Posts tagged information technology
Financial Industry Compliance: Part 3, the FSA Data Security Report
Jul 15th
In our previous posts we surveyed regulations and standards with provisions that apply specifically to endpoints, and looked at the Information Security Handbook from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) for guidance on best practices. Here we will look at another excellent set of guidelines for financial firms, the Data Security in Financial Services More >
Financial Industry Compliance: Part 2, the FFIEC Information Security Handbook
Jul 8th
by Val Hetrick, Fiberlink In our previous post we surveyed several regulations and standards with provisions that apply specifically to endpoints. We also noted that some of these included general guidelines such as “protecting against foreseeable risks” that might be challenging to pin down. What standards can financial firms use to address such vague requirements? More >
Business Intelligence for Everyone, Please!
May 13th
by Jonathan Dale, Fiberlink An article I recently read by Gary Smith in the May 3rd issue of InformationWeek got me thinking. The author wrote a nice piece about 7 steps to better decisions, entitled “How to Successfully Implement an Analytics Methodology.” Although I’m not a fan of all 7 steps, I recommend folks reading More >
News Flash – Employees Blatantly Violate IT Policies
Apr 12th
by Clint Adams, Fiberlink This recent headline is based on a survey conducted by Fiberlink and states that one in ten employees has “blatantly” violated IT policies at some point in order to be productive. Definitely an interesting statistic. This made me wonder how many employees are inadvertently violating IT policies in the quest to More >
Top 5 Operational Workflows for IT to Simplify in 2010
Mar 25th
by Chris Corbet and Jonathan Dale, Fiberlink The year is 2010… IT departments have watched their resources steadily being depleted over the last 2 years, while the workload increases and tasks pile up. The year is 2010… it’s also the year organizations need to move faster than the competition to get to the front of More >