Whatâs Offline: In Corporations They Donât Trust
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There is a âtrust gap between consumers and global corporations,â The McKinsey Quarterly finds.
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In this digital age, the pressures of streamlining and efficiency lead to more daily functions that can only be performed online.  This leaves behind those who don't have computer access, equipment, or skills.
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Thereâs nothing like a little regulatory scrutiny to get Internet companies talking about privacy. Even if some of their words ring somewhat hollow.
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Agilent couldn't agree more Silicon Justice Some companies in California don't have to worry about their employees' online activity as much as they used to - at least for the time being.â¦
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Business thinks IT is slow and unresponsive. IT knows that the business is totally unappreciative of the fact that while they want to support the business as much as possible, they are effectively doing so wearing handcuffs and chains. Every year for 15 years the gap between the two has widened. Now it is about to fracture forever potentially. But by creating a virtual infrastructure -- creating a connection between the application and data -- we can solve most of today's primary IT problems and re-establish a tighter bond between IT and the business.
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Many 'contactless' credit cards can leak their owner's name and card number for reading at a distance.
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Prosecuted? Really? Almost two-thirds of companies don't realise their legal responsibilities regarding their employees and electronic communications, a new survey has revealed.â¦
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Analysis: Why blame a bit player for the sins of the big bosses
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An expert on firewalls thinks they may no longer be suited to how modern corporations work.
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Responding to a scourge of online fraud and identity theft that threatens to undermine public confidence in Internet commerce, major companies are rolling out new services to encourage the adoption of better technology to identify customers, business partners, and employees online.
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The Nofollow attribute indicates if the source of the link &#8220;trusts&#8221; the destination of it. Trust is a very critical element in human relations and not one of the easiest. Too much mistrust can lead to paranoia and isolation. Too much trust can lead to abuse and being taken advantage of. We learn from childhood that [...]
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Why you need to consider companies not listed domestically.
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There is no question that IM is entrenched in the enterprise. More than 90 percent of businesses report IM activity, according to Osterman Research. A main reason, as we discovered in "Getting serious about enterprise IM," is the improved productivity and reduced communications costs that IM delivers. What should concern CIOs is that unsanctioned consumer IM networks -- such as those from America Online, ICQ, Microsoft, and Yahoo -- make up 80 percent of corporate IM use today, and the number of users of these unsecured IM networks is growing at a fast clip, according to The Radicati Group. True, public IM networks offer enterprises some protection, such as very basic identity control. But organizations are still exposed to a multitude of security risks, including viruses and breached firewalls.
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People often shrug off the government&#39;s interference into private business because they believe it doesn&#39;t affect them. Many even believe that business is inherently evil, profit-driven and cannot be trusted to do the right thing for its customers.
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The world of information technology is not immune from the reaches of the urban legend.
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Chief information officers are increasingly concerned about the loss of vital company data held on mobile devices, but very few have the systems in place to either control or track that data.
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No sense pointing the finger at Hewlett-Packard anymore; we have Congress and the FBI to do that. But I did want to discuss the âI didnât know what my employees/vendors/executive staff were doingâ defense -- which was, of course, made famous by Enron , so you have to know it just wonât do. Instead of looking backward, I spoke with a couple of experts on governance, privacy, risk, and compliance assessment about how companies can do the right thing in the future.