Risk News & Articles

While the promise of predictive coding is alluring, many questions remain for corporations and law firms: Where does the software end and the importance of workflow begin? Are companies using it successfully? Is the technology well-suited for all types of legal matters?

If you've ever wondered where information management and related IT fields are going, or where all the different strands will come together, new research by SAP may have the answer -- Machine to Machine (M2M) technologies across a vastly expanded internet are the next step in information and data management.

Research carried out recently by Voltage Security at the RSA conference in San Francisco has confirmed what most of us know, but many enterprises still have to take action on: the inability to access data is costing enterprises money, and specifically, according to this research, sales.

It all starts with a “discovery program framework” -- which is just a glorified checklist. But it’s proven to be one heck of a useful checklist for those organizations who are addressing litigation readiness, compliance and e-Discovery.

If internal audit is to remain relevant, it needs to move beyond the services currently performed to provide assurance to the main stakeholders.

If you live in the Northeast, odds are that you looked out your window a couple of weeks ago and saw snow falling from the sky. Parts of the region were buried under more than three feet of the white stuff, paralyzing the population. The bright side of any blizzard is that the snow, no matter how much, eventually melts away. The same is not the case for email.

Uncertainty is inherent in any plan. But there are actions that can be taken to increase the likelihood of positive outcomes and to reduce risk.

For those trying to obtain managerial buy in for security control, the stages in the process can often parallel the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.

Whether or not companies plan to upgrade to SharePoint 2013, HiSoftware has launched version 3.0 of its Security Sheriff SP tool for locking down sensitive documents in any SharePoint configuration.

It's your vendor's job to sell to you. When they fail to do so, they are failing at their job. Though you may have an established rapport with your vendor, their job provides for their own basic needs and those of their family. Each of those priorities is of greater importance than you.

Like any relatively young industry, the e-Discovery technology market is undergoing a process of maturation. In a relatively short time span, e-Discovery has evolved from a somewhat isolated activity to an expansive, business-critical operation.

Content management company, Sitecore has with HiSoftware released the HiSoftware Compliance Sheriff App for Sitecore’s App Center. This new application is designed to ensure that web content and applications follow privacy guidelines.

Recent improvements in in-memory and big data analytics technology spell benefits for those working in risk and compliance. 

The desire for the availability of our data is unquenchable. The technological innovation which this need inspires yields continuous development of ever evolving solutions with the express purpose of ensuring our data accessibility independent of time or place.

There have been a number of announcements in the GRC space recently, especially in e-Discovery. Among them are the new e-Discovery capabilities in Office 2013 and the release of OpenText’s InfoFusion. Otherwise, Modus releases Early Insights, LockPath upgrades Keylight, while Catalyst and Rimkus partner.