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Directors and Officers Liability for the Public Company: Managing and Minimizing the Risks
White Papers For more and more enterprises that are navigating the complexities of being a publicly-traded company, it's not a question of if it makes sense to take on Directors and officers Liability insurance (D&O), but exactly how to do so.
[May 16, 2009, 1:17]
Security officers must change or die
News Over time, CISOs will become risk-management officers able to understand risks from a technical point of view, and understand acceptable risks from a business point of view, according to Proctor. The role of the chief information security officer...
[September 19, 2005, 16:15]
Ex-Military Officers Launch Own Cisco Academy
White Papers Four of Bulgaria's former military officers have solved this problem by setting up a brand-new Cisco Networking Academy, the Intelekti, in the picturesque old town of Veliko Turnovo. As a consequence of Bulgaria's military reforms and plans, the...
[April 13, 2007, 1:01]
Security officers must change or die
Talkback I'm surprised that this is an issue.business drives IT.contrary to what some IT pros may feel. After all, what are you protecting? The OS? Someone messing up your Photoshop program? No. You are protecting BUSINESS assets.
[October 1, 2005, 20:53]
The Top Five Issues of Chief Information Security Officers
White Papers Most information security staff members spend their time deeply involved with the technologies that support various security objectives. But as the complexity of security has grown and the cost of failures has become apparent to upper management, a...
[October 5, 2009, 0:00]
IT security industry 'to be professionalised'
News IT security officers are to get their own professional body in the UK with the launch of the Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP) next month. Nick Coleman, the interim chief executive of the Institute, who is also IBM's head of...
[January 16, 2006, 9:15]
CIOs bearing burden of disaster recovery role
News Chief information officers are being put in charge of business continuity and disaster recovery strategies, even though there should be a broader response to the issue, a panel of experts has warned. CIO Connect's Nichols added the chief financial...
[November 8, 2007, 10:24]
Police 'misusing national computer'
News Misuse of the Police National Computer (PNC) by officers is undermining public confidence in the police's ability to handle data, according to the deputy chair of the police complaints commission. Wadham referred to cases where officers have...
[July 16, 2004, 12:00]
Mobile tech to keep police on the beat
News The prime minister has pledged to arm police with thousands of "handheld computers" so officers can make more effective use of their time and increase the amount of frontline policing they do. Gordon Brown, making his maiden speech as leader to the...
[September 27, 2007, 8:42]
Microsoft 'frightened' by police XP hack
News Microsoft has described the ease with which two officers from the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency managed to hack into Windows XP as both "enlightening and frightening". At a Get Safe Online event on Monday aimed at heightening security...
[November 13, 2007, 10:26]
The dangers of asking too much of staff
News It happens more often than most chief information officers will admit, but consciously or unconsciously, tech leaders push top managers and employees beyond their limit. Alter says there are seven dangers that chief information officers must be...
[June 19, 2002, 11:19]
E-policing move reduces bureaucracy
News Police officers in Wiltshire, who spend around 25 percent of their time on paperwork, will have some of this burden reduced by an effort to integrate databases so information needs to be entered only once.
[June 20, 2002, 9:53]
UK police face increasing pressure from high-tech crime
News Police forces are facing a £350m shortfall in budgets as chief police officers are struggling to juggle funds because of new responsibilities, such as fighting cybercrime. In its National Strategic Assessment , the Association of Chief Police...
[November 23, 2004, 15:05]
Police question PDA efficiency gains
News Despite calls for more money to give all front-line police officers access to PDAs and help boost time spent on the beat, not all officers that have tested the technology are convinced of its worth. In a report into government plans to update...
[November 11, 2008, 11:59]
Police ask for more Internet powers
News Chief UK police officers are asking the government for new powers that would allow them to attack terrorist Web sites. A list of anti-terror recommendations from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has been handed to MPs in the wake of...
[July 26, 2005, 8:55]
CIOs face 'significant change' in their role
News Chief information officers face "significant change" in what is expected from them over the next three years, as businesses demand more from IT. There will also be a move to replace generic technology with bespoke, tailored IT to drive business...
[January 24, 2008, 7:44]
Analysts advise caution on Oracle-Sun deal
News Acquiring Sun elevates Oracle to 'powerhouse' status, but chief information officers should wait for it to announce hardware and middleware roadmaps before deciding on their licence agreements, say analysts.
[April 27, 2009, 17:43]
CIOs last three years in their posts
News Chief information officers stay in their job for just over three years, even though the complex technology projects they are in charge of can take far longer to deliver results. The survey of chief information officers at FTSE 350 companies also...
[August 28, 2007, 8:53]
CCIII Hong Kong Police: Third Generation Command and Control Communication System
White Papers The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) has a force of 28,000 uniformed officers and a supporting civilian staff of 7,500. More than 10,000 radio terminals will be provided to the BEAT Officers, Police vehicles and motorcycles.of these radios are MTP700...
[March 22, 2005, 23:00]
Today's CIOs must 'fulfil revenue targets'
News Chief information officers are increasingly being assessed on their ability to drive IT to achieve revenue targets, according to a study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management.
[February 1, 2008, 10:07]
