Public Policy Making

WHITE PAPER: Writing a corporate security policy might seem complex, but ultimately it is a collection of many small policies. These ten security policies (or sub-policies) are essential to every organization, regardless of size, location, age, mission, or the product or service produced, and are presented here (in no particular order).

Posted: 26 May 2011 | Published: 26 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper details how organizations are affected by government and industry regulations and explains how to simplify compliance management through well-controlled policy, thoughtful planning and flexible email security solutions.

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 | Published: 19 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper aims to explore the role and relevance of organisations in a future defined by economic uncertainty, changing workforce demographics, globalisation and rapid developments in social and business technologies.

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

VIDEO: In this engaging video presentation, Nemertes Research Senior Vice President and Founding Partner Andreas Antonopoulos will provide a tactical walkthrough of the SIEM enablement process and answer key questions on how to successfully put SIEM into action.

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 | Premiered: 16 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Every organization needs a security policy, whether it's a business of one or a multi-national corporation. In this white paper, expert James Michael Stewart reveals 14 key tips for both organizations new to security policies and those looking to tighten up their defenses.

Posted: 19 May 2011 | Published: 19 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how cloud computing can help expedite application delivery and increase time to value. Discover key steps for proper cloud planning and and deployment and learn how to incorporate this technology into your existing IT environment.

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 | Published: 17 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: The present need to radically cut public expenditure provides a once in a generation opportunity to transform the efficiency of the public sector. In order to achieve this, the public sector needs to radically change its current business processes to achieve greater efficiency.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes.

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 05 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: This report looks at the promise and issues of cloud computing as described today, along with the direction cloud needs to take in order to fulfil on its promise.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: A common characteristic of people-certification programs in the marketplace is that most test or validate the existence of relevant knowledge. Few reach beyond this.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

EBOOK: In this chapter of the "Introduction to Virtualization E-book" we will look at how to protect production workloads running in a virtual environment as well as off load this work to a stand-by host if needed.

Posted: 28 May 2009 | Published: 28 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: Computing history can be defined in terms of increasing connectivity over time, starting fromno connectivity and developing to the restricted connectivity we currently have today, withislands of corporate connectivity behind their managed perimeter.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: The UK public sector is in the midst of a period of transformation and improving citizen engagement will be key to the success of this change.

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Now is the time to start evaluating your IT infrastructure and the role private or public cloud services might play for your company going forward. This white paper discusses the promise of cloud computing as well as the three types of cloud services and primary deployment models.

Posted: 06 Jun 2011 | Published: 06 Jun 2011

EGUIDE: How can you navigate this sea of conflicting data to find the right cloud solution for your organization? Read this expert e-guide from SearchCloudComputing.com for insight and analysis on the most important differences in private, public and hybrid clouds.

Posted: 27 May 2011 | Published: 27 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: As cloud computing continues to gain ground in the enterprise, businesses must decide how to handle this IT revolution: To take the plunge now or wait and risk falling behind. Access this white paper to review the various types of cloud computing deployment models and services.

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 | Published: 12 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: The Jericho Forum has been described in a crude way as ‘those people who want to get rid offirewalls’. That’s not strictly accurate – Jericho believes that protection should be appliedclose to data (JFC#1, JFC#9)1, and that firewalls should just be ‘quality of serviceseparators’.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

EBOOK: When configuring storage for a virtual desktop environment, you‟ll run into a lot of the same issues you had to deal with when you set up storage for your virtual servers. But a virtual desktop infrastructure also has its own special challenges. Access the e-book for tips and best practices for implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure.

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 | Published: 04 Mar 2011

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Public sector organisations are experiencing increasing levels of economic crime, including cybercrime, and are particularly at risk from being defrauded by their own employees and their suppliers, according to findings from PwC’s latest Global Economic Crime Survey.

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 | Published: 13 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Use this exclusive resource as a guide to gain insight in to how to foster intelligent business decisions through collaboration, information governance, customer service, and corporate culture.

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 | Published: 06 Feb 2012

CASE STUDY: Access this case study to learn how a company used Hosted BlackBerry® services to help monitor, manage and provision the BlackBerry smartphones used internally by its employees.

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 | Published: 16 Sep 2011

EBOOK: Existing security tactics designed for a traditional data center with physical resources need to be adapted to operate a private cloud infrastructure securely. Without the proper safeguards, a private cloud is just as vulnerable to security threats as public clouds.

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 | Published: 19 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: Content provided by Google. IT organizations are working to improve email security and add compliance and e-discovery capabilities. Spam and malware are bad and are getting worse, and the risk and potential costs associated with e-discovery are increasing. As a result, organizations need a better way to solve these problems.

Posted: 05 Nov 2010 | Published: 05 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: The rapid growth of public cloud providers offering services present an obvious opportunity for IT managers looking for flexibility without excess spending. In this report, we examine the relative merits of public and private cloud services, and help IT managers to identify when is best to use each to support their IT strategy.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

ESSENTIAL GUIDE: The use of open data could be a critical factor in determining the success or failure of the UK’s growth agenda, according this report from the business advisory firm Deloitte.

Posted: 13 Dec 2011 | Published: 13 Dec 2011