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Sarbanes-Oxley: A Cross-Industry Email Compliance Challenge
The bulk of financial information in many companies is created, stored and transmitted electronically, maintained by IT and controlled via information integrity procedures and practices. For these reasons, compliance with federal requirements such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) is heavily dependent on IT. Companies that must comply with SOX are U.S. public companies, foreign filers in U.S. markets and privately held companies with public debt. Ultimately accountable for SOX compliance are the corporate CEO and CFO, who will depend on company finance operations and IT to provide critical support when they comply with the SOX requirement to report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.
Alert: New HIPAA Rules Could Affect Your Organization
On April 21, 2005 (just over three weeks from today), a new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) security rule goes into effect. The requirements of this rule, which are basically information security best practices, focus on the three cornerstones of a solid information security infrastructure: confidentiality, integrity and availability of information.
The imminent HIPAA regulatory requirements encompass transmission, storage and discoverability of Protected Health Information (PHI). Given the widespread use and mission-critical nature of email, enforcement of HIPAA encryption policies and the growing demand for secure email solutions, email security has never been more important to the healthcare industry than it is right now.
GLBA: Raising Email Security Awareness
Just a few weeks ago, one of the world’s largest banks announced that it had lost computer data containing the personal information of an estimated 1.2 million federal employees, including some members of the U.S. Senate. The missing information includes Social Security numbers and account data for government employees who use the bank’s charge cards for travel and expenses. In the aftermath of these revelations, the ability of banks and other financial institutions to safeguard our personal information has been called into question by consumers and government alike. Predictably, we are beginning to hear the rumblings of additional legislation, but there have been laws protecting consumer financial information on the books for years – laws such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).
Intellectual Property Theft Has Never Been Easier - Is your enterprise protected?
Intellectual property (IP) is at the core of any business. Confidential manufacturing processes, financial information, customer lists, digital source code, marketing strategies, research data or any other compilation of information used to obtain competitive advantage could be deadly to your enterprise if it ends up in the wrong hands. Learn the necessary precautions you need to take to prevent this sort of loss.
The Anti Spam Challenge – Minimizing False Positives
As costly as spam is, the cost of incorrectly filtering legitimate email is much higher. Whereas some consumer anti spam solutions consider a small number of false-positives to be acceptable, in the business environment achieving zero false-positives is absolutely critical. The solution to this delimma is to develop anti spam solutions that learn and adapt to individual organizations.
2005: An Email Compliance Odyssey - Get your enterprise ready to comply with multiple federal information privacy laws
Federal legislation targeting the dissemination of private information has forced businesses in every industry to rethink how they communicate. The three primary regulations, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) affect virtually every aspect of an organization’s information sharing practices, and complying with these laws requires a new approach to communication as a whole.
Hall of Shame - The Bad Boys of UCE
While we’re all very familiar with the spam messages we receive each day, it is interesting to take a look at who these spammers are – to put a “face” to the problem, as it were. This article details four of the most notorious and prolific spammers in the world.
Maximizing E-mail Security ROI - Part V – A New Twist to an Old Problem: Email Encryption
While email has become a mission-critical application, it also raises important privacy and security concerns. Sensitive personal and business communications are vulnerable to the prying eyes of hackers, industrial spies and others who would love to have access to information not intended for them. Learn what you need to know about Email Encryption.
Maximizing E-mail Security ROI - Part IV – The Digital Monsters under Your Bed: E-Mail Intruders
There are very real dangers posed by network intrusions. Keep these monsters from stealing the digital lifeblood of your enterprise and ensure that your investment in network security is handsomely rewarded.
Evict the Spammers from Your Inbox - Block Spam and Other Email Threats From Entering Your Gateway
Spam, commonly defined as unsolicited commercial email, is a powerful advertising channel for many products and services. As a result, spamming has become a profitable business, driven by the low cost of sending email compared to other direct marketing techniques. Learn what you need to know to implement an effective anti-spam program in your company.
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