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What you need to know about IT-related federal laws, regulations, compliance and more

Supporters of SOPA, PIPA stick to their guns

Beleaguered supporters of two online antipiracy bills today downplayed widespread protests against the legislation and insisted the opposition is misguided and misinformed.
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Facebook may take company public in May

Reports were circulating Tuesday that Facebook will launch its initial public offering in May.

Hospital electronic records adoption jumps, but still low

Hospitals that are prepared to adopt electronic medical records and achieve the government's "meaningful use" criteria have increased significantly, from 25% to 41%, according to new research.

Check Point buys compliance tech vendor Dynasec

Check Point Software is buying governance, risk management and compliance vendor Dynasec.

Accenture pays $63.7M to resolve gov't kickbacks case

Technology services and consulting company Accenture has agreed to pay $63.7 million to resolve whistleblower allegations that it participated in a large-scale kickbacks scheme involving U.S. government contracts.

New EU agency to manage large IT systems with citizen data

The European Union’s General Affairs Council on Monday approved plans to establish of a pan-European agency to manage its large-scale IT systems.

Start up offers Saas app to manage data-breach incidents

If your company suffered a data breach, would you know what to do to comply with state, federal and local law? Start-up Co3 Systems is offering a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application to tackle that unhappy task, tracking how a corporate data-loss incident is handled.

Google accuses Oracle of delay tactics in Android suit

Google is accusing Oracle of dragging its feet in providing a large volume of documents related to the companies' lawsuit over alleged Java patent violations in the Android mobile OS, including website pages from Sun.com.

Google, Oracle still battling over Android e-mail

Google and Oracle continue to tussle over a potentially damaging e-mail in the ongoing lawsuit over alleged Java patent violations in the Android mobile OS.

Black Hat: Apple does well, Microsoft better, with enterprise security

While still not great, the operating systems behind Apple desktops, laptops and phones are getting more secure, researchers at Black Hat say. While not recommended for corporate use unless it’s in islands within larger networks, the OSX operating system has made strides, says Alex Stamos, who lead a team of researchers from iSec Partners that researched the OSX and Windows 7 operating systems.

The real force behind the consumerization of IT

You can blame the iPhone, Salesforce.com, and Facebook, but the truth is that business itself has driven the shift to employee-directed tech

Self-service IT: Are users up to the task?

Sure, today's end users are pretty tech-savvy, but do they have the technical and business chops needed to take full advantage of self-service technologies?

Feds Begin Race to the Cloud

Tasked with adopting cloud computing as a first option in all IT projects, federal agencies are grappling with the hard realities of making that policy work.

Linux at 20: New challenges, new opportunities

The rise of cloud computing and mobility could elevate the open source OS to a level of unprecedented dominance

5 reasons why SIEM is more important than ever

IT environments are growing ever more distributed, complex and difficult to manage, making the role of security information and event management (SIEM) technology more important than ever. Here's why.

10 hard truths IT must learn to accept

Unsanctioned devices, compromised networks, downtime -- today's IT is all about embracing imperfections.

Vulnerability analysis tools add compliance features

Compliance is a natural extension of a vulnerability analysis tool. Normal vulnerability scanning includes searching for unpatched systems, unprotected directories, and other errors in configuration.

How ALPS Advisors found its log management groove

Case study: Log management is a vital piece of compliance. Here's how one mutual fund administration company figured out the best approach.

How Kelly Services manages risk in the cloud

CSO contributor Bob Violino recently interviewed Rosie Rivel, senior manager of IT global risk and compliance at Kelly, regarding risk and the cloud.

Elgan: It's time to legalize cell phone jammers

When Congress enacted the Communications Act of 1934, it was thinking about radios and telephones. Surely it didn't intend to enable convicted criminals to commit crimes from inside their prison cells, writes columnist Mike Elgan.