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Recent Posts
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Finance firms spend millions on compliance, but lack long-term strategy
- Site Editor 31 Jul 2015 -
Dodd-Frank creators discuss the law's impact; SEC leads FIFA bribery probe
- Site Editor 22 Jul 2015 -
SEC commissioner calls for expanded Reg SCI; PCI SCC updates P2P standard
- Site Editor 09 Jul 2015
Numerous regulations were introduced worldwide to make financial services institutions more resilient following the monetary crisis of 2007 to 2008. Now, these regulations, which global management ...
Five years after the Dodd-Frank Act was enacted, the creators of the law contemplate the wide-ranging legislation's impact on the financial and banking industries. Also in recent GRC news: The SEC ...
SEC commissioner Luis Aguilar strongly urged his colleagues at a cybersecurity conference last month to push Reg SCI up on their priority lists, particularly in terms of widening the regulation's ...
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Hackers had access to U.S. government data for a year
- Site Editor 25 Jun 2015 -
Panel offers C-level temperature on security as IoT gains steam
- Senior Site Editor 12 Jun 2015 -
U.S. government breach could have accessed private citizens' data
- Site Editor 11 Jun 2015 -
Data as currency: Balancing risk vs. reward
- Senior Site Editor 05 Jun 2015 -
Wall Street, small banks still plagued by regulatory compliance enforcement
- Site Editor 28 May 2015 -
SEC calls for more executive pay transparency; proposed law could allow hacked firms to keep mum
- Site Editor 06 May 2015 -
Lawmakers race to pass cybersecurity bill; NSA wants front door into encrypted devices
- Site Editor 22 Apr 2015
The U.S. government data breach announced last week began a year ago, giving the perpetrators plenty of time to access federal employees' personal information, according to the NSA. Also in recent ...
(This blog post was written by Aislyn Fredsall, an editorial assistant for the TechTarget CIO media group through Northeastern University's co-op program.) Is security no longer a major concern for ...
U.S. officials say the recent hack of government computer systems affects 4 million current and former federal employees, but the breach could have impacted private citizens, too. Also in the news: ...
(This blog post was written by Jeff Whited, senior manager of education development at ARMA International.) By leveraging big data as an asset, organizations are tapping new business efficiencies ...
If recent headlines are any indication, Wall Street banks and other financial institutions continue to garner poor marks when it comes to regulatory compliance: Earlier this month, several major ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pushing to provide U.S. shareholders with better metrics to compare executive pay against company performance. In other GRC headlines from recent ...
Much to the chagrin of privacy advocates, U.S. legislators have been pushing to pass a bill to improve cyberthreat intelligence sharing before discussing National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance ...
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New U.S. sanctions target foreign hackers; Facebook battles EU over privacy
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FBI takes a step toward broader hacking authority; most companies fail PCI compliance tests
- Site Editor 26 Mar 2015 -
Will weak incentives for security investment force regulatory intervention?
- Site Editor 11 Mar 2015 -
AT&T's high-speed service comes with a privacy fee; Google bows to privacy spot checks
- Site Editor 26 Feb 2015 -
FCC chairman urges strong Internet regulation; Anthem breach might set a precedent
- Site Editor 11 Feb 2015
Following the recent streak of high-profile cyberattacks on U.S. companies, the Obama administration last week unveiled a program that would impose sanctions on individuals or groups overseas that ...
The FBI's quest to expand its hacking authority moved forward last week: A judicial advisory panel approved a rule change regarding how flexible judges can be in granting search warrants outside ...
Data breaches have been intensifying in recent years, but security expert Benjamin Dean argues that many companies still lack motivation to invest in more robust information security. Also in ...
AT&T's has begun rollout of a fiber-optic Internet service that furnishes customers with high-speed access, but they must pay an extra monthly charge if they want to keep their browsing habits ...
In a bold effort to ensure net neutrality, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has proposed a new set of rules that would treat the Internet as a public utility and prohibit pay-to-play fast lanes. Also in ...