Where PCI DSS Still Falls Short and How to Improve It; Federal CISOs decry excessive paperwork

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To ensure future delivery of your newsletters, please add nww_newsletters@newsletters.networkworld.com to your e-mail address book or 66.186.127.216 to your white-list file. Thank you. Federal CISOs decry excessive paperwork Unnecessary paperwork and too much focus on compliance reporting are two of the biggest distractions for federal Chief Information Security Officers trying to shore up... Group proposes cloud management standard DMTF creates new group dubbed the Open Cloud Standards Incubator, which will be dedicated to addressing the need for open management standards for cloud computing. Another Data Center Headache: Log Data Exploding Following the March, 2004, bombings in Madrid, Spain, law enforcement searching for leads on those responsible for the attacks focused on the cell phones used by the terrorists and requested that European telecommunications providers turn over their call data. The only problem: It took the companies weeks to find the relevant data. 802.1Qay closes in on standardization The IEEE last week said that its 802.1Qay specification for service-provider networks has entered the final phase for ratification as a standard. Cloud Standards: Trickier than Nailing Jell-O to a Wall Just try creating a definition of cloud computing that's broad enough to encompass all its permutations and narrow enough to provide technical guidance on how to get one cloud talking to another. Watchdogs smack FCC over E-Rate A new report issued by the Government Accountability Office says it is virtually impossible to measure the success of the Federal Communications Commission’s E-Rate program... Study: IT Security Certifications Required by More Employers More companies are requiring IT security certification, according to research released recently by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA). 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