Compliance Law | Description of Compliance Law | Rationale for Using this Law | FISMA | The act requires each federal agency to develop, document, and implement an agency-wide program to provide information security for the information and information systems that support the operations and assets of the agency, including those provided or managed by another agency, contractor, or other source. | FISMA was a way of protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction within federal agencies and their contractors. | SOX | SOX not only affects the financial side of corporations, it also affects the IT departments whose job it is to store a corporation's electronic records. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act states that all business records, including electronic records and electronic messages, must be saved for "not less than five years." | SOX was enacted in response to the high-profile Enron and WorldCom financial scandals to protect shareholders and the general public from accounting errors and fraudulent practices in the enterprise.
Under large bussiness corporations, the scope expands to include other factors such as safe-guarding business legal and transactional interests. The integral part of AUP is the cde of conduct the the users need to display when using the internet or internet. Code of conduct stipulates that the users have to what extent to use the network, the language that uses when they are online especially on social sites and avoid illegal activities that the organisations doesn’t allow. The company or the organisation offering internet have the consequences on the violation of AUP. This may include
MGT2 Task 3 Part A. Addendum to Xemba Translations’ Telecommuter Expansion Project Risk Assessment Matrix Description of Risk | Impact | Likelihood of Occurrence(L,M,H) | Degree of Impact(L,M,H) | Initial Action to Take if Event Occurs | Team Member Responsible | Strategies for Prevention and Mitigation | | Customer data becomes public, or altered because of lax in security on telecommuters computers | “The FTC Act provides penalties monetary, as well as, criminal for violations of consumer data privacy,” (Jolly, 2013). Consumers may also elect to pursue civil action. | L | H | Deny further access to the company database from any external sources until measures are taken to assure this does not happen again. | Hugh, Malinda | Make sure there is a privacy policy in place and that employees are aware of it and the consequences of violations. Secure the Telecommuters computers before they are distributed.
Robbin Industries is jeopardizing itself by not properly reporting the advertising costs. As an operating company, they must understand the generally accepted accounting principles and adhere to them (Weygandt, Kieso, & Kimmel, 2010). (c) What would you do if you were Wayne Terrago? Wayne Terrago should try to report the financial condition and results of operations fairly and in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles. As controller, Wayne should inform management and understand what is acceptable according to the GAAP.
Established laws are also implemented to safeguard citizens from harm, possible inequities and illegal behavior. Laws are also associated with a series of consequences for the individual and parties involved and on the flip side justice. Laws in essence make matters fair. Laws play an important role in maintaining and sustaining order in society and establish regulations in business. Although citizens must by law follow the law does not necessarily mean that the citizen’s belief system supports the legal system.
Government versus Private Security Employees Alan Shank AJS/502 June 2, 2014 Donald Vinci Government versus Private Security Employees Comparing government and private security is important in the field of criminal justice as the field moves toward a future of technological changes and the desire to keep the public safe while keeping costs down. To examine these two separate areas of criminal justice they will be broken down to see how each one is structured and the primary goals for each one. Government and private security can be used to describe the methods that we use in the world to keep people and their goods safe. Each of these two entities, however has distinct differences and similarities that can be compared to determine the benefit and drawback of each type of security. There is a difference if managerial structures and legal ramifications for employees completing their job duties, additionally each one has their own ethics that they function within (Roufa, n.d.).
Regulatory frameworks are requiring organizations, like yours to implement the necessary safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information. (Khansa & Liginlal, 2009, p. 1) The importance of information security cannot be over-emphasized. It is imperative that you invest in information security as it comes with protection and resilience against malicious attacks. According to Khansa & Liginlal, if we prevent malicious attacks on this company, monetary damages from attacks would be reduced and customers’ information would be saved from compromise, preventing any negative publicity for this company, (Khansa & Liginlal, 2009, p. 17) In a nutshell, information security tries to set security controls to prevent theft or damage to data or assets on your computer. The damage could be from internal or external.
The ethical issue of personal privacy has led to the creation of laws to protect consumers against new advances in Information Technology. People have a right to know who is trying to contact them as well as the right to demand that they are not contacted again. Consumers also need to be wary of who they give personal information to and should ask if that company sells their information to a Third party
Every company involved must do its part of resolving any legal disputes, such as drafting a choice-of-law clause. Drafting this clause is a good beginning because it helps both parties protect and define specific laws. If a legal dispute does arise both parties may want to consider other options before taking any legal actions, options like; the original contract, the partnership, relations and investments with the country in which the company is located, and government laws where business is transacted. A factor that may not have a favorable outcome
Team “A” Learning Risks in Tangible and Intellectual Property in the Music Industry LAW 531 Business Law October 19, 2010 Risks in Tangible and Intellectual Property in the Music In the modern era of the Internet and computers, individuals and businesses must protect their tangible property, and intellectual property from risks of infringers of patents, copyrights, and trademarks. Managers of organizations are responsible for identifying such risks and taking the necessary legal avenues to protect against potential infringements on intellectual and tangible property. This paper will focus on the risks associated in the music industry and the actions that managers will take to protect intellectual property, tangible property, and violation of others’ intellectual property. Tangible Property Rights A manager in the music industry must be able to identify as well as protect tangible property. To identify tangible property, a manager must be able to touch the property.