Re: Compliance Is Wasted Money, Study Finds

[Doug Farre <dougfarre () gmail com>]

I always considered compliance as a good starting point
(holistically).  It is common sense to take the extra steps to protect
your companies most vital assets.

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Bert Knabe <bert.knabe () lubbockonline com> wrote:
> On 4/6/10 1:23 AM, "Ivan ." <ivanhec () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > For those who don't frequent slashdot.......
> >
> > "Enterprises are spending huge amounts of money on compliance programs
> > related to PCI-DSS, HIPAA and other regulations, but those funds may
> > be misdirected in light of the priorities of most information security
> > programs, a new study has found. A paper by Forrester Research,
> > commissioned by Microsoft and RSA, the security division of EMC, found
> > that even though corporate intellectual property comprises 62 percent
> > of a given company's data assets, most of the focus of their security
> > programs is on compliance with various regulations. The study found
> > that enterprise security managers know what their companies' true data
> > assets are, but find that their security programs are driven mainly by
> > compliance, rather than protection (PDF)."
> >
> > http://www.rsa.com/products/DLP/ar/10844_5415_The_Value_of_Corporate_Secrets.p
> > df
>
> That's not really a surprise. While it's not the only thing that can cost
> big bucks or put you out of business, non-compliance is just about the only
> one that's checked regularly.
>
>
> Bert
>
>
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