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Call For SMEs for Big Data . Posted by PaulPhillips.
Privacy in Smart Grid. Posted by Ayman M. Galal.
Disposal of Hard Drive / Media. Posted by Amit Tenglikar.

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ISACA's Guidance and Practices Committee is looking for volunteers for a project that will focus on privacy risks and controls associated with big data. If you are an ISACA member who has practical experience in this area and are interested in participati...
PaulPhillips | 6/4/2013 4:05:28 PM | COMMENTS(0)
I'd like to open a discussion about why we should worry about Privacy in the Smart Grid/Smart Meter world. I knew that in America there isn't much work done to provide such protection as a legislation or Industry practice, but in EU there much concer...
Ayman M. Galal | 5/10/2013 6:05:53 AM | COMMENTS(1)
Can someone help me in finding out the best way for disposal of Data Centre Hard Drives / Media in a cost effective way.
Amit Tenglikar | 5/4/2013 1:51:08 AM | COMMENTS(2)
Hi all,at INSIGHTS 2013 (http://www.isaca.org/Education/Conferences/Pages/INSIGHTS-2013.aspx) the topic privacy will be discussed in panels.What burning questions would you like to ask to the panel and get a reply from?M. PS. why don't you join in person ...
Marc Vael | 4/27/2013 1:09:57 PM | COMMENTS(1)
Hello Privacy and Security Professionals - I have published a new book for exactly our group (title: "C(I)SO - And Now What?") - available at https://www.createspace.com/4043003 or via Amazon etc. online. More details below: The ISBN#s are: ISBN-1...
Michael S. Oberlaender | 4/5/2013 1:12:53 PM | COMMENTS(0)
Q&A: Ontario Commissioner and Leading Privacy Expert Dr. Ann Cavoukian http://www.oracle.com/us/dm/nsl100162749-qadrcavoukian-1919966.html
Ian Cooke | 3/22/2013 4:00:09 AM | COMMENTS(0)

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5 Nov 2012
ISACA International Event
Dallas, TX, USA
22 Apr 2013
ISACA International Event
Chicago, IL, USA
10 Jun 2013
ISACA International Event
Berlin, Germany
Early bird deadline has been extended: save over US $350 when you register by 1 May. Learn from industry-leading IT experts at Insights 2013. This is a unique opportunity to discover revolutionary new ideas at the world’s premier business event.
16 Sep 2013
ISACA International Event
London, England
Stay on top of the trends and opportunities of the dynamic technology industry at EuroCACS/ISRM 2013—the leading European conference for IT audit, assurance, security and risk professionals. Save over US $200 when you register by 22 July!
30 Sep 2013
ISACA International Event
Medellín, Colombia
La Conferencia Latinoamericana CACS/ISRM 2013 en Medellín, Colombia es la conferencia principal latinoamericana para los profesionales de auditoría, riesgo y seguridad de la información. Ahorre más de EE.UU. $ 100 si se inscribe antes del 7 de agosto!

Journal Articles: 95 total

Volume 3, 2013
by Dan Bogdanov, Ph.D., and Aivo Kalu, Ph.D., CISA
A cloud is a remote-access platform; thus, technical controls that remotely enforce a particular security policy are especially efficient.
Volume 2, 2013
by Joanne Joseph, CISA
This article explores the threats as well as the policy measures that are universally applied to protect users’ data from privacy infringement.
Volume 6, 2012
by S. Srinivasan
Social networks have opened up a new avenue of communication for millions of people around the world.
Volume 5, 2012
by Guy-Hermann Ngambeket Ndiandukue, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, ITIL V3(F), PMP
The aim of this article is twofold: to identify, based on the motivations of Internet users visiting social networks, the risk of violating users’ privacy, and to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the control methods used.
Volume 5, 2012
by Steven J. Ross, CISA, CISSP, MBCP
In a recent meeting, the question being debated was whether there were situations in which the security of information could be prudently reduced.
Volume 5, 2012
by Simon Moffatt, CISA, CISSP, MBCS
This article reviews the definition of an insider threat and its impact, and provides an overview of the techniques to control and remediate these threats.

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Blog Posts: 24 total

Resumen El imparable crecimiento de internet en el mundo, y la integración de los diversos sistemas informáticos conectados a la red de Internet han hecho que la Seguridad de la Información alcance un papel de suma importancia actualmente. Desde el moment...
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22 Feb 2013
It is disheartening in the extreme when privacy, security, audit, governance and legal professionals persist the self-fulfilling-prophetic chant that “privacy is dead.” It isn't dead—or even dying. Quite the opposite, in fact. Seven bills have come b...
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მოგესალმებით, მოკლედ, იმდენი რამ მოხდა 2012-ში, რომ დავდექი რთული ამოცანის წინაშე, უბრალოდ ჩამომეთვალა საინტერესო უსაფრთხოების მოვლენები, თუ გამეცხრილა და ერთი-ორზე უფრო დეტალურად გვესაუბრა. გადავწყვიტე ნაზავით დავემშვიდობოთ 2012-ს, და 2013-ზე გადავერთოთ ...
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During an audit you may find that shell scripts are used to connect to your Oracle database (these are often scheduled jobs).  In many instances this represents a security risk as the Oracle database password is hardcoded into the script.  This means th...
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As with configurations the company you are auditing should have a policy on password controls.  We have previously discussed that SQL Server allows two methods of authenticating to the database – Mixed Mode and Windows Authentication (see http://www.isa...
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Typically application access to a SQL Server database is via one of two methods.  Either all users access the same database using a single (proxy) user which is defined in an initialisation (.INI) file, registry etc. Or the users access the database ...
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