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StrategyState Street Corporation, SWIFT and J.P. Morgan: better data needs as large global institutions face up to $350 million in expenditures to comply with new post-credit crisis regulatory requirements

SurveyTowers Watson survey notes that embedding risk culture as the top obstacle for 82 percent of North American insurers

NewsObama executive order includes policies from previously blocked legislation, urges Congress to “secure our networks and deter attacks”

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SurveySurvey finds cloud-based human resources management systems on the rise and driven outside of IT

StrategyONC director Fridsma explains Structured Data Capture initiative to support electronic health records

BlogCompanies operate in a more externally connected fashion, and two recent stories touch on changes to data responsibility

commentaryWhile there may be integration challenges, cloud-based health care patient portals provide better security in the long run

newsAutonomic Resources approved along guidelines for FedRAMP, an integral piece to Washington’s cloud efforts

newsOffice of the National Coordinator for HIT to hold public hearing in January, publish guidelines and launch monitoring later