Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last couple of years, you’ve probably heard many companies touting the benefits of cloud computing ad nauseam. These days it seems like everyone has gone nebulous and jump on the cloud computing bandwagon.  While services like Gmail, Netflix and Salesforce.com have become household names, how do we as industry professionals sort through the buzz and distinguish true cloud players from those who are just blowing smoke? The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) may have the answer.

In September of 2010, the CSA announced the availability of its Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge, or CCSK, certification. More and more organizations are looking to take advantage of cloud computing in order to lower costs, simplify IT infrastructure,...

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In a recent search for industry frameworks for governance, risk and compliance (GRC) costs for an upcoming webcast that I am presenting – Non-Compliance Costs: Should Your Organization Invest in GRC Tools? – I found a couple of great articles and sources. 

One research document - How To Measure The ROI Of A GRC Platform: Building A Framework For The Governance, Risk, And Compliance Business Case, by Forrester Analyst, Chris McClean, helps build a framework around estimating ROI by considering factors such as cost of a solution, benefits, the flexibility, and associated risks and mitigation. I like Chris’ “cost of a solution,” defining costs to span further than just monetary costs into time and other resources dedicated towards the implementation and ongoing maintenance.  All...

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ANXeBusiness Corp. (ANX), a leading provider of SMB PCI Compliance management solutions, integrated security and compliance and secure connectivity solutions, announced today that the company will be showcasing its solutions at the 2011 Multi-Unit Franchising Conference at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.   ANX will be discussing and demonstrating their solutions at booth #627.

The 10^th annual Multi-Unit Franchising Conference has been the premier conference for franchisees.  The show provides franchisees, franchisors, and franchise business leaders with a place to learn, network and make deals for their businesses.  The expected attendance for this event is over 700 multi-unit franchisees, franchisors, and franchise business solution providers.  

ANX’s SMB PCI...

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ANX SaaS and managed services help organizations rapidly deploy GRC programs

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (Apri 11, 2011) – ANXeBusiness Corp. (ANX), a leading provider of integrated security and compliance and secure connectivity solutions, announced today that the company will be showcasing its Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) solutions at the ISACA 2011 Spring Conference, April 16-20, in Los Angeles, CA.  ANX will be discussing and demonstrating their compliance solutions at booth #18.

The ISACA 2011 Spring Conference is the leading Information Systems IT governance, control, security and assurance event for the Southern California area. The ISACA Los Angeles Chapter provides affordable quality training on fundamental information systems auditing concepts and emerging...

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Epsilon, one of the world’s largest email marketing services companies and marketing unit of Alliance Data Systems Corp., announced on April 1 that an outside intrusion had hacked into some of its customer files. Epsilon sends e-mail campaigns and offers to consumers who register for a company's website or who give their e-mail addresses while shopping. Epsilon sends more than 40 billion e-mails annually and also runs loyalty programs for many large companies. Epsilon's databases house consumer information cybercriminals could use for targeted phishing, better known as spear phishing, attacks. 

At this point, it is unclear to the depth of this attack. What is known is the stolen data is limited to email addresses and possible user names associated with those email addresses....

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