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Comply With XBRL: Automate Compliance with U.S. and European Financial-Reporting Standards by Information Builders
Reporting Language (XBRL), for submitting financial reports to the SEC in the United States is being mandated for June 2009. Both the creation of, and reporting from XBRL, are functions performed by the same new tool described in this paper. A new standard file format, Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), for submitting...
Secure and Cost-Effective Data Transport by Thales
from an economic, operational, and security perspective. The purpose of this paper is to assist decision makers selecting new data transport methods and infrastructures. Economic and competitive pressures are forcing governments and enterprise businesses to cut costs and maximize resource utilization. With a...
Security For Online Banking That Users Want and Will Pay For by PhoneFactor, Inc.
Read this paper to learn how security threats affect online banking customers, their current security levels and their interest in adopting more security measures. It discusses findings of a study conducted by Harris Interactive that examines how customers perceive the value of PhoneFactor, a unique phone...
The Role of Security Management in Achieving "Continuous Compliance" by CA
involving financial reporting, security and data privacy. But there are also tremendous business performance opportunities that can be fueled by the new requirements. This paper details the benefits of continuous compliance, which include reduction of risk and cost. There's a tremendous focus today on regulatory...
Achieving PCI Compliance at the Point Of Sale Using Bit9 Parity™ to Protect Cardholder Data by Bit9, Inc.
credit card companies have created a set of security standards to protect their customers from security breaches. Read this whitepaper to find out how Bit9 Parity helps achieve compliance... As the technology used by merchants and their partners has evolved, card fraud has become more sophisticated. Any business that stores or...
Dealing With the Enterprise Data Threat by Zecurion
    etc.)
  • Denial of service attacks.
The most costly security incidents involve financial fraud or data theft, particularly the theft of credit card information, which has a particularly high cost. This cost stems from several different factors including:
  • Internal investigation expenses that follows any data theft incident.
  • Crisis
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Web Security SaaS: The Next Generation of Web Security by Webroot Software, Inc.
This paper describes the next generation of Web security. It outlines solutions that focus on increasing security effectiveness and reducing the IT burden; describes the challenges facing many SMB environments; and identifies critical elements for lower-cost, easier-to-manage Web security. The demand for more comprehensive Web...
Forrester: The Total Economic Cost of Application and Device Control by Lumension
that automatically enforces endpoint security policies. In June 2007, Lumension Security, then SecureWave, commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) that enterprises may realize by deploying Sanctuary Application and Device Control...
Solving Online Credit Fraud Using Device Reputation by iovation, Inc.
how iovation ReputationManager™ can help financial institutions address the need for effective fraud management when processing online credit applications and financial transactions. Online fraudsters hide behind multiple virtual identities - either hijacked or forged. Fraudsters work alone or in rings and...
Thinking Outside the Checkbox, How Continuous Compliance Delivers Measurable Value by Tripwire, Inc.
that delivers not qualified but quantifiable financial information to help achieve a risk reward outcome and that ties that to measurable financial data on your balance sheet. Compliance used to be a periodic and mostly manual project driven by audit dates and deadlines. But those days are gone. Security threats to IT systems are...
Forrester Research: Total Economic Impact of SQL Server 2008 Upgrade by Microsoft
with a framework for evaluating the potential financial impact on their organization of upgrading from a previous version of SQL Server to SQL Server 2008. Forrester's aim is to show all related costs to best give readers a complete understanding of the costs their organizations might incur. SQL Server 2008 offers a host of new...
The Total Economic Impact of iovation ReputationManager by iovation, Inc.
with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of ReputationManager on their organizations. Forrester's aim is to clearly show all calculations and assumptions used in the analysis. Use this study to better understand and communicate a business case for investing in ReputationManager. In March 2008, online...
The 2004 Oversight Systems Financial Executive Report on Sarbanes-Oxley by Oversight Systems
survey and survey intercepts, 222 corporate financial leaders from across the U.S. participated in this study on corporate attitudes toward Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. "Powerful Validation" of Sarbanes-Oxley: 79% of Financial Execs Report Stronger Internal Controls.

Despite the high costs of compliance, most financial...
Managing Risk through Financial Processes: Embedding Governance, Risk and Compliance by SAP America Inc
To find out how senior executives view their financial processes, the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed a global sample of mostly financial executives in September 2008. Some respondents focused on the importance of developing processes that reduced costs and improved efficiency. Others acknowledged the importance of...
8 Steps to Data Security Compliance by Symantec Corporation
be taken to evaluate and strengthen your data security processes, policies, and technology systems. The rise in data security breaches and trade secret violations over the past year is a wake-up call for executives-network security is not enough. Organizations must protect the data itself, not only to avoid financial loss and...
Presentation Transcript: Endpoint security fundamentals by Sophos Inc.
name, offers a "back-to-basics" look at endpoint security and helps you identify the truly critical components of an enterprise client security program, especially when budgets are tight. When times are tight, we're all called upon to make more efficient use of the financial and human resources under our control. Chances are you've...
Video: Endpoint security fundamentals by Sophos Inc.
a "back to basics" look at endpoint security and helps you identify the truly critical components of an enterprise client security program, especially when budgets are tight. When times are tight, we're all called upon to make more efficient use of the financial and human resources under our control. Chances are you've...
Financial Performance Management: Optimize Financial Performance for a Competitive Edge by SAP America Inc
Applications for financial performance management, part of SAP® solutions for enterprise performance management, cover the full life cycle of financial management and put you in control of performance. Applications for financial performance management, part of SAP® solutions for...
Disarm the Threat of Identity Theft: The Role of Identity Resolution in Fraud Detection, Risk Management, and Regulatory Compliance by Informatica
collection, law enforcement, and homeland security - are at risk.

Verifying identities and understanding relationships between individuals is emerging as a critical component of corporate and government security, governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance efforts.

Now more than ever, your...
Financial Security News
Financial security pros will need to step it up in light of President Obama's plan to overhaul the financial regulatory system, David... More...
Financial Security Tips
PII). Fortunately, the majority of the massive amounts of data inadvertently lost will not end up in the hands of criminals. Unfortunately, some will. The financial-services industry, consequently, must consider the ramifications of past, current and future data losses and adjust their security practices for... More...
Jun 16, 2009
implications and the development and integration of a compliance program as part of the design and implementation process.

Consequently, financial institutions need to consider how the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering regulations (BSA/AML) apply to remote deposit capture (RDC).

BSA/AML... More...

Jun 9, 2009
services sector is a primary target for Internet attackers, and consequently, the one sector that must take a stronger stance with regard to Web application security?

There are simply too many opportunities for criminals to abuse your online offerings and exploit your customers. Yet financial-services firms, like... More...

May 19, 2009
Network Security Articles
Adobe fixes critical Shockwave Flash Player flaw by SearchSecurity.com Staff
Secunia gave the flaw a highly critical rating. So far, there have been no reports of exploits in the wild.

The vulnerability was discovered by security researcher Paul Kurczaba and reported to TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative. Adobe released an update to its Shockwave Flash Player to repair a critical flaw that could allow an... More...

Jun 25, 2009
TJX to pay $9.75 million for data breach investigations by Robert Westervelt, News Editor
at least 45.7 million credit and debit cards to possible fraud. Under the terms of the settlement, the company will pay $2.5 million to create a data security fund for states and a settlement amount of $5.5 million and $1.75 million to cover expenses related to the states' investigations.

In addition, TJX said it agreed to certify that TJX's... More...

Jun 24, 2009
Symantec offers endpoint protection management, monitoring services by Neil Roiter, Senior Technology Editor, Information Security magazine
prevention won't necessarily send the corporate world beating a path to your door.

Helping enterprises shoulder the burden of managing security on thousands of desktops, laptops and servers are another matter.

Symantec is betting that enterprises will respond eagerly to two new services announced today to manage and... More...

Jun 23, 2009
Financial Security Podcasts
Podcast: Is SaaS the Future of Enterprise Security? by Webroot Software, Inc.
In this podcast, security experts analyze the benefits and drawbacks of employing a SaaS security model to fight malware and sophisticated...
Database Security for Database and Security Administrators Podcast by Oracle Corporation
In this brief and informative podcast, Rich examines database security from the different perspectives of database administrators and security administrators. One of the world's...
Fraud Prevention Information
Financial security pros expect improved funding in second half of 2009 by Marcia Savage, Features Editor, Information Security magazine
to be the one with a security incident. The costs of an incident now greatly outweigh the costs to prevent it."

Regulations such as the Red Flags Rule for identity-theft prevention are another driver for increased security in the financial sector, he added.

Jonathan Gossels, president and CEO of security consulting firm SystemExperts, said the survey reflects the spending trend his firm is seeing. It's not... More...

Jun 22, 2009
Winning the war: Personal information protection by George Tubin, Contributor
to meaningfully curtail the use of compromised PII to commit fraud and the continued loss of PII across all businesses: authentication technologies, cross-channel fraud prevention and data protection legislation.

FSIs should continually evaluate the effectiveness of authentication and fraud prevention approaches, considering evolving fraud methods and resources. At this point, knowledge-based... More...

Jun 16, 2009