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NewsHow clear is your compliance role as CIO?
Should CIOs be compliance cops? This is the headline of a post last week at Harvard Business Review by Michael Schrage, and it's a question I often wonder about but have never gotten a solid answer Read more...
Is IT reading your email, stealing your passwords?
An IT manager must deal with a myriad of problems, and one of the most notable is protecting privacy. A new survey by Cyber-Ark Software, a Newton, Mass.-based security-software company, found plenty Read more...
Storage: knowledge is powerDo you know where your data is? Most CIOs really don't know where their companies' data is stored and managed (the data center?), but that knowledge is critical when it comes to Read more... Top CIO concerns reflect some changesIn direct contrast to what's been heralded as a top priority for the past few years, CIOs seem to be focusing more on technology than on business engineering, according to a new survey from the Read more... Two big hurdles hold back RFID projectsWith the recent news that the U.S. is launching RFID-equipped passports, there's been a lot of excitement building up around radio frequency identification technology (RFID). Looking back over the Read more... CTO canned over AOL data incidentA top tech leader at AOL and two researchers working for the CTO have been fired following the search engine's research data incident, in which information on thousands of AOL subscribers was Read more... Data-selling falls under close scrutinyIf your company relies on data for business operations and is busy buying up data records -- or even selling customer data to other businesses as a revenue line -- you need to make sure everyone's Read more... ALSO NOTED: Privacy issues cropping up with SF WiFi; Microsoft's new search tool takes on Google service; and much more...> Privacy issues cropping up with San Francisco WiFi effort. Article > Microsoft's new search tool faces Read more... ALSO NOTED: Microsoft security glitches termed 'unacceptable' by analysts; Survey: Security, compliance fall down on the list o> Microsoft security glitches termed "unacceptable" by analysts. Article > Read more... Feds searching for better data mining toolsThe Feds are on the hunt for better and more sophisticated data mining tools, even while current practices are gathering attention over privacy issues. The dust being kicked up over how much Uncle Read more... | Press ReleasesCAGW Pushes for Answers on Los Angeles Email ContractWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) issued a statement urging the Los Angeles City Council to make public the proceedings of its meeting on Wednesday, Read more >> CAGW Begins Digging into Los Angeles Email ContractWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Tom Schatz, President of Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), issued a letter to Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti requesting information Read more >> Mobile Marketing Association Releases New Privacy Policy Guidelines for Mobile Apps for Public CommentFirst Privacy Policy of Its Kind Address Core Privacy Issues of Many Mobile AppsNEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), the leading global trade association Read more >> GSMA Research Shows Mobile Users Rank Privacy as an Important Concern When Using Applications and ServicesPrivacy Concerns Can Prevent Consumers' Engagement with Mobile Internet ServicesLONDON, Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the GSMA announced the results of a study of more than 4,000 mobile phone Read more >> UmeNow.com Exposes Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg as a 'Global Ad Salesman in a Hoodie and T-shirt'UmeNow.com says Facebook cannot deliver privacy to its users - but maverick startup UmeNow.com doesNEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- "Mark Zuckerberg is worth billions of dollars because he Read more >> |
