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Continuous Monitoring

Reasons Why Corporate Compliance is Good for Business

by Christine Meyers 20 June 2013

Collecting data and preparing reports for an auditor can seem burdensome and confusing. With so many regulations in place, the paperwork never seems to end. But the regulatory process is actually good for your business. After all, regulations were put in place by industry groups and government agencies to protect the public and shareholder interests. [...]

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Fraud in Government: New PWC Study Says its Getting Worse

by Christine Meyers 17 May 2012

Government agencies around the globe are at risk from within. Just as in the private sector, more error and misuse occurs from internal employees and partners and suppliers than from anyone else. A recent study from Price Waterhouse Coopers indicates that the problem may be getting worse. According to the consultancy’s latest Global Economic Crime [...]

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Major security breaches hit healthcare

by Christine Meyers 1 May 2012

The statistics are startling: In April 2012 alone, three major security breaches that hit the Utah Department of Health (UDH), Emory Healthcare and South Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services accounted for nearly 1.1 million records lost. And it was the work of insiders. According to an article entitled “Healthcare Unable to Keep Up [...]

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Proposed NIST Guidelines Call for Continuous Monitoring to Control Risk

by Christine Meyers 2 February 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its proposed guidelines last week, which call for organizations to develop capabilities for continuous monitoring and enterprise-wide tracking of information to better measure the effectiveness of security policies and calculate risk of fraudulent activity. This is a forward-thinking approach by NIST, and we believe this is [...]

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