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• December 20, 2013 20 Dec'13

  GRC professionals' salaries increase as demand for their skills rises

  As businesses expand their IT security and compliance focus, GRC professionals are seeing salary increases with their broadened responsibilities.

• November 18, 2013 18 Nov'13

  Preparation underway for Dodd-Frank conflict mineral disclosures

  Dodd-Frank conflict mineral provisions create new disclosure rules for public companies. In this tip, learn how to prepare for the regulations.

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  Eight principles of information governance and risk management

  (This blog post was written by Marilyn Bier, chief executive officer of ARMA International.) Organizations depend on information to manage day-to-day operations, comply with regulations, gauge ...

• March 08, 2013 08 Mar'13

  Product Spotlight: Compliance monitoring tools for finance firms

  In this Product Spotlight, learn about new compliance monitoring tools to help financial institutions meet regulatory and data reporting requirements.

• January 18, 2013 18 Jan'13

  Considering a career in compliance? Heed these warnings first

  So you want to pursue a career in compliance? I can't really blame you. With a median salary of more than $60,000, it can certainly pay off -- and the sky's the limit moving forward. Of course, ...

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• July 13, 2012 13 Jul'12

  Developers: Unified Compliance Framework helps organize GRC processes

  Our latest product spotlight examines the Unified Compliance Framework, an online tool designed to identify and reduce redundant GRC processes.

• May 08, 2012 08 May'12

  Five corporate compliance program traits you need to prevent breaches

  If you look at news headlines, you’d think the sky were falling with all of the hack attacks and subsequent data breaches taking place. Just glancing at the Chronology of Data Breaches says it all. ...

• April 23, 2012 23 Apr'12

  ISACA: Update to COBIT 5 governance framework maximizes IT assets

  ISACA’s update to its popular COBIT 5 framework incorporates a business-wide approach the organization says helps enterprises maximize their information and technology assets.

• October 17, 2011 17 Oct'11

  Seven common regulatory compliance requirement assumptions to avoid

  Compliance means different things to different people. Indeed, regulatory compliance requirements are -- and should be -- handled differently based on the unique needs of the business. The ugly ...

• September 26, 2011 26 Sep'11

  How risk management and compliance policies affect your bottom line

  The regulatory landscape's evolution requires close attention to risk management and compliance processes. But GRC also makes good business sense, and can improve your bottom line.

• July 05, 2011 05 Jul'11

  Ways to mitigate risk with a corporate social media policy

  Companies need an effective way to mitigate the risks of increasingly ubiquitous social media. But establishing a solid corporate social media policy is no easy task.

• May 19, 2011 19 May'11

  GRC conferences to help you remain on top of your compliance game

  In the need for some IT training? Check out our list of GRC conferences designed to help your enterprise stay current with the latest compliance regulations and GRC strategy trends.

• March 17, 2011 17 Mar'11

  New regulations, e-discovery software demand driving market behavior

  The e-discovery software market is growing due to more stringent governance, risk management and compliance regulations -- a trend that’s driving the creation of smarter solutions.

• February 17, 2011 17 Feb'11

  Compliance and GRC management tools

  Constant updates to compliance regulations can cause headaches for IT departments. Learn more about the latest compliance products to help you with compliance and GRC management.

• October 11, 2010 11 Oct'10

  Expert: Failed risk management practices key to financial crisis

  The financial crisis is an example of what can happen when those responsible for establishing and maintaining risk management practices are asleep at the switch, an expert says.

• September 17, 2010 17 Sep'10

  Standardization key to Credit Suisse information security governance framework

  The CISO of financial giant Credit Suisse says the key to successful global security and risk management is a uniform governance system supported by a common policy framework.

• May 18, 2010 18 May'10

  Should there be PCI security requirements for bank account data?

  Gartner analyst wonders why no PCI-like standard exists for bank account information, which online criminals are targeting.

• January 26, 2010 26 Jan'10

  PCI DSS checklist: Mistakes and problem areas to avoid

  Experts share lessons learned by midmarket companies trying to comply with PCI DSS in areas such as self assessment questionnaires, encryption, policy creation and application security

• December 16, 2009 16 Dec'09

  ISACA publishes new IT risk management framework based on COBIT

  ISACA has released a risk management framework to help enterprise compliance officers identify, govern and manage IT risk. The Risk IT framework is aligned with COBIT.

• October 21, 2009 21 Oct'09

  ISO 27001 certification not enough for verifying SaaS, cloud security

  As SaaS and cloud vendors promote security standards like ISO 27001 or SAS 70, experts urge users to delve deeper. What matters is that vendors meet your security needs.

• October 06, 2009 06 Oct'09

  GPS devices, geolocation data create privacy, security risks

  Emerging technologies that allow users to broadcast geographic locations raise many issues for companies, CIOs, while legislatures and the FTC consider legal aspects.

• July 28, 2009 28 Jul'09

  How CISOs can leverage the internal audit process

  Traditionally adversaries, CISOs and auditors can leverage each other's skills to move toward a risk-based approach to compliance.

• June 30, 2009 30 Jun'09

  Strategic risk management includes risk-based approach to compliance

  Using a risk-based approach to address regulatory mandates is all the rage in compliance circles, but it's not for beginners. Here's how it works.

• June 19, 2009 19 Jun'09

  Twitter security risks, popularity spark regulatory concerns

  Twitter can be used for social good, business and journalism, but the potential for exploitation by cybercriminals and noncompliance with regulatory requirements is real and growing.

• March 19, 2009 19 Mar'09

  How do you align an IT risk assessment with COBIT controls?

  [One of our readers, compliance officer Ramon de Bruijn, wrote to the editors of SearchCompliance.com at [email protected] last month looking for some advice. Specifically, he asked "What ...

• October 09, 2008 09 Oct'08

  What you need to know about the IFRS accounting standards

  As the SEC looks to replace Generally Accepted Accounting Principles with the International Financial Reporting Standards, CIOs should evaluate the effects on financial data and application architecture now.

• January 09, 2008 09 Jan'08

  Drafting data classification policies and guidelines

  Shon Harris suggests ways to draft an internal procedure on how to handle confidential data. She discusses data classification polices, steps to develop and roll out a data classification program, and what your guidelines should cover.