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Chapter 1: Security and Risk Management sponsored by McGraw Hill WHITE PAPER: In this 174-page chapter download from McGraw Hill, learn everything you need to know about the first domain, security and risk management, to help you excel at your CISSP exam. Posted: 15 Mar 2021 \| Published: 31 Dec 2020 TOPICS: CISSP \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Architectures \| Security Best Practices \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management

Protecting Server Data in Small and Medium-sized Businesses sponsored by Iron Mountain WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to successfully protect server data outside a centralized data center and focus on specific needs and requirements for SMBs. Posted: 11 Jan 2010 \| Published: 01 Sep 2006 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Continuous Data Protection \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Disaster Recovery \| Disk Backups \| Regulatory Compliance \| Risk Management \| SMBs \| Tape Backups

Practical Steps to Achieve and Maintain NERC Compliance sponsored by Tripwire, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper describes seven practical steps information security professionals can take to integrate controls into IT production operations, to simultaneously achieve NERC compliance goals, and also IT operational and security goals. Posted: 31 Jul 2009 \| Published: 08 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business IT Alignment \| Change Management \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Data Security \| Information Security \| Operational Support Systems \| Risk Management

Managing the Transition to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: The white paper discusses what US organizations can do to prepare for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and focuses on what Oracle's Enterprise Performance Management solutions can do to help with top-end reporting. Posted: 29 Jul 2009 \| Published: 29 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Business Performance Management \| Consultants \| Consulting Services Industry \| Financial Reporting \| Financial Services Industry \| Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) \| Information Management \| Risk Management \| Securities and Exchange Commission

Buckle Up (On the Road to IFRS) Straight Talk Book Series sponsored by Deloitte WHITE PAPER: The 11th book in our Straight Talk series helps executives understand the implications of IFRS and their role in addressing the associated changes. The publication also offers practical suggestions to help companies navigate through pressing issues and developing your own conversion road map. Posted: 29 Jul 2009 \| Published: 29 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Compliance (Finance) \| Compliance Audits \| Financial Management \| Financial Reporting \| Financial Services \| Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) \| Information Management \| Risk Management \| Securities and Exchange Commission

Technology Implications of IFRS adoption for U.S. Companies: More than a technical accounting change sponsored by Deloitte WHITE PAPER: In this publication, we explore the technology implications associated with IFRS conversion and discuss: Evaluating the potential technology impact; how companies can prepare technology and systems changes related to IFRS adoption; Major differences between U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and IFRS and much more. Posted: 28 Jul 2009 \| Published: 28 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Auditing (Finance) \| Compliance (Finance) \| Compliance Audits \| Consulting Services Industry \| Financial Management \| Financial Reporting \| Financial Services \| Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) \| Reporting Software \| Risk Management

The Business of Sustainability: Information Technology as a Catalyst for Short and Long-Term Profitability sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Read how SAP software can help your company manage risks and exploit operational and business opportunities regarding social, environmental, and economic sustainability. Posted: 22 Jul 2009 \| Published: 03 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Structures \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management

The Financial Close: Optimizing Performance and Driving Financial Excellence sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: The term "financial close" describes a corporation's ability to complete its accounting cycles and produce financial statements for internal management and external legal reporting. This paper identifies solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times and address the challenges associated with automating internal controls Posted: 05 Jun 2009 \| Published: 02 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Accounting \| Business Performance Management \| Compliance (Finance) \| Financial Management \| Financial Reporting \| Financial Statements \| Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) \| Legal Compliance Software \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management

BMC Database Administration Solution for DB2 z/OS sponsored by BMC Software, Inc. WHITE PAPER: BMC provides a set of tools and utilities that are designed to automate the complex processes involved in updating and managing DB2 environments with the aim of being easy to use, and fast and effective in their execution. Posted: 18 Apr 2009 \| Published: 17 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Backups \| Database Administration \| Database Management Software \| Disaster Recovery \| High Availability \| Imaging Software \| Midrange Server Hardware \| Productivity \| Risk Management

Hard Hat Area: Myths and Pitfalls of Data Mining sponsored by SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters WHITE PAPER: The intrepid data miner runs many risks, including being buried under mountains of data or disappearing along with the "mysterious disappearing terabyte." Myths and misconceptions create their own risks and need to be debunked. This article outlines some risks, debunks some myths, and provides some protective "hard hats" for data miners. Posted: 20 Feb 2009 \| Published: 20 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Analytic Applications Software \| Business Process Management \| Collaboration \| Customer Interaction Services \| Data Mining \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management

Critical Technologies for Compliance and Risk Management sponsored by Siperian, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Due to the financial meltdown in the mortgage-backed securities industry, new compliance requirements will be implemented. Read this paper to find out how organizations can ensure compliance with stricter regulations and manage risk appropriately so the business does not slip into non-compliance resulting in negative publicity or punitive fines. Posted: 20 Feb 2009 \| Published: 20 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Business Processes \| Compliance (Finance) \| Compliance Best Practices \| Government Agencies (U.S.) \| Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act \| Master Data Management \| Regulatory Compliance \| Risk Management \| Web Content Management

Protection on demand: information security that works for you - instead of putting you to work. sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn more about the new approach to information security, protection on demand, which simplifies security and produces cost savings. Posted: 18 Feb 2009 \| Published: 18 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Cybersecurity \| Information Security \| Intrusion Detection Systems \| Regulatory Compliance \| Risk Management \| Security Threats \| Strategic Planning \| Vulnerability Management

The CIO Profession: Leaders of Change, Drivers of Innovation sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: CIOs are emerging as leaders of innovation and bringing those ideas to the table, putting their end-to-end knowledge of the business to use in thinking through new technology-based opportunities. Posted: 11 Feb 2009 \| Published: 10 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Change Management \| Collaboration \| Leadership \| Metrics \| Risk Management

The Enterprise of the Future: Implications for the CIO sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: The purpose of this paper is to highlight the key insights from the IBM Global CEO Study and relate them to the new CIO challenge: driving transformation as "change leaders" and implementing transformation as "change agents". Posted: 11 Feb 2009 \| Published: 10 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Business Models \| Business Processes \| Leadership \| Risk Management \| SOA

New Insider Threat Emerges in the New Economy sponsored by Lumension WHITE PAPER: Learn how employees and partners are engaging with IT assets and intellectual property. Posted: 02 Feb 2009 \| Published: 02 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Continuous Data Protection Software \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Database Security \| Device Control Software \| Intellectual Property \| Risk Management \| USB \| Vulnerability Management

Best Practices in Creating a Strategic Finance Function sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: the following article will share the results of SAP research as well as APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking Collaborative (OSBC) research. The OSBC research is the first global set of common standards for business processes and data, giving organizations an independent, authoritative resource for evaluating and improving business practices. Posted: 26 Jan 2009 \| Published: 23 Jan 2009 TOPICS: Accounting \| Benchmark Testing \| Best Practices \| Business Processes \| Financial Services Industry \| Fixed Assets \| Performance Testing \| Regulatory Compliance \| Risk Management \| SAP (Product)

Total Economic Impact of Oracle Identity Manager sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Oracle Identity Manager is an enterprise identity management system that manages users' access right and privileges, throughout the provisioning life-cycle, within enterprise IT resources. Posted: 19 Jan 2009 \| Published: 03 Nov 2008 TOPICS: Access Control \| Identity Management \| Password Management \| Regulatory Compliance \| Risk Management

Sustaining Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Best Practices to Mitigate Risk, Automate Compliance, and Reduce Costs sponsored by Tripwire, Inc. WHITE PAPER: To successfully sustain compliance, organizations must implement best practices to ensure IT systems not only achieve a known and trusted state but they also maintain that state. Check out this white paper to learn how Tripwire solutions enable organizations to achieve and sustain SOX compliance. Posted: 08 Jan 2009 \| Published: 08 Jan 2008 TOPICS: Business Processes \| CobiT \| Compliance (Finance) \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Compliance Best Practices \| Corporate Governance \| Information Security \| Risk Management \| Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 \| Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Implementing ITIL Using the PMBOK Guide in Four Repeatable Steps sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an overview of the PMBOK® and the key process areas and functions within the IT Infrastructure Library. Posted: 10 Dec 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2006 TOPICS: Change Management \| Content Delivery \| IT Service Management \| ITIL \| Project Management \| Risk Management

Managing Risk in Outsourced Manufacturing sponsored by E2open WHITE PAPER: This white paper looks at some of the management risks and challenges associated with outsourced manufacturing strategies and summarizes the proven ways used by companies that have successfully resolved or mitigated these risks. Posted: 05 Dec 2008 \| Published: 05 Dec 2008 TOPICS: ERP \| Inventory Management \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Execution Systems \| Oracle (Product) \| Outsourcing \| Risk Management \| SAP (Product) \| Security

Beyond Disaster Recovery: Becoming a Resilient Business sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you'll learn how to determine risks, calculate impact, evaluate your current structure's response and test overall resiliency. Posted: 27 Oct 2008 \| Published: 27 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Business Processes \| CRM \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| ERP \| High Availability \| Risk Management

Move Web Application Security Testing into Your Development Cycle sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This paper focuses on the role developers can play in solving Web application security issues, and it details how IBM Rational® AppScan® Developer Edition software can enable them to do so. Posted: 06 Oct 2008 \| Published: 04 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Application Security \| HTTP \| Risk Management \| Security Threats \| Software Testing \| Web Application Security \| Web Development \| Web Development Tools

AT&T Business Continuity Survey: 2008 sponsored by AT&T Corp WHITE PAPER: The goal of this business continuity survey was to learn what these executives were doing about business continuity, and how it figured in their overall IT strategy. Posted: 06 Oct 2008 \| Published: 04 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Backups \| Business Continuity Planning \| Business Processes \| Business Systems \| Disaster Recovery \| Risk Management \| Security

Enterprise Risk Management in the Financial Services Industry: International Benchmark Survey May 2007 sponsored by SAS WHITE PAPER: This report presents the 2007 results of SAS' annual international benchmark survey on enterprise risk management (ERM) in the financial services industry. Posted: 10 Sep 2008 \| Published: 05 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Change Management \| ERP \| Financial Services \| Internet Security \| Performance Testing \| Risk Management

Distributed Capture Platforms: Reducing Costs, Removing Bottlenecks and Mitigating Risks sponsored by EMC Corporation WHITE PAPER: Remote workforces are a growing trend that has documentation implications on your business processes. This paper explores that, placing special emphasis on a distributed capture strategy for resolving remote workforce-related issues. Posted: 21 Aug 2008 \| Published: 15 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Business Processes \| Document Management \| Document Management Software \| Financial Services Industry \| Health Care Industry \| Multifunction Peripheral Hardware \| Remote Access Software \| Remote Network Management \| Remote Offices \| Remote Users \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| Virtual Offices