reason that unless you really understand what an IPS can do for you, you may struggle to extract maximum value from it. Therefore, the ... read more..

The vision of a cashless society will not be fulfilled in the foreseeable future. Cash is expected to remain the primary method of payment by volume. Consequently, competitive banks need to maintain or expand their ATM channels. However, this needs to happen with a strong focus on efficiency as the ... read more..

Find out what's hot on the IT agenda at IT Decisions 2010, including the latest developments ... read more..

Property and casualty electronic insurance exchanges have not had an illustrious history of success. It seems inherently reasonable that an industry that consists entirely of information and process flows would conduct its transactions electronically. However, arguments about customization of underwriting data requirements, fear of commoditization, and unwillingness to shoulder ... read more..

From The Register The World Cup is not only a great time for TV retailers and flag manufacturers, but it is also good news for fraudsters intent on ensnaring football supporters with web based scams. According to the Register, Football governing body FIFA has already warned supporters to be wary ... read more..

From the BBC In the month that scientists in the US have succeeded in developing the first living cell to be controlled entirely by synthetic DNA, a British scientist now says he is the first man in the world to become infected with a computer virus. According to BBC News ... read more..

Information lifecycle management IT budgets are shrinking even as the reliance on data and application availability grows. IT managers must spend carefully to keep from negatively impacting the bottom line and one area where IT departments can realise significant savings is storage. Adrian Groeneveld of Pillar Data Systems provides a ... read more..

Jonathan Kirsop and Noel Butcher from Stephenson Harwood explore the impact social networking has on personal privacy and the likely effects. After their rapid rise, Social Networking Sites (SNSs) such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter are now looking for ways to monetize either with one-eye on an eventual IPO ... read more..

The National Computing Centre's Daniel Dresner says it's time the standard for escrow is reanimated. There's something deeply suspicious about source code escrow. Only Schrdinger's cat knows what's in the box. OK. So perhaps that's not entirely accurate because if it's done properly you know what's been archived. But like ... read more..

According to the latest Security Breaches report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a new wave of security breaches is hitting UK businesses potentially costing them billions. Technology adoption has continued to evolve rapidly through virtualisation, cloud computing and social networks, and despite an apparent increased level of awareness of security risks and ... read more..

From Ovum Butler: VeraCode has issued a report that summarizes its experience of analyzing 1,600 applications comprising 50 billion lines of code on behalf of its clients. The results from the report show that 58% of software is vulnerable to security breaches that are similar to the recent Google and ... read more..

Sponsored by: Download the presentations: Emerging IT Security Trends NCC/IBM (25 Mar 2010) This seminar explores emerging security technology trends, and how the UK is, or isnt learning from security technology developments. Over the next few years, emerging technological and social trends will continue ... read more..

As the CTO of a data protection and encryption company I hear many a tale of woe as other CTOs and CEOs confess to me the stories of how various laptops within their companies have gone astray and the destruction these lost laptops have caused in their wake. With this ... read more..

How do CFOs and FDs gain greater competitive advantage whilst minimising their companys costs? The National Computing Centre and ICAEW brought together senior finance executives and industry experts to debate this key issue. In most organisations the economic decision maker for large-scale IT purchases is the FD, CFO or board ... read more..

Choosing the Right Reader With a wide variety of reader technologies to choose from, its important to ensure that the technology selected properly balances risk, cost, and convenience factors. Prox technology is a viable choice, especially for sites where there are existing Prox cards in use, but contactless smart cards ... read more..

IntroductionInformation is the lifeblood of the organisation; consequently data and information security cannot be decoupled from your network security - and together they are business critical to your organisation.Increasingly, security is important to individuals - your customers, suppliers, employees - seeking assurances of privacy and anonymity, and to both governments ... read more..

(Article taken from Technical Guidelines 4 Open Source Software written by The Open Learning Centre and Openforum Europe)When open alternatives are available, no citizen or company should be forced or encouraged to use a particular companys technology to access government information. I know a smart business decision when I see ... read more..

Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) to set the standardTop technology leaders have come together to develop a Code of Conduct to help provide understanding and manage users expectations of cloud suppliers.A newly formed self-regulatory body called the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF), a sub-group of FAST and Investors in Software (FAST IiS), ... read more..

Ian Kilpatrick of Wick Hill Group discusses how the latest botnet threats are evolving and offers some suggestions as to how you can protect against them.Over the last year, the incidence of botnet (or zombie) attacks has been growing rapidly. Some service providers around the world have already begun to ... read more..

AccreditUKMichael Dean looks at how the Accredit UK ICT Supplier Standard underpins NCCs IT Department Accreditation.Michael Dean looks at how the Accredit UK ICT Supplier Standard underpins NCCs IT Department Accreditation.Elsewhere in this edition of ITadviser we celebrate the first organisations to be accredited to the National Computing Centres new ... read more..

To be successful, todays business needs to strike a balance between cost-efficiencies, keeping a productive workforce motivated and ensuring that they are mindful of corporate and legislative compliance. However, the way that organisations interact, work and do business has taken on a collaborative nature which has to fit in with ... read more..

Businesses today face more data security threats than ever before.The threat landscape is constantly evolving to the point that as soon as a new security measure is put in place, that measure will likely be breached or become redundant in the face of a new threat. Security aims to stay ... read more..

Mobile phones have now become an essential part of everyday life with more that 40m owned by British residents. Their constantly increasing functionality and the fact that hardly anyone goes anywhere without their mobile means that the information available on both SIM /Handset can determine more about a person's movements, ... read more..

This document describes the perils, pitfalls, best practices and business benefits of data center migration.Data Centre Migration: ... read more..

There is no precise legal definition of fraud, the term is used to describe a multitude of offences, including deception, forgery, theft, misappropriation, collusion and false representation of material facts. Given this wide potential then for wrong-doing it is perhaps surprising that fraud is not featured in the National Policing ... read more..

A systematic and holistic IT risk assessment one that takes an enterprise-wide perspective, links risks clearly to strategic goals, reflects ongoing changes in the business, and engages a wide range of stakeholders is key to a successful risk management process. IT Risk Assessment: the need for an all-round ... read more..

Including the 2006 results, Ernst Young's Global Information Security Survey has shown over the past years that many companies are making significant progress in mitigating risks by strengthening their information security. It suggests information securitys organisational position will be strengthened through the convergence of continuous improvements and companies recognising ... read more..

Ernst Young's 10th Global Fraud Survey of 1,186 senior business executives from 33 countries found that illegal business practices such as bribery are still being used by organisations to secure or retain business despite the rise in anti-corruption legislation and law enforcement. It is worryingly clear from the survey ... read more..

Cloud Computing is a term that has quickly become the hottest topic in the technology sector, with seemingly every major provider and thousands of smaller companies offering Cloud Computing services. But what exactly is Cloud Computing? A recent McKinsey report listed twenty-two definitions of Cloud Computing! The umbrella term 'cloud' has been used ... read more..

The potential to leverage IT services and business information has greatly increased over the last decade. The concepts of joined-up IT and web services are powerful tools for business innovation. However, uptake of these technologies is often hindered by existing inflexible systems and high costs. A company's core systems are ... read more..