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How will the Massachusetts Data Protection Law affect IT compliance?
The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation established a significant new regulations in 2008, 201 CMR 17.00: Standards for The Protection of Personal Information. The strict...
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LegalTech 2009: The intersection of e-discovery and information governance
This is a guest post from Barclay T. Blair, author of Information Nation and head of the information governance practice at Forensics Consulting Solutions LLC. Last week I made the trek to New York to...
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Considering the future of compliance at Compliance Decisions
The Compliance Decisions Summit taking place in Newton, Mass., got off to a great start this morning. Eric Holmquist and Richard Mackey both provided deep, engaging presentations on “future-proofing”...
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How do you align an IT risk assessment with COBIT controls?
[One of our readers, compliance officer Ramon de Bruijn, wrote to the editors of SearchCompliance.com at editor@searchcompliance.com last month looking for some advice. Specifically, he asked "What is...
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Prepare for compliance auditors: Review policies and standards
So you got the word, the compliance auditors are coming in. It’s like that big squash or tennis match. You’re feeling pretty good, and you think you’re ready. After all, you’re an IT professional,...
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Should data security and privacy laws specify data encryption?
Image via Wikipedia The proliferation of data security and privacy laws from state and federal agencies has created challenges and complexities for all entities that store and use data. One of the...
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Booz Allen wins Open Enterprise Award for collaborative environment
Booz Allen Hamilton won the Open Enterprise Award for 2009 at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston today for their innovative internal collaborative environment. The Open Enterprise research...
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Managing e-discovery and compliance: What would Eliot Spitzer do?
E-discovery – or electronic discovery – has many technical aspects. Questions of available tools, case law, regulations and scope are critical. One of the most important and often overlooked elements,...
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Clarifying mobile encryption requirements for 201 CMR 17.00 compliance
When I reported on amendments to the Massachusetts data protection law earlier this week, one of the comments that undersecretary of consumer affairs Barbara Anthony made was a point of interest to...
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