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Regulatory Compliance

The Regulatory Compliance Planning Center is designed to assist IT Professionals in establishing an IT framework to help meet specific IT compliance obligations that directly relate to major regulations and standards.

 

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Achieving Compliance

Compliance can appear to be a complex and overwhelming issue. Its scope spans regulatory requirements (federal, state, and local), corporate policy, industry standards, and conformance to customer expectations. This article looks at ways to help address the many aspects of compliance by boiling them down into a single concept: "Are policies being followed the way I expect them to be?"

Don't Get Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Regulatory Compliance and Security Updates

As regulations evolve from abstract ideas into concrete compliance requirements for the real world of operations, we are seeing an area where regulations are having an unexpected and negative impact -- the realm of security updates. This article explores the issues facing IT Pros in meeting this challenge.

New Messaging Policy and Compliance Features in Exchange 2007

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 provides a broad set of e-mail policy and compliance features to may help address the increasing requirement to protect and control the flow of information.

Creating a Systemized Approach to Regulatory Compliance at Microsoft

How Microsoft does IT and compliance.

Responding to IT Security Incidents

While it is very important to proactively plan your overall regulatory compliance strategy, it is also vital to have a plan that properly chronicles the cause, nature and impact of IT Security incidents.

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Getting Started

Key Steps

  1. Understand the role of Regulatory Compliance
  2. Understand who is involved
  3. Understand key Regulations and Standards
  4. Understand IT Controls
  5. Understand business drivers

 

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Audit and Create a Framework

Key Steps

  1. Conduct an IT audit
  2. Understand framework fundamentals
  3. Understand why a framework is important for your organization
  4. Review existing frameworks

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Map Regulations to Solutions

Key Steps

  1. Map regulations to high-level control objectives in the control framework
  2. Review technology solution categories that are relevant to regulatory compliance
  3. Map control framework categories to specific technology solutions
  4. Review applied example

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Select and Implement Solutions

Key Steps for each Solution Category

  1. Document Management
  2. Business Process Management
  3. Project Management
  4. Risk Assessment
  5. Change Management
  6. Network Security
  7. Host Control
  8. Malicious Software Prevention
  9. Application Security
  10. Messaging and Collaboration
  11. Data Classification and Protection
  12. Identity Management
  13. Authentication, Authorization, and Access Control
  14. Training
  15. Physical Security
  16. Vulnerability Identification
  17. Monitoring and Reporting
  18. Disaster Recovery and Failover
  19. Incident Management and Trouble-Tracking

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The materials referenced on this site do not provide legal advice. Do not rely exclusively on these materials for advice about how to help address your regulatory requirements. Indeed, you should always consult your legal counsel or auditor for guidance on achieving your own unique compliance needs and obligations.

 

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