Risk, Compliance and Fraud Management
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ESCROW Protection from NCC Group
Posted: 3rd July 2008
Infogov is working with NCC Group to give our customers the option of registering for ESCROW protection for Proteus EnterpriseTM.
NCC Group is one of the world’s leading independent providers of IT assurance, security and consultancy services to over 15,000 clients globally in both the public- and private-sectors.
An Escrow Solution is the holding of business-critical material,...
COBIT 4.1 Automated by Proteus EnterpriseTM
Posted: 1st July 2008
“COBIT 4.1 is now fully licensed and available in automated form within the Proteus EnterpriseTM governance, risk and compliance utility”, said Stephen Hall, CEO of UK firm Information Governance Limited.
COBIT 4.1 is the IT Governance Institute® (ITGI) IT governance framework and toolset for bridging the gap between control requirements, technical challenges and enterprise risks. CobiT ...
BSI Standards extend Licence Agreement for Proteus Enterprise
Posted: 29th April 2008
Information Governance Limited has today extended it's Licence Agreement for it's 14th year, enabling the embedding and automation of BSI Standards within the Proteus range of GRC software solutions.
The new Licence includes the long standing support of BS ISO 27001:2005, BS ISO 27002:2005 and BS 7799-3:2006, but also now includes both BS 25999-1:2006 and BS 25999-2:2007
The ag...
IT Governance Institute (ITGI) new License Agreement
Posted: 29th April 2008
Information Governance Limited is to negotiate a new Licence Agreement with the IT Governance Institute (ITGI) for inclusion of content from their highly successful portfolio of IT Governance standards, including:
- COBIT
- Val IT
- Other COBIT-related content including:
-- IT Governance Implementation Guide
-- IT Assurance Guide Using COBIT
-- COBIT Cont...
Confidence in risk management required
Posted: 21st April 2008
Risk management was cited as a key opportunity by UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown during his press conference at the White House with President George Bush.
“With fears that Banks are becoming more wary of lending to each another, Gordon Brown is right to cite risk management as a key opportunity” said Stephen Hall, designer of Proteus Enterprise, the leading risk management utility. ...
A stronger IMF may not be achieved
Posted: 14th April 2008
"A stronger IMF may not be achieved unless it has the utility to capture, analyse and advise on international actions essential to securing good news from the string of bad news about markets and the global economy”, says Stephen Hall of InfoGov.
A slowing world economy, continued market turmoil, and increased inflationary risks requires coordinated action by all international players. “...
Software Warning
Posted: 5th April 2008
“Danger of procuring incomplete governance, risk and compliance software because it seems easy exists.”, Stephen Hall, CEO of GRC&F company InfoGov said today.
This usually occurs because the human interface appears simple and acceptable. Then, months later it becomes clear that the software cannot actually do all that is required to help minimise risks, and attain and evidence complia...
High profile data losses eroding confidence
Posted: 30th March 2008
High profile data losses by the DVA and HMRC have eroded confidence in the UK Government's ability to handle personal data, it has been announced. The survey, conducted for the Information Commissioner's Office, found that over half of those polled have no confidence in the way that banks and the UK Government protect their data, while seven out of ten claim they feel "powerless" about how their ...
[read more]Government unveils new ID card roadmap
Posted: 30th March 2008
Foreigners living in the UK, and students and staff at certain secure sites are among those who will be involved in a new ID card trial starting later this year, it was recently announced by the UK Government. It was also announced that from late this year foreign nationals from outside the EU will be required to sign up for an ID card and submit biometric data to a national database, and that st...
[read more]Staff Behaviour Key to Security - Really?
Posted: 30th March 2008
Changing employee behavior is key to improving business security, it was recently announced in a UK Government survey. The survey also pointed out that increasing numbers of UK companies allow staff to access data remotely and have no restrictions on internet access. In addition, it suggested that this is opening companies up to social engineering attacks from outsiders and making organizations ...
[read more]Automated Continuity, Compliance, Risk and Fraud
Posted: 29th March 2008
With Proteus Enterprise you can automate your business continuity, compliance and risk management activities via the web across any number of differing business lines.
Stephen Hall, CEO of InfoGov said “ensuring success in business continuity, risk and compliance management under practically any circumstance has to be a major goal of go-ahead enterprises today. With Proteus EnterpriseTM ...
Directive 95/46/EC: Protection of Personal Data
Posted: 28th March 2008
Directive 95/46/EC is the EU directive on protection of personal data. It provides a regulatory framework to balance high level of protection for privacy of individuals and free movement of personal data within the EU. The Directive prescribes strict limits on capture and use of personal data and demands that each Member State set up an independent national body responsible for the protection of...
[read more]Most Accidents From Human Error – Really?
Posted: 28th March 2008
Human error is the cause of most accidents it is generally understood. But it is too simple to say that these human errors imply carelessness or incompetence. Comprehensive studies are concluding that it is people who are at the end of a sequence that leads to an accident. So we must focus, therefore, on preventing accidents by addressing the underlying causal factors from the start of that seq...
[read more]From 6th April 2008, Beware Corporate Manslaughter
Posted: 28th March 2008
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act - comes into force in the UK for the prosecution of companies and other organisations where there has been a gross failing, throughout the organisation, in the management of health and safety with fatal consequences.
“If your activities are managed or organised in such a way that causes death you could be liable to a gross breach of duty o...
New Standard on Fraud
Posted: 7th March 2008
Due to an unrelenting rise in the many different types of fraud, Infogov is to supply its Proteus Enterprise™ governance, risk and compliance solution as the underpinning technology for the BSI’s forthcoming standard on fraud prevention and detection. The first development meeting for the standard, to be issued initially as a publicly accessible specification (PAS 8000) in August 2008 was held on ...
[read more]InfoGov Helps BET365 Overhall Compliance Processes
Posted: 11th February 2008
Web-based compliance tool, Proteus®, ensures global online gaming organisation meets audit standards -
August 2007: bet365, one of the World’s leading online gambling companies, has selected InfoGov‘s Proteus® - integrated web-based governance, risk and compliance software from specialist risk management software author, Information Governance (InfoGov) Ltd. The order is a key part of t...
Web subscription service launched: Proteus SaaS™
Posted: 11th February 2008
Proteus® Software as a Service now offers an immediate, and very low cost, option to carry out a compliance ‘gap analysis’ against many popular Standards. Additional compliance questionnaires can be added.
This service can be purchased from the new Infogov Online Store at www.infogov.co.uk/store/
InfoGov appoints new Agent in Scandinavia
ChangeMaster A/S, Denmark has had...
InfoGov's Proteus Enterprise to be Demonstrated at ENISA Knowledge Seminar
Posted: 11th February 2008
Web-based GRC software will subsequently be available for trial in ENISA’s Technological Cabinet in Heraklion -
Information Governance (InfoGov) Ltd. has been invited to demonstrate Proteus Enterprise® its integrated web-based governance, risk and compliance software at an ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) Knowledge Seminar in advance of EC2ND (European Conference o...