Implementing Least-Privilege Security Management in Complex Linux and UNIX Environments

Virtually all government and private security regulations, such as Sarbanes-Oxley and the Payment Card Industrys Data Security Standard, have a few common requirements: that access to sensitive data and servers be granted only to those whose job function requires it, and that those individuals are granted only the privileges they need to perform their duties. This least-privilege security model has obvious merits in theory, but in practice it can be challenging to implement, particularly in Linux and UNIX environments, where it is still all too common for administrators to share passwords to root or other superuser accounts. How, for example, do you give backup administrators the superuser privilege to copy a database and move it to another volume without giving them access to the database itself? While sudo and other tools provide some help, they can be cumbersome to manage and implement and become unworkable in complex environments with hundreds of heterogeneous servers and multip
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Governance, Taxes And The Board

Governance, Taxes And The Board
‘There is a clear need for transparency in tax matters and tax needs to be elevated on the corporate risk agenda, becoming an essential part of the enterprise-wide risk management framework,’ says Seema Ranchhoojee, manager of tax at PwC.
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PCAOB to Inspect Swiss Auditing Firms
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has struck a cooperative agreement with Swiss regulators that will allow the U.S. and Switzerland to establish a cooperative framework for supervisory oversight of auditors that practice in each country.
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International Entrepreneur, Karen Paterson Leads the Way in Global Payroll
JERSEY, BRITISH CHANNEL ISLANDS–(Marketwire – April 6, 2011) – An award winning international entrepreneur joins a new global payroll business which maximises the benefits of cloud technology.
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Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance & Enterprise Spreadsheet Risk Management Solutions

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ERM Made Essential for Financial Institutions by Crisis

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a proposal that would add what it deemed risky compensation practices to the list of risk factors it uses in determining assessments on financial institutions. The FDICs move follows proposed guidance by the Federal Reserve Board, which in October last year proposed guidance it believed would help curb executive compensation practices that encourage excessive risk taking.
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RenewData And Digital Reef Launch New, Highly Scalable eDiscovery Services

RenewData And Digital Reef Launch New, Highly Scalable eDiscovery Services
Digital Reef, Inc., a leading software provider of the first massively scalable and open software for eDiscovery and file governance, and RenewData, a leading provider of eDiscovery, archiving and review-acceleration solutions today announced a partnership.
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Panamericano Sale Spurs Trading Probe on Stock Rally
Brazilian securities regulators are investigating trading in Banco Panamericano SA shares after the stock jumped 10 percent twice in the six days prior to the bank’s Jan. 31 sale to Banco BTG Pactual SA.
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American Utility Management Upgrades Data Security and Productivity Through Partnerships with UbiStor and OPEX
OAK BROOK, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–American Utility Management Upgrades Data Security and Productivity through Partnerships with UbiStor and OPEX
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