Compliance (Systems Operations) White Papers

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to easily configure document retention and disposition policies in the background to mitigate risk and meet compliance goals.

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 | Published: 04 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) requires Level 1 merchants and service providers to undergo an onsite assessment of their security systems and procedures annually. This assessment is typically performed by a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA). This paper provides criteria to consider in choosing a QSA for your assessment

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 | Published: 04 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Continuous compliance can help you narrow the gap between identifying compliance vulnerabilities and repairing systems to an audit-passing state. Read this paper to learn more.

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 | Published: 03 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Outbound content sent from any communications tools or stored on laptops and removable storage devices must be monitored and managed in order to minimize risk and to ensure that the content is appropriate and in compliance with an organization’s policies, statutory obligations and industry best practices. Read this paper to learn more.

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 | Published: 15 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: Trend Micro data protection solutions address privacy, breach disclosure, and encryption requirements with Email Encryption and Data Loss Prevention solutions. These solutions address common IT compliance challenges with accuracy, usability, and cost-effectiveness. Read this white paper for more details.

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 | Published: 15 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: In this guide, you’ll learn how to avoid the top five vulnerability management mistakes to protect critical IT assets and improve your security posture, while reducing costs. Read this paper to learn more.

Posted: 10 Jul 2010 | Published: 09 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: Identifying areas of vulnerability can be increasingly challenging for small to mid-size businesses, but there are four areas – privacy, compliance, risk management and overall security capabilities – where information security is vital to business and profitability.

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Published: 08 Nov 2008

WHITE PAPER: As an emerging trend that provides rapid access to dynamically scalable and virtualized IT resources, cloud computing promises new and exciting opportunities for organizations to create lean, robust and cost-effective IT infrastructures that better align with business goals. Read this paper to find out more.

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 | Published: 10 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: Enterprises today are confronting a dramatic increase in litigation, regulations, and compliance scrutiny. Read this paper to find out more.

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 | Published: 04 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: Understanding which hardware and software components support which business systems is extremely difficult. For many years, the clipboard and spreadsheet appear to have been the tools of choice, with the result that many decisions were made based on outdated and inaccurate information. Read this paper to find out more.

Posted: 25 May 2010 | Published: 25 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: Whether you are just starting a compliance program or need to fine-tune your existing process, this document will help you understand the steps involved in becoming GIPS compliant. It is not a substitute for the Standards themselves. It is designed to help you understand the value of compliance, what’s needed to achieve it, pitfalls to avoid.

Posted: 23 Apr 2010 | Published: 23 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Open system technology has introduced real threats to data; making loss—whether from theft, malicious manipulation or inadvertent misuse—easier than before. The IBM i has exceptional audit capabilities making it one of the most secure technology platforms. Read this white paper to learn how the IBM i might be a good solution for your organization.

Posted: 16 Apr 2010 | Published: 16 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: As the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS, or PCI) becomes more widely adopted in both the United States and Europe, organizations face five major challenges when navigating the PCI compliance landscape. Read this white paper to learn what they are and how to overcome them.

Posted: 14 Apr 2010 | Published: 14 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Adoption of SSL VPNs is growing rapidly. A sample of areas in which SSL VPNs can help include serving more communities, supporting more access environments, providing access without application and network changes, enforcing compliance, protecting the network, quickly modifying access policies, and ensuring business continuity.

Posted: 26 Mar 2010 | Published: 26 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how Security Blanket includes pre-defined security guidelines, called Profiles, from some of the most respected security industry leaders in the world.

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 | Published: 12 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper clarifies what cloud computing is, identifies the services offered in the cloud, and also examines potential business benefits, risks, and assurance considerations. Read on to learn more about cloud computing from security, governance, and assuarance perspectives.

Posted: 10 Feb 2010 | Published: 01 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: In this analysis, Frank Buytendijk examines what information management means, and describes a complete spectrum of business cases, ranging from tactical cost reduction to transformational impact on the organization’s business model.

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 | Published: 01 Dec 2008

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how IBM identity and access management solutions help organizations realize business value through a centralized, automated identity and access management infrastructure.

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 | Published: 25 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Rapid changes within technology, new server and software deployments, and the evolving sophistication of attack methods used to infiltrate systems and steal data create the greatest set of challenges faced by security and IT administrators trying to keep their systems secure and within regulatory compliance. Interested in reducing security risk?

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 | Published: 20 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper provides seven practical steps any information security organization can take to improve information system security and achieve compliance with relevant regulations, standards and internal security and operational policy.

Posted: 05 Oct 2009 | Published: 27 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: IBM offers comprehensive solutions designed to take businesses through the entire PCI compliance process and continue to meet new requirements, supporting the next level of security. Read the white paper ‘Escaping PCI Purgatory’ to learn more.

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Feb 2009

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper discusses how to define, track and enforce IT policies; automate IT compliance processes; and reduce the effort and cost of managing business applications.

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 16 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the testing challenges presented by Web services, and introduces best practices to ensure SOA application quality through the use of Oracle’s award-winning Web service testing solution, Oracle Application Testing Suite.

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 12 Jun 2008

WHITE PAPER: Loss of patient data is a top concern for any healthcare organization. They handle some of the most sensitive and personal data on the individuals they treat. Patients trust healthcare organizations to safeguard sensitive data. Read this whitepaper to find more about how a data loss prevention (DLP) solution can protect patient data.

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Published: 09 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: System Center lowers the cost of delivering datacenter services through integrated, end-to-end management of physical and virtual environments, and supports the optimization of the datacenter in three primary ways. Each of these benefits, and the solutions that enable them, are discussed in this paper.

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 | Published: 08 Sep 2009