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Benchmarking IT Risk and Compliance

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Overview IT Risk and Compliance are critical issues for Senior IT Managers today. Two areas of focus will be presented beginning with the results of Symantec's IT Risk Management Report. This webcast addresses persistent myths about IT Risk and suggests ways to dispel each. The presenter will cover research conducted by the IT Policy Compliance Group, a joint research initiative between Symantec, ISACA, CSI and others. This research delves deeper into the intimate relationship between compliance and risk. Included are best practices extracted from industry research and survey respondents.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Symantec
Live Date	31st January 2008 00:00 GMT
Format	Webcast
Topics	Security Standards, Cost Control - Risk Mgmt., Best Practices

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