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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 …
From today’s Washington Post: Computers Seized in Data-Theft Probe – Federal Investigators Remove PCs, Discs From Several Locations; LexisNexis Break-In Linked to Paris Hilton Phone Hacking Related beSpacific postings on this story are here and here. See also this article from the May 17, 2005 New York Times, Personal Data for the Taking, detailing the …
The Indexable Web is more than 11.5 billion pages, a study by Antonio Gulli and Alessio Signorini. [Internet Search Engine Database]
The U.S. Secret Service and Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute’s CERT® Coordination Center (CERT/CC) announced the findings of the latest Insider Threat Study: Computer Sabatoge in Critical Infrastructure Sectors (45 pages, PDF). “The nations dependence on interconnected networks and communications systems significantly increases the risk of harm that could result from the activities of …
Words to know: Spyware – Further develop your understanding of spyware by reviewing these terms and how they relate to each other.
Today Google Labs released Google’s New Personalized Homepage. It currently allows you to choose from among a discrete range of sources (gmail; news from Google, New York Times, BBC, Wired, Slashdot; weather; driving instructions; maps) for display on your homepage. Features will be expanded to include feeds from more sites. (Note: you need a Google …
Information Security: Federal Agencies Need to Improve Controls over Wireless Networks GAO-05-383, May 17, 2005. Highlights. “…federal agencies have not fully implemented key controls such as policies, practices, and tools that would enable them to operate wireless networks securely. Further, our tests of the security of wireless networks at six federal agencies revealed unauthorized wireless …
The Internet Spyware Prevention Act of 2005 (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2005 was approved yesterday by the House Judiciary Committee.
Researching Medical Literature on the Internet — 2005 Update, by Gloria Miccioli The Problem of Orphan Works, by Tobe Liebert FOIA Facts: GAO Issues New FOIA Report, by Scott A. Hodes
From the Pew Internet and American Life Project, a new report released on May 17 – Health Information Online: Eight in ten internet users have looked for health information online, with increased interest in diet, fitness, drugs, health insurance, experimental treatments, and particular doctors and hospitals. [press release] Health Information Online (22 pages, PDF)
The Harris Poll® #40, May 12, 2005: Almost Three-Quarters of All U.S. Adults An Estimated 163 million Go Online “The numbers of adults who are online at home, in the office, at school, library or other locations continue to grow albeit at a somewhat slower rate. In the past eight months the number …
“Google Desktop Search for Enterprise helps you easily manage the ever-growing mountain of information located on your computers and includes key standards-based administrator features that provide enhanced security, centralized configuration and easy company-wide deployment. Perhaps best of allit’s free.” Related references from Internetnews.com and InfoWorld. See also this article, Which Is the Best Desktop Search …