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Internal audit at Satyam
NeilMcIntyre.ca | December 9th 2009 by Neil McIntyre
New charges in the Satyam scandal were laid by India’s Central Bureau of Investigation, for “creating fake invoices to inflate revenues by US$94 million and forging company board resolutions to obtain unauthorised loans worth US$265 milli read more
France24 Interview with Irina Bokova in September
UNESCO In the Spotlight: Education and Culture | December 9th 2009 by John Daly
France24 Interview with Irina Bokova in September
UNESCO in the Spotlight: Science and Communications | December 9th 2009 by John Daly
Signature Authorization is Stupid Security
Information Security Resources | December 9th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Robert Siciliano, ID Theft Expert and Security Consultant to Intelius.com Ever forge your husband’s signature? Wife’s? Parent’s? Client’s? Do you think the clerk behind the counter at Walmart is skilled in handwriting analysis? I’ve a read more
New Gift Card Laws Also Benefit Terrorists
Information Security Resources | December 9th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Professor Jenni Hesterman, Counterterrorism Expert In case you missed this news in November, laws regarding gift cards will change in favor of consumers: Just in time for the holiday shopping season, the U.S. Federal Reserve on Monday moved to read more
The Madness of King Barack – Let My People Spend!
Matt's Meditations | December 8th 2009 by matt
Today, the President proposed a new spending bill to help relieve unemployment. A new microwave for everyone! As the last Stimulus Bill has cost perhaps $250,000/job so far, this new idea sounds just peachy. What is he thinking? As the country is fac read more
Massive TSA Security Breach Revealed
Information Security Resources | December 8th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By BRIAN ROSS and MATT HOSFORD of ABC News Updates: TSA Breach is a Nightmare for Holiday Travel Online posting reveals a “how to” for terrorists to fool airport security. In a massive security breach, the Transportation Security Agency read more
Faith
SDVS Headlines | December 8th 2009 by Matthew Hancock
The Charity Commission has produced guidance on governance for faith-based charities. Download document (pdf) >> read more
Historic UN Climate Change Conference Kicks off in Copenhagen
Kenya Environmental & Political News | December 8th 2009 by Phil
Copenhagen (Denmark), 7 December 2009 – The United Nations Climate Change Conference kicked off today in Copenhagen with a strong sense of confidence that countries can seal a comprehensive, ambitious and effective international climate change read more
Cyber Liability Insurance Mitigates Exposure
Information Security Resources | December 7th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Laton McCartney, Editor at CIOZone Four or five years ago, insurance carriers selling cyber-liability insurance had difficulty giving the product away. “CIOs weren’t interested,” Drew Bartkiewicz, vice president of cyber a read more
Vietnam Tops November Spam Report
Information Security Resources | December 7th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Simon Heron, CISSP Internet Security Analyst Today’s news that a New Zealand national has been ordered to pay $15.5 million US dollars in fines due to his participation in an international spam network, highlights the seriousness with which au read more
It’s time for a Constitutional challenge
Matt's Meditations | December 7th 2009 by matt
Many are aware of the Democratic Party’s propensity to litigate, not legislate when stalled or rejected in Congress. With the trial lawyers so closely associated with the Democrats, venue shopping and finding just the right judges and appellate read more
Caribbean banana producing countries to suffer under new deal bet…
Bajan Dream Diary | December 7th 2009 by Bajan Dream Project
Editor’s note: Sir Ronald Sanders, the author of this article, is a business executive and former Caribbean diplomat who publishes widely on small states in the global community via his website, sirronaldsanders.com. There is now some strong talk o read more
GenApple Boasts First Information Brokerage
Information Security Resources | December 6th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Bozidar Spirovski, CISSP, MCSA, MCP After the first article was posted at GenApple - which promotes itself as the first information brokerage, Shortinfosec secured an interview with the founder of GenApple - Mr. Mark Hanson. In a summary, the ser read more
Holiday Temps Increase Identity Theft Risks
Information Security Resources | December 6th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert This is the absolute best time of the year to be a dishonest temporary worker. Holiday hustle and bustle overwhelms managers and supervisors and they can’t possibly see everything their employees are doi read more
Gov 2.0 Taskforce draft report out today
eGov AU | December 6th 2009 by Craig Thomler
I'm reliably informed (via a public tweet and the Taskforce site) that the Gov 2.0 Taskforce draft report should be out at some point today. The Taskforce Chairman, Dr Nicholas Gruen, says in the announcement linked above that it will be publicly av read more
Counting the accountability
an ordinary citizen | December 6th 2009 by Badrud Doza
We are often hearing the term accountability in Bangladesh. Political parties are promising in their manifestoes for establishing accountability if they could come to power. Government and ministers are promising to remain accountable for its deeds read more
Human Rights Ads (33): Band of Dictators
PAP Blog | December 6th 2009 by filip spagnoli
(source) More on Korea, Zimbabwe and Myanmar (aka Burma). More human rights ads. Posted in governance, human rights ads Tagged: ads, advert, burma, cuba, dictator, dictatorship, korea, myanmar, politics, tyranny, zimbabwe read more
Performance in the government – no oxymoron
Initial Private Opinion | December 5th 2009 by Sandeep Parekh
Here is the biggest potential game changer in the way the Indian government functions or rather dysfunctions. As I have often said on this blog, India’s governance suffers at least as much from the inaction of its honest people as from the acti read more
Ten Most Damaging Data Breaches of 2009
Information Security Resources | December 4th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Laton McCartney, Editor at CIOZone Every week for the past four years the San Diego-based Privacy Rights Clearing House (PRCH), an organization dedicated to empowering consumers and protecting privacy, has been chronicling data breaches on a read more
MIT: Reality Mining Protects Your Identity
Information Security Resources | December 4th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert Identity is a simple concept that has become a complex problem. It has become complex due to fraud. Fraud, motivated by money and the ease of obtaining credit and taking over an account. Because identity ha read more
World Class Hypocrisy
Matt's Meditations | December 3rd 2009 by matt
This evening, I was in a nice restaurant and noticed one of the most prominent televangelists in America walking in. If you have cable TV, he is instantly recognizable. He drove up in a Rolls Royce with blacked out windows and had two armed bodyguard read more
ISAlliance Delivers Cyber Security Report
Information Security Resources | December 3rd 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Anthony M. Freed, Information-Security-Resources.com Managing Editor The Internet Security Alliance held a luncheon at the National Press Club today to unveil their much anticipated recommendations to Congress and the Obama Administration regardin read more
Barbados Family Minister says men deserve more legal rights to th…
Bajan Dream Diary | December 3rd 2009 by Bajan Dream Project
Men should be allowed more legal rights to their children, says Minister of Family, Youth and Sports Esther Byer-Suckoo. She was speaking yesterday at the launch of sociologist Lloyd Springer’s new book, Fatherhood In The Neighbourhood, at Warr read more
China’s ambassador speaks on climate change plans
Green Gang 青帮: China, Climate Change, Political Economy | December 3rd 2009 by Stephen Minas
China’s Ambassador to the UK, Fu Ying, has briefed a London School of Economics audience on China’s climate change work and planning. Fu Ying struck a positive note, reporting that 26 out of 31 provinces and regions ‘fulfilled emissions targets read more
Healthcare Data Breaches Slow To Surface
Information Security Resources | December 3rd 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Doug Pollack, Chief Marketing Officer for ID Experts Since the HITECH Act data breach notification provisions became effective this past September 23, 2009, I’d recently become curious about the number and nature of data breaches that would star read more
A bad year for African governance?
Accidental Academic | December 3rd 2009 by Azad Essa
Is Africa advancing? This was the crisp question we asked ourselves at the Mo Ibrahim shindig in Dar es Salaam two weeks ago. The Prize Committee had been unable to select a winner this year. Time magazine put it succinctly last month: 2009 has been read more
New Business Briefings from Korn/Ferry
reputationXchange | December 2nd 2009 by Leslie Gaines-Ross
Just downloaded parts of Korn/Ferry’s new quarterly magazine that was just launched for CEOs, board members and other top officers. The magazine is written by Korn/Ferry consultants along with renowned journalists from the Financial Times, The read more
Betrayed for the second time
Spirituality Page | December 2nd 2009 by kebelle
Twice betrayed.Yes, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has betrayed the interest of the Filipino people.In 2001, when she took the oath as a replacement of the deposed former president Joseph Estrada, she mesmerized the public with her wicked charm. She promise read more
New quick start beginners guide for government Twitter use releas…
eGov AU | December 2nd 2009 by Craig Thomler
Dave Briggs of Learning Pool in the UK has written a quick start guide to Twitter for those working in and around government (although it's equally applicable for other people as well). The guide particularly targets Twitter newcomers and is written read more
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