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Deloitte & Touche published their annual Global Security Study, 2005 (44 pages, PDF) which surveys the state of IT security in the finanical services industry. Related references: Personal Finance: How you can (and can’t) avoid identity theft More States Giving Consumers Power to Freeze Credit Files; Security Freeze Gives Consumers Powerful Protection Against ID Theft
“CDT Executive Director Jim Dempsey today warned a House subcommittee [Testimony: 12 pages, PDF]that government efforts to create a new air traveler screening system — called Secure Flight — have yet to adequately address critical issues concerning the system’s effectiveness and ability to protect the privacy and due process rights of Americans. CDT said that …
Market Intelligence The Power of Three, by Donna Cavallini Review of Annotated Refugee Convention: Fifty Years of North American Jurisprudence, by Elisa Mason Using EISIL to Research Private International Law, by Louise Tsang Revolutionizing Client Relations with CaseMap’s New ReportBooks, by Dennis Kennedy Garbage In, Garbage Out: Working Around Document Profiling to Improve Work …
NewsForge has a detailed and very interesting posting on how a group of Italian attorneys have formed a consortium to facilitate the distribution of, and training programs about how to efficiently use open source applications for a range of document management applications as well as e-filing of court documents.
According to an article today by Declan McCullagh, the DOJ is reviewing the implementation of “data retention rules that could permit police to obtain records of e-mail, browsing or chat-room activity months after ISPs ordinarily would have deleted the logs–if they were ever kept in the first place.”
The WSJ free content today includes this article, How Much Is It Really Costing To Comply With Sarbanes-Oxley?, that cites a range of reports, surveys and statistics offering contradictory estimates on actual corporate compliance costs. Related reference, from AEI-Brookings Joint Center, this 76 page report (PDF): Economic Consequences of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Largest Compilation of Private-Sector Comments on Nationwide Interoperable Health Information Exchange to Date: “The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today released a report summarizing over 500 responses from individuals and private industry on interoperable health information exchange. The report, Summary of Nationwide Health Information Network Request for Information Responses, is a compilation of …
AP reported that an audit revealed Montana state agencies failed to scrub the hard drives of state computers containing personal data (including social security numbers, income tax reports and medical records) prior to donating, selling and otherwise transferring their ownership. Related reference: Critical Importance of Cleaning Hard Drives When Replacing Your PC
Division of Corporation Finance, Office of the Chief Accountant, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, May 16, 2005 – Staff Statement on Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting: “The staff is providing this guidance to…addresses the following areas: The purpose of internal control over financial reporting; Reasonable assurance, risk-based approach, and scope of testing …
2005 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey: Many Companies Monitoring, Recording, Videotapingand FiringEmployees “From computer monitoring and telephone taping to video surveillance and GPS satellite tracking, employers are using policy and technology to manage productivity and protect resources. To motivate employee compliance, companies increasingly are putting teeth in technology policies. Fully 26% have fired workers for …
The Terror Watch List, under development for several years, has been plagued by set-backs; administrative, technical and political in nature. This BusinessWeek.com article reviews the origins of the system, the technology hurdles encountered during the course of its development, and the plans for its completion. See also Airline screening program panned by House appropriators
REAL ID: “The United States is getting a national ID card. The REAL ID Act (text of the bill and the Congressional Research Services analysis of the bill) establishes uniform standards for state driver’s licenses, effectively creating a national ID card. It’s a bad idea, and is going to make us all less safe. It’s …
