Unregulated conversations are harmless fun for your average consumer, but not in a high profile, high value industry with strict corporate governance standards. Conducting transactions over IM can have serious regulatory consequences because of the...
Audit trails are automatically kept providing an overview of activity. Change requests and bug reports are fed back into the development cycle leading to new versions of the software in the library and the, sometimes, mind-boggling release numbers...
A post project evaluation review identified poor financial governance, weak benefits management, poor communications, poor risk management and weaknesses in the scrutiny and approvals process. At the time, the MoD said the project's future was in...
IT governance* Corporate governance has become a major issue, spurred by high-profile accounting scandals, which have led to passing of legislation in the US such as Sarbanes-Oxley. In Europe, the Basel II capital adequacy framework accord will...
With biometrics, the SIA can audit who has been using each computer, with any requests for access to another member of staff's PC being approved by management. By getting rid of passwords and people forgetting them, SIA has seen savings on its...
If we want a governance system that lasts, we must start from a position of 'if it's data, store and audit it'. Complying with the latest governance requirements is a problem IT departments should solve with catch-all - not legislation-specific...