16 January, 2019 |
Brian Johnson
No matter what role you play in the audit process, the experience can be painful. If you’re an external consultant, you have to work with clients who have limited budgets and high expectations. And if you’re an internal IT/security auditor, you might have to wade through a sea of internal...
The day before the deadline for GDPR compliance, I received emails from 8 different companies asking for my consent for them to collect data about me. But I can’t even remember how I got on these vendors’ mailing lists, and I haven’t received any other communication from them lately....
24 March, 2015 |
Deb Shinder
In a legislation-laden era, more and more organizations are falling under the mandates of governmental or industry regulation. The requirements can be complex and confusing, and it’s hard to know where to start in creating and enforcing policies that will keep your company in compliance, so many...
17 October, 2014 |
Jeff Melnick
Tracking user account changes in Active Directory is primarily important from compliance and security-related considerations and also for operational efficiency purposes. Inactive user accounts or a large number of new accounts with extended permissions, disabled or suspiciously modified user...
11 April, 2014 |
Michael Fimin
Both security and compliance are all about establishing (and implementing) standards that ensure an environment where company assets and data is accessed and utilized properly. So if you were asked, “Do you think security and compliance really coexist?” you’d most likely think it a dumb...
