When the word ‘audit’ or ‘auditor’ is used in a sentence there is often an immediate cringing effect that happens in our minds. People have learned to fear the audit and as such, auditors. We have found this to be true in our line of business; we are constantly being categorized as auditors. People immediately [...]
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Keylogger spying at work on the rise, survey says
The number of companies reporting a spyware infestation has increased by almost half in the past 12 months, according to a new survey.
In addition, 17 percent of companies with more than 100 employees have spyware such as a keylogger on their networks, said the authors of the annual Websense Web@Work survey, published on Tuesday.
“This is [...]
Credit card security rules to get update
SAN FRANCISCO—Proposed new security rules for credit card-accepting businesses will put more scrutiny on software, but let them off the hook on encryption.
The update to the
Policies, Procedures, and Starbucks
What is a policy? What is a procedure? To many this can be a deceptively confusing topic. What is the difference between the two? Where do you draw the line? These are strangely important questions, and the answers can affect your workload in a very real way. So how do we cope? Well… we have [...]
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