Richard Bray

Newton's Third Law works in the physical world, but politics is different. When citizens demand swift action, the reaction to every action is not equal. In a crisis, Newton's theorem could be restated as: "Every action results in bureaucratic overreaction, in direct proportion to the emotional impact of the headlines." The U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, or SOX, is a case in point.

Terror on the Internet hardly sounds like a book title to reassure public sector IT security organizations. But, ironically, it does.

Voting at the Lac Carling Congress suggested that participants are in a mood to move from theoretical framework to practical solutions.

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As the regulatory environment grows ever more complex, CIOs must devote precious resources to resolving compliance issues, whether they like it or not. But the news isn

Terror on the Internet hardly sounds like a book title to reassure public sector IT security organizations. But, ironically, it does. Written by security researcher Gabriel Weimann and published by the United States Institute of Peace, the book acknowledges that war is being waged on the Internet but argues that the greatest threats are beyond the scope of system administrators and IT staff.

Terror on the Internet hardly sounds like a book title to reassure public sector IT security organizations. But, ironically, it does. n

Terror on the Internet hardly sounds like a book title to reassure public sector IT security organizations. But, ironically, it does.