IT Compliance
ITCi provides news and analysis on revised, new, and emerging regulations that impact IT professionals. ITCi supports, develops, and distributes regular research to keep its Members up to date on the technology impact of government regulations, as well as the trends within the vendor community. ITCi's research network provides timely updates on emerging regulations, trends, case studies, and best practices based on primary research and interaction with our members. This information is delivered in newsletters, profile-based Member alerts, white papers, and conference workshops.

• Energy Star 4.0 goes into effect
  IT hardware to become 65 percent more efficient
• European outsourcing activity skyrockets
  Business is up 78 percent compared the first half of 2006
• First telephone switch rootkit found in Greek spying case
  Hackers used vulnerabilities of old code to tap scores of mobile phones
• Information management is a priority for CIOs, survey shows
  Data integration and business intelligence are also common goals
• Link found between hacking and terrorism
  Trial in England showed that terrorists were partially funded by stolen credit card numbers
• Consultant gets five years for stealing names from an insurance company
  Man tried to sell data to an undercover Secret Service agent
• Hackers can now set up a phishing site in two seconds
  New software kit means they don't have to repeatedly access a compromised server
• OMB increases IT privacy and security requirements in A-11 budget calls
  Budget submissions for fiscal 2009 must answer certain questions about security, IPv6, data breaches, and project management risks
• Security certification leads to a higher salary, survey shows
  Security certifications are bucking the trend while premiums for other certifications decline
• UK information commissioner issues annual report, cites problems
  Overall situation described as "horrifying"
• Cost of anti-money-laundering systems has skyrocketed, survey indicates
  Costs have risen 58 percent over last three years and are expected to rise another 34 percent in the next three years
• EU mandates Energy Star compliance for future IT purchases
  EU-wide law may save power equal to that used by Hungary
• Internal auditors are rarely audited, survey finds
  Few are following the quality guidelines of the Institute of Internal Auditors
• Spammers defeat 'captcha' technology
  Optical character recognition defeats security measure that requires new users to identify twisted letters
• Ed Light: Ten Easy Ways to Score Fast CPE Credits
  If you've earned a professional certification, you're ahead of the game. Now, don't let that new load of continuing education requirements drag you down. Here are 10 ways to earn education credits at little or no cost, often at your own keyboard, while learning something useful at the same time.