...Internet DMZ Equipment Policy 1.0 Purpose The purpose of this policy is to define standards to be met by all equipment owned and/or operated by Richman Investments located outside Richman Investment's corporate Internet firewalls. These standards are designed to minimize the potential exposure to Richman Investment from the loss of sensitive or company confidential data, intellectual property, damage to public image etc., which may follow from unauthorized use of Richman Investment resources. Devices that are Internet facing and outside the Richman Investment firewall are considered part of the "de-militarized zone" (DMZ) and are subject to this policy. These devices (network and host) are particularly vulnerable to attack from the Internet since they reside outside the corporate firewalls. The policy defines the following standards: * Ownership responsibility * Secure configuration requirements * Operational requirements * Change control requirement 2.0 Scope All equipment or devices deployed in a DMZ owned and/or operated by Richman Investment (including hosts, routers, switches, etc.) and/or registered in any Domain Name System (DNS) domain owned by Richman Investment, must follow this policy. This policy also covers any host device outsourced or hosted at external/third-party service providers, if that equipment resides in the "RichmanInvestment.com" domain or appears to be owned by Richman Investment. All new...
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...following format: 2009 2010 2011 Citigroup’ net income (loss) $billions ($1.606) 10.602 $11.067 Change $12.208 $.465 2011 vs. 2010: Citigroup and Consolidated Subsidiaries Overall, the largest change between the two years on the Income Statement is the 50.86% reduction (26,042 to 12,796) in the provisions for credit losses and benefits and claims. Net income for Citigroup increased 4.65% (10,602 to 11,067) while revenues decreased 10% (from 86,601 to 78,353) and operating expenses increased 7.51% (47,375 to 50,933). Additionally, the income from discontinued operations increased from (68) to 112. Citicorp Analysis: While total Citicorp income from continuing operations only decreased 2%, the Global Consumer Banking increased 33%, the Securities and Banking decreased 25%, and the Transaction Services decreased 7%. Citi Holdings Total Citi Holdings increased 38% in the period, as Brokerage and Asset Management decreased 27%, Local Consumer Lending increased 43% and Special Asset Pool decreased 49%. Thus, Citi Holdings income from continuing operations increased only 1%, but the Discontinued Operations, Net Income attributable to NCI decreased 47%, causing Citigroup net income to increase by 4% in 2011 (compared to 2010). Overall Decrease 2011 vs. 2010 While the global consumer banking division increased income 33% (6,196 from 4,661), the securities and banking and transaction services divisions in North America decreased from 2,465 to 1,011 (59%) and...
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...the company’s corporate information technology group to produce an information paper detailing the types of cyber threats and malware are being reported on the internet. They would also like the security group to give the company’s executive leadership a detailed report regarding the threats, vulnerabilities and the overall risks that may be present in our current corporate infrastructure. The security department for the organization is relatively small and short on resources so this task has been given to me to do the research and create an executive report detailing the current vulnerabilities, risks and threats and potential impact to our network should we have any security incidents. “Unfortunately, there are inherent risks to computer usage — hackers, viruses, worms, spyware, malware, unethical use of stolen passwords and credentials, unauthorized data removal by employees with USB flash drives, or servers crashing and bringing productivity to a halt” ("Cybersecurity," 2013) . The CGF network is a typical office network composed of an external firewall with an external DMZ with public use servers, and internal firewall protecting the corporate network. The internal CGF network includes Microsoft Windows OS workstations and enterprise servers supporting: web, exchange, file, AD and FTP servers, additionally there are 100 workstations consisting of desktops and laptops, VOIP telephones and a wireless access point for corporate users. The overall corporate network architecture...
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...of the Treasury bill, assuming $1,000 face value. [Show your computation work] * 99.857 x 10 = 998.57 Using the annual coupon payment and the actual asked dollar price that you computed above, compute the yield to maturity of the Treasury bond, assuming the next coupon payment will be given on the maturity day. [Show your computation work] I = F –P / F x 360 / days to maturity = 1000 – 998.57 / 1000 x 360 / 94 = 0.0054 = 0.54% Did the asked price of the Treasury bond increase or decrease from the previous Friday? Did the asked yield to maturity on the Treasury bond increase or decrease from the previous Friday? * The asked price increased. The asked yield increased. 2. [Corporate Bonds: 22 Points] a. (1 point) From your Barron’s, choose one corporate...
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...Security Awareness Policy (statement 1) The Information Security (IS) team is responsible for promoting ongoing security awareness to all information system users. A Security Awareness program must exist to establish formal methods by which secure practices are communicated throughout the corporation. Security guidance must exist in the form of formal written policies and procedures that define the principles of secure information system use and the responsibility of users to follow them. Security awareness articles, posters, and bulletins should be periodically created and distributed throughout the corporation to educate employees about new and existing threats to security and how to cope with them. All employees are responsible for promptly reporting to their management and Information Systems (IS) management any suspected insecure conditions or security violations they encounter. All employees must be made aware of their security responsibilities on their first day of employment as part of the newhire orientation program. All employees must comply with IS security policies by signing a compliance agreement that is retained in their personnel file. IS Security policies and procedures must remain current and readily available (e.g., via the intranet site) for Information System users to review and understand them. Information Systems (IS) management must ensure that the terms and conditions of authorized system access are clearly communi...
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...supplement the traditional bank financing to take care of the growing credit needs of the economy. The Indian debt market, particularly the government securities market, has undergone a significant transformation since the introduction of reforms in the financial markets in 1991-92. The primary objective behind the reforms has been to moderate liquidity growth, contain inflationary pressure, and conduct public debt management in a cost-effective manner. Various reforms have also been undertaken in the corporate debt market. The corporate bond market is an important segment of the financial market in terms of funds raised well as potential for future growth. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was established in 1992, to regulate the primary issue in equity and de markets and to ensure sound trading practices in the secondary market throu stock exchanges. The bond market is an important source of funding for both t government and corporate sector. The bond market, also known as the debt, credit, or fixed income market, is a market where participants buy and sell debt securities usually in the form of bonds. The majority of trading volume in the bond market takes place between broker-dealers and large institutions in a decentralized, over the counter (OTC) market. However, a small number of bonds, mainly corporate, are listed on the exchange. "Bond market" usually refers to the government bond market because on the its size, liquidity, lack of credit risk and...
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...Schedule 3 - List of Persons and Organisations who made Written Contributions to the Final Draft of The Code 20 PREFACE Long before the highly publicized corporate scandals and failures worldwide, the global community has shown increasing concern on the issues of corporate governance. The reason for this trend is not far to seek. There is growing consensus that corporate governance, which has been defined as the way and manner in which the affairs of companies are conducted by those charged with the responsibility, has a positive link to national growth and development. Little wonder therefore that several studies and initiatives have been undertaken by countries and International Institutions on the subject “Corporate Governance”. As a result of the foregoing, several Codes of Corporate Practices and Conduct have been fashioned out and are in use in various jurisdictions. Realizing the need to align with the International Best Practices, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in collaboration with the Corporate Affairs Commission inaugurated a seventeen (17) member Committee on June 15, 2000 in Nigeria. The Committee headed by Atedo Peterside (OON) was mandated to identify weaknesses in the current corporate governance practice in Nigeria and fashion out necessary changes that will improve our corporate governance practices. Membership of the Committee was carefully selected to cut across all sectors of the economy including members of professional organizations...
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...A Framework for IT Governance in Small Businesses by Herman Koornhof A FRAMEWORK FOR IT G O V E R N A N C E by IN SMALL BUSINESSES Herman Koornhof TREATISE Submitted for the partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree MAGISTER TECHNOLOGIAE in Business Information Systems in the FACULTY ENGINEERING, BUILT ENVIRONMENT OF THE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY of the N E L S O N M A N D E L A M E T R O P O L I T A N U N I V E R SI T Y Supervisor: Prof. Rossouw von Solms January 2009 ii Declaration I, Herman Koornhof, hereby declare that: • • • The work in this treatise is my own work. All sources used or referred to have been documented and recognised. This treatise has not previously been submitted in full of partial fulfilment of the requirements for an equivalent or qualification at any other recognised educational institution. higher Herman Koornhof iii Acknowledgements I would like to express my gratitude to the following people: • My love, Jenny, for your love and understanding during the past year. Without your encouragement and inspiration this work would not have been possible. • • My family and friends for your interest and support. My supervisor, Prof. Rossouw von Solms, for your guidance and advice, and your detailed and constructive comments. • To Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. iv Table...
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...Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 U.S. Senator Paul Sarbnes of Maryland and U.S. Representative Michael Oxley of Ohio followed a series of corporate failures, which inacted the SOX Act based on Enron’s bankruptcy and other key organizations such as Worldcom, Tyco, Xerox, and Adelphia who were among the United States organizations executives in the headlines for misdemeanors and multi-billion dollar reassertions," (Dembinski, Lager, Cornford, Bonvin, 2005). The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, (SOX) was incorporated to strengthen the internal improvements and oversight of corporate control. The primary purpose is to shield and protect shareholders from fradualent activities within the public sector and the stock market. The table below provides a list of a few provisions implemented in SOX Act. Section 302 | Section 401 | Section 404 | Section 409 | Section 802 | Requires that corporate administration confirm that they have assessed the financial reports. | Requires that financial reports include disclosure about any applicable off-balance sheet responsibilities that may exist. | Requires organizations to state whether or not the business's internal mechanism technique are sufficient and operative. | Requires administration to update the public of important budgetary matters when they occur, instead of waiting until the annual or quarterly report. | Imposes penalties for abuses of the SOX rules, which could lead to fines or some jail time. | A description...
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...From Compliance to Practice Mining Companies and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo Tanja A. Börzel/Jana Hönke SFB-Governance Working Paper Series 25 • October 2011 DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 700 Governance in Räumen begrenzter Staatlichkeit - Neue Formen des Regierens? DFG Research Center (SFB) 700 Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood - New Modes of Governance? SFB-Governance Working Paper Series Edited by the Research Center (SFB) 700 „Governance In Areas of Limited Statehood - New Modes of Governance?“ The SFB-Governance Working Paper Series serves to disseminate the research results of work in progress prior to publication to encourage the exchange of ideas and academic debate. Inclusion of a paper in the Working Paper Series should not limit publication in any other venue. Copyright remains with the authors. Copyright for this issue: Tanja A. Börzel/Jana Hönke Editorial assistance and production: Tanja Kilper/Sara Gebh/Anna Jüschke All SFB-Governance Working Papers can be downloaded free of charge from our website www.sfb-governance.de/en/ publikationen or ordered in print via e-mail to sfb700@zedat.fu-berlin.de. Börzel, Tanja A./ Hönke, Jana 2011: From Compliance to Practice. Mining Companies and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo, SFB-Governance Working Paper Series, No. 25, Research Center (SFB) 700, Berlin, October 2011. ISSN 1864-1024 (Internet)...
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...Act of 2002 The Act & Impact ACC 410, Jackie Lewis, Ph.D. Abstract The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, officially named the “Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002”, is recognized to be the most noteworthy U.S. federal disclosure and corporate governance legislation since the Securities Act of1933 (the Securities Act) and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act). Furthermore, the provisions of the Act are momentous enough that it is considered by many to be the most significant change to the federal securities laws in the U.S. since the New Deal. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 The Act & Impact The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was signed into law following the wake of corporate financial scandals. Many large companies such as Enron, WorldCom, and Arthur Anderson were affected. The Act provides a solid set of government rules that are aimed to discourage and punish corporate and accounting fraud, as well as corruption. SOX is designed to carry out these tasks by imposing severe penalties for wrong doings, while protecting the interest of workers and shareholders. The stated purposed to protect investors is maintained by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures, imposing strict rules for audits and auditors of publically traded companies, preventing insider trading and deals, requiring companies to adopt strict internal controls, and increasing the penalties for white collar crimes as they relate to investor...
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.../ Prices * Commentary * Learn More * Overview * Bond Basics * What You Should Know * Buying and Selling Bonds * Types of Bonds * Strategies * Bonds at Your Stage of Life * About Municipal Bonds * About Government/Agency Bonds * About Corporate Bonds * About MBS/ABS * How to Use This Site * Links to Other Sites Learn More * Overview * Bond Basics * What You Should Know * Overview * The Role of Bonds in America * Investor's Checklist * Investor Protection * Asset Allocation * Reading Bond Prices In the Newspaper * Understanding Economic Statistics * Bond and Bond Funds * Risks of Investing in Bonds * Rating Changes and Your Investments * Corporate Bankruptcy & Your Investment * Selecting and Working with a Financial Professional * Rising Rates and Your Investments * Tax Tables * Buying and Selling Bonds * Types of Bonds * Strategies * Bonds at Your Stage of Life * About Municipal Bonds * About Government/Agency Bonds * About Corporate Bonds * About MBS/ABS * How to Use This Site * Links to Other Sites What You Should Know * Print * Email Risks of Investing in Bonds All investments offer a balance between risk and potential return. The risk is the chance that you will lose some or all the money you invest. The return...
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...tax firm, it assist clients with reducing the appraised value of their property, which in turn reduces the amount of property taxes due. The organization is diversifying; it is going into third party collections, judgment recovery, and mortgage loans. This firm has made substantial errors in the past therefore to understand the cause and effect of those errors we will attempt to model their market and business behaviour. This model is an effort to estimate the expected results of alternative strategies and processes. Consumer expectations and other variables as well as technology, the internet, telecommunications and globalization have accelerated the pace of change, and shortened product lifecycles has contributed to this strategic plan. Technology has augmented the capability to amass information and respond to change immediately and analytically. It is also important for corporations to achieve and maintain their competitive advantages. Cash Infusion The cash infusion allocated to enhance the company and to manage is $40 million dollars. Following is the description of portfolio strategy and a portfolio of assets in relation to the investment of $40 million that will be used by O’Connor to maximize wealth: Portfolio Strategy To analyze diverse concerns such as introduction of an independent growth path to a high-risk business, capture of the portfolio strategic risk in an appropriate manner and measurement of value and risk at portfolio level, it is necessary...
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...Running head: SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS Security Assessment and Recommendations for Quality Web Design Mike Mateja October 9, 2011 Submitted to: Dean Farwood SE571 Principles of Information Security and Privacy Keller Graduate School of Management 1 SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS 2 Table of Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................ 3 Company Overview............................................................................................. 4 Security Vulnerabilities ....................................................................................... 4 Hardware Vulnerability: Unrestrained Components .................................................................. 4 Software Vulnerability: Unsecure Wireless Access Points .......................................................... 6 Recommended Security Solutions ....................................................................... 7 Hardware Solution: Physical Restraints ...................................................................................... 7 Impact: Hardware Solution ..................................................................................................... 8 Budget: Hardware Solution ..................................................................................................... 9 Software Solution: Configuring the Wireless access points for security ............
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...Corporate Governance Blueprint 2011 Towards Excellence in Corporate Governance Suruhanjaya Sekuriti Malaysia 3 Persiaran Bukit Kiara Bukit Kiara 50490 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Tel: 603-6204 8000 Fax: 603-6201 5078 www.sc.com.my Copyright © July 2011 Securities Commission Malaysia All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (graphical, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, taping or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the Securities Commission Malaysia. Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia Corporate governance blueprint 2011 : towards excellence in corporate governance Bibliography : p. 77 ISBN 978–983–9386–67–7 1. Corporate governance--Malaysia. 2. Industrial management. 1. Suruhanjaya Sekuriti Malaysia. 658.4009595 Cataloguing-in-Publication Data This book is printed using eco-friendly recyclable and bio-degradable paper CONTENTS FOREWORD BY MINISTER OF FINANCE II, MALAYSIA MESSAGE FROM CHAIRMAN OF THE SECURITIES COMMISSION MALAYSIA INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 v vii 1 5 SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS CHAPTER 2 13 ROLE OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS CHAPTER 3 21 THE BOARD’S ROLE IN GOVERNANCE – – – – ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INDEPENDENCE OF THE BOARD COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD COMMITMENT OF BOARD MEMBERS 43 CHAPTER 4 DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY CHAPTER 5 53 ROLE OF GATEKEEPERS AND INFLUENCERS CHAPTER 6 61 PUBLIC AND...
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