After a deluge of data breaches, the UK government is considering ways to provide the public with better shelter, through strengthening data protection law and punishment.
Company security is an absolute. Whether it's data or the physical IT infrastructure, if there is a single weak link the company is not secure, writes Fran Howarth, principal analyst, Quocirca.
The pressure to demonstrate compliance with multiple standards is increasing, with some organisations now subject to three or more regulatory mandates - each with its own mission, scope and control statements - creating a highly complex, organisation-spanning "compliance Hydra" that spawns a new and costly head at every turn.
Councils and NHS trusts in the South West of England are the first to share information, but contract problems have already made their project a year late.
In a research note on IT management and globalisation, analyst firm Gartner defines governance as, "The organisational style and process for making decisions about business technology and resources." A busy IT manager might think Gartner is being extremely vague, and wonder why the research group is paid so much money.
Although IT directors may be getting sick of all the noise around green IT, it is clear that the hype is way ahead of the reality for most organisations.
This track explores how users can coordinate a range of data protection technologies to create more recoverable infrastructures. Restructuring your recovery methods can also help you recover the right data at the right time and in the right manner.
It's been eight months since the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were amended, and e-discovery rulings are all over the map, creating chaos for companies that must comply.