Quantum computers: How to prepare for this great threat to information security
The race is on to build the world’s first reliable and truly useful quantum computer, and the finish line is closer than you might think – we might even reach it this …
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Compliance activities cost organizations $3.5 million annually
Organizations are struggling to keep up with IT security and privacy compliance regulations, according to a Telos survey. Annual compliance cost The survey, which polled 300 …
2020 trends in SOX compliance
SOX & Internal Controls Professionals Group released a survey which measures the costs, execution, challenges and priorities faced by companies that comply with the …
Thousands of ISO certifications at risk of lapsing due to halted re-certification audits
Thousands of valuable ISO management system certifications earned by UK companies may now be at risk because auditors from Certification Bodies may not have been able to …
Internal audit leaders should develop new skills to stay relevant
Chief audit executives (CAEs) and internal audit leaders report their next-generation competency levels in three vital areas – governance, methodology and enabling technology …
A Boxcryptor audit shows no critical weaknesses in the software
More and more companies, self-employed and private customers are using Boxcryptor to protect sensitive data – primarily in the cloud. Boxcryptor ensures that nobody but …
Tasks associated with SOX compliance continue to be significant
Only 46 percent of audit teams have been utilizing advanced technologies to optimize SOX compliance activities, a decrease from the previous year’s Protiviti survey …
Eye-opening statistics about open source security, license compliance, and code quality risk
99% of commercial codebases contain at least one open source component, with open source comprising 70% of the code overall, according to Synopsys. Open source components and …
The potential impact of SAP security remediation
More than two thirds (68.8%) of SAP users believe their organizations put insufficient focus on IT security during previous SAP implementations, while 53.4% indicated that it …
Organizations not properly set up to manage risk, coronavirus pandemic reveals
Organizations’ current approach to risk governance is not sufficient to tackle the complex risk environment organizations are facing today, according to Gartner. The COVID-19 …
Organizations still struggle to manage foundational security
Regulatory measures such as GDPR put focus on data privacy at design, tightening requirements and guiding IT security controls like Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). Continued …
What decentralized IT spending means for the CIO role
67% of IT leaders say at least half of their spend is now controlled by individual business units, in a report from IDG Connect and Snow Software. While most believe this is …