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Effective compliance document management in five days

John Weathington — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:37:01 EST

Effective compliance document management can be simple or really complex and costly. Here are some steps to get your priorities in place to help survive those audits.

Compliance news quiz: Test your knowledge of FTC, SB 20, PCI and more

SearchCompliance.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:13:21 EST

What is the FTC up to? What bill did California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently veto? Learn the answers to these questions and more by taking our latest compliance news quiz.

NERC CSO warns of cybersecurity threats, risk to electric grid

Alexander B. Howard — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:13:21 EST

Growing cybersecurity threats to critical infrastructure and the electric grid have put a new focus on NERC regulations, as well as FISMA, warns NERC's chief security officer.

FAQ: What is the impact of a compliance audit on IT operations?

SearchCompliance.com — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:56:59 EST

Find answers and resources to frequently asked questions regarding the impact of compliance audits on IT operations.

How to design an FTC compliance program for social media marketing

Andrew M. Baer — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:48:11 EST

Revised rules for social media marketing mean organizations may have to change their approaches to social media marketing. Learn how to achieve FTC compliance.

FTC compliance mandates new rules for social media marketing

Andrew M. Baer — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:48:11 EST

Revised rules on social media marketing mean that FTC compliance will require effective new corporate policies for online marketers and employees.

New evaluation criteria for Web application security scanners

Paul F. Roberts — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:49:34 EST

Impartial information about Web application security testing products has been hard to come by -- but new scanner evaluation criteria from the Web Application Security Consortium may change things.

McCain answers new FCC net neutrality rules with Internet Freedom Act

Alexander B. Howard — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:40:40 EDT

The FCC unveils new draft net neutrality rules for broadband regulation, while Sen. John McCain introduces the Internet Freedom Act, which would prohibit such oversight.

SAP sees green in sustainability software for carbon compliance

Alexander B. Howard — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:37:29 EDT

As regulation of greenhouse emissions grows near, SAP moves to roll out sustainability software that will help enterprises meet carbon footprint compliance.

ISO 27001 certification not enough for verifying SaaS, cloud security

Linda Tucci — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:55:24 EDT

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.