IT Compliance

Quon Roundup on Employee Computer Privacy

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 at 8:00 am

Lots of discussion about the Quon case focused on the lack of technology expertise by the Justices on the Supreme Court. Actually, most people labeled them as Luddites. DC Dicta even claims that Chief Justice Roberts writes his opinions in long hand with pen and paper. This issue that I am hoping to see addressed… » Read More

National Cyber Security Awareness Month

Thursday, October 1st, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Check out the top tips to keep you safe online: Know who you’re dealing with online. Keep your web browsers and operating system up to date. Back up important files. Protect your children online. Use security software tools as your first line of defense. Use strong passwords or… » Read More

Workplace Computer Policy and the Attorney Client Privilege

Monday, July 6th, 2009 at 7:00 am
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Back in April, I mentioned a New Jersey case that found e-mail, sent during work hours on a company computer, was not protected by the attorney-client privilege: Compliance Policies and Email (Stengart v. Loving Care [.pdf]) That case has now been overturned. It seems that a company’s policy on computer use may be more limited… » Read More

Simplify Your Compliance Processes

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 at 8:48 pm
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Are your compliance processes too complicated? Let the cloud simplify them! From Geek and… » Read More

Investor Relations 2.0

Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
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eBay took a bold move yesterday, using Web 2.0 tools for investor relations. During its first analysts’ meeting in three years, eBay management had a live twitter stream with live coverage of the meeting and bloggers with just less than live coverage of the meeting. The securities industry seems to be struggling with Web 2.0… » Read More

Blogging and Social Networking Policies

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 at 3:52 pm

Here are some policies that I like for dealing with blogging and social networking sites: IBM Social Computing Guidelines – Blogs, wikis, social networks, virtual worlds and social media Cisco’s Internet Postings Policy Sun Microsystems: Sun Guidelines on Public Discourse BBC: Personal use of social networking and other third party websites (including blogging and personal… » Read More

Enforce Your Email and Web Acceptable Usage Policies

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 at 3:16 pm

MessageLabs (now part of Symantec) published a whitepaper Not Just Words: Enforce Your Email And Web Acceptable Usage Policies.  The Whitepaper was written by Nancy Flynn, Executive Director of the ePolicy Institute. Email & Web Rule #1: Comply with Legal and Regulatory Rules Email & Web Rule #2: Enforce Acceptable Usage Policy with Training and… » Read More

How To Keep The Corporate Website In Compliance With Securities Laws

Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

Timothy Hearn of Dorsey and Whitney, penned SEC Provides Guidance On Use Of Company Web Sites in Cyberspace Lawyer Vol. 13, No. 9, Pgs. 8-12. Bowne’s Digest of Compliance professionals abstracted some of the highlights: Tips On How To Keep The Corporate Website In Compliance With Securities Laws. The SEC has issued an interpretive release… » Read More

Software License Compliance

Monday, December 15th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

Mike Sisco of Cutter Consortium wrote a case study on what to do about a softwre license problem in the context of an M&A transaction: Compliance Problems? Address All Issues Quickly. If you encounter software license compliance problems in an M&A transaction, there are two ways to resolve the problem: Point out the problem to… » Read More

IT for GRC: Improving Information Quality

Thursday, December 4th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

Carole Switzer, President of OCEG and Lee Dittmar, principal of Deloitte Consulting LLP presented this webinar. There is an imperative to improve governance, risk management and compliance processes to better manage risk, address increasing regulatory requirements, increased executive accountability and the fragmentation of information. It is about getting the right information, to the right person,… » Read More