IT Optimization

The UK Governments initiative to prescribe a security standard to any organization accessing the Government Connect Secure Extranet is a move designed to keep government organisations one step ahead of the inexorable increase in security threats. There have been too many high profile data thefts and losses by Government organi-zations, highlighting both the risk to, and the importance of, ICT Security and the governance of citizens' data.

This whitepaper provides a background to the security standard, your obligations and how you can meet compliance with the CoCo in a straightforward, automated manner.

The Health Information Technology for Economic & Clinical Health (HITECH) act really does ‘up the ante’ for HIPAA enforcement.

This whitepaper examines the detail of HIPAA and HITECH and provides some practical guidance on how any healthcare organization can ensure they are meeting their obligations for patient record security with the minimal expense and time.

A formalized Change Management process is vital in order to maximize the effectiveness of any change while minimizing potential problems resulting from a configuration change being made. All security and corporate governance policies such as the PCI DSS, SOX, NERC CIP, HIPAA, ISO27K and GCSx CoCo all demand a robust change management process for this reason.

This whitepaper outlines the benefits - and problems - associated with any change management process and puts forward the need for greater use of automated configuration change tracking.