For Security & Risk Professionals

Case Study: Baker Tilly Virchow Krause Builds Trust With Strong Authentication

Customer Data Is Accessible Yet Safe Whether Users Are Connected Or Not

by Bill Nagel, November 16, 2009

Matt Jennings at Baker Tilly Virchow Krause needed to overhaul the accounting and advisory firm's security processes and technologies to ensure ongoing regulatory compliance and customer confidence. Replacing the company's use of a single password as . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

PCI X-Ray: File Integrity Monitoring

by John Kindervag, October 26, 2009

To effectively deal with the broad and complex requirements of Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security, you need to break the elements apart to provide enhanced clarity. We've designed the PCI X-Ray series to provide actionable information to help Forrester . . .

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Transparency Is The Next Step In Compliance . . . Bring On Enterprise Content Management

Compliance Processes Remain Untamed And Short On Insight

by Craig Le Clair, Chris McClean, August 28, 2009

Milestones in regulation such as the USA PATRIOT Act, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act, and amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) helped drive substantial enterprise content management (ECM) enhancements for better document management and . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

IT Compliance: From Painful To Pleasant

by Khalid Kark, July 31, 2009

With increasing workforce mobility and the extension of the business supply chain globally, organizations are struggling to keep up with increasing corporate and regulatory compliance requirements. Regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

PCI X-Ray: Network Segmentation

by John Kindervag, July 17, 2009

To effectively deal with the broad and complex requirements of Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security, you need to break the elements apart to provide enhanced clarity. We've designed the PCI X-Ray series to provide actionable information to help Forrester . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Market Overview: Security Information Management (SIM)

PCI Gives The SIM Market Its Second Wind, But The Field Will Thin Out In The Years Ahead

by John Kindervag, Andrew Jaquith, April 30, 2009

The security information management (SIM) market has undergone a dramatic transformation in the past five years. After growing to a respectable size in a short period in the early 2000s, the SIM market stagnated until the Payment Card Industry Data Security . . .

For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

Security And Data Management: What The Global eCommerce Leader Needs To Know

An Ever-Increasing Set Of Regulations And Standards Drives Complexity

by Brian K. Walker, April 23, 2009

Security and data compliance are issues that can be easily ignored in the face of the next product launch or marketing campaign. But global eCommerce leaders need to take control of these issues and marshal their resources, including vendors, to ensure . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

PCI X-Ray: IDS And IPS

by John Kindervag, April 8, 2009

To effectively deal with the broad and complex requirements of Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security, you need to break the elements apart to provide enhanced clarity. We've designed the PCI X-Ray series to provide actionable information to help Forrester . . .

For Technology Sales Enablement Professionals

Discovering Tech Opportunity In Islamic Finance

Big Segment Captures Banker And Tech Vendor Attention

by Ellen Carney, Jost Hoppermann, April 6, 2009

The move to Islamic banking will challenge conventional bank IT, which means strong opportunities for tech vendors with expertise and experience in rolling out Islamic finance systems. In the face of a deep and long-lasting recession, conventional banks . . .

For Consumer Market Research Professionals

Technographics® Insight: How Do US Consumers View The Role of Government Regulation With Their Primary Bank?  (248 KB PPT)

by Gina Zavradinos, Andrew Peach, April 2, 2009

This Technographics Insight takes a look at how US online consumers view the role of government regulation in the relationship with their primary bank provider.

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

A First Look At Islamic Banking

Large And Growing Segment Captures The Attention Of Conventional Banks

by Jost Hoppermann, Ellen Carney, March 26, 2009

Islamic finance and in particular Islamic banking is a growing segment within multiple countries as well as on a global level. Conventional banks increasingly show interest in Islamic banking. Enterprise architects need to understand the key principles . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Inquiry Spotlight: PCI, Q1 2009

by John Kindervag, February 26, 2009

With the increase in identity theft and fraud, credit card companies are making a concentrated effort to improve compliance rates. Merchants now face fines or loss of privileges to use the card brand if an audit shows noncompliance. Forrester's IT security . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Look To Network Access Control (NAC) To Streamline IT Compliance

Maximize Your NAC Deployment To Aid In GLBA, HIPAA, PCI DSS, And SOX Efforts

by Robert Whiteley, February 24, 2009

Did your organization just fail an audit test, and were you, the IT manager, blamed for not keeping your infrastructure or IT operations up to snuff? The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the . . .

For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

Young US Online Bankers And Social Media

Assessing Opportunities To Connect With Next-Gen Consumers

by Edward Kountz, February 13, 2009

The rise of social media is changing the way consumers communicate online, introducing a two-way dialogue and giving users the ability to more effectively disseminate and share information with other online users. While most of today's usage is centered . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

PCI X-Ray: Firewalls

by John Kindervag, February 13, 2009

To effectively deal with the broad and complex requirements of Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security, you need to break the elements apart to provide enhanced clarity. We've designed the PCI X-Ray series to provide actionable information to help Forrester . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

PCI X-Ray: What's New In 1.2?

by John Kindervag, January 30, 2009

To effectively deal with the broad and complex requirements of Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security, you need to break the elements apart to provide enhanced clarity. We've designed the PCI X-Ray series to provide actionable information to help Forrester . . .

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

XBRL: Finding Purpose Beyond Regulatory Reporting

by Scott Tiazkun, November 10, 2008

In the US, eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) is promoted largely through the efforts of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is currently pending guidelines for reporting of annual and quarterly financial statements. But once . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Q&A: Compliance Storage Demystified

by Jo Maitland, October 24, 2008

Relying on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for guidance on regulations turns out to be a pretty bad idea, as we are finding out in more ways than one these days. When it comes to figuring out what constitutes compliance-based storage, the . . .

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Preparing For New SEC Reporting Guidelines

Financial Reporting Goes Interactive

by Scott Tiazkun, October 23, 2008

Corporate finance and IT need to prepare now for new financial reporting guidelines. In tandem, they need to devise how the enterprise will create interactive data reports that satisfy the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Acting as an enforcer, . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

PCI X-Ray: Log Management

by John Kindervag, October 20, 2008

To effectively deal with the broad and complex requirements of Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security, you need to break the elements apart to provide enhanced clarity. We've designed the PCI X-Ray series to provide actionable information to help Forrester . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Inquiry Spotlight: Application Security, Q4 2008

by Chenxi Wang, Ph.D., October 17, 2008

The issue of application security is increasingly important for security professionals in today's ever-evolving application vulnerability landscape. But Forrester's data shows a clear disconnect between perceived importance of application security and . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Red Flag Compliance: Are You Ready?

by Geoffrey Turner, October 3, 2008

As of November 1, 2008 federal regulation will require all organizations in the US that offer consumer credit accounts to have implemented Red Flag programs to address consumer identity theft. The significance of this is that businesses will now be required . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

PCI X-Ray: Wireless Security

by John Kindervag, October 1, 2008

To effectively deal with the broad and complex requirements of Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security, you need to break the elements apart to provide enhanced clarity. We've designed the PCI X-Ray series to provide actionable information to help Forrester . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Confessions Of A QSA: The Inside Story Of PCI Compliance

by John Kindervag, September 11, 2008

PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance — a requirement for accepting credit card transactions — can be difficult. About 65% of global enterprises are still working on their PCI compliance initiatives. But PCI compliance is an ongoing effort, not a bounded . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Financial Services Of The Future: Collaborative Competition Will Be The Norm

by Jost Hoppermann, August 20, 2008

An increasing number of banks are working on long-term business and IT visions of the future, realigning IT strategies on a continual basis. To help enterprise architects better understand the business and IT environment of the future, Forrester surveyed . . .