Posts Tagged ‘GLBA’

Supporting Compliance With ITIL

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Organizations have faced legal and regulatory requirements for literally decades. However, IT compliance is relatively young.
U.S. healthcare organizations reacted with alarm over the passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. The U.S. financial organizations soon followed suit with their reaction to the passage of the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA), also known as the Financial Modernization Act, of 1999. But probably the biggest whammy felt by the largest numbers of organizations was the passage of the Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002.

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Laws, Standards, Mapping, and HIPAA

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

Today is the last day of Norwich University’s Masters programs residency week; this afternoon is graduation.
It has been a great week…I have loved chatting with the students and faculty, and I’ve compiled a page full of topics I want to research and blog about!

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PCI DSS and GLBA Compliance & Privacy Breach: Lawsuits Filed Against TJX

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

Let’s look at the events that have occurred with the recent TJX computer hack and resulting privacy breach and identity thefts:

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Regulatory Compliance Actions Must Include Effective, ongoing Awareness and Training Efforts

Friday, December 29th, 2006

A great article was published on Law.com today written by Ryan Sulkin, “First Line of Defense Against Data Security Breaches: Employees.”
There are several points made that I hope business leaders read and take to heart.

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