January 28, 2013 - A new study from IDC Government Insights reveals that government Big Data initiatives could fail to deliver adequate return on investment due to narrowly focused technical implementations that take into account only the volume aspect of Big Data and neglect variety and velocity.

January 28, 2013 - ISACA, a nonprofit association, marked Data Privacy Day with the announcement of a global task force on data privacy that will address the needs of businesses and government organizations worldwide.

January 25, 2013 - New research shows that despite the adoption of mobile devices and the use of personal mobile applications in the workplace, organizations are not moving fast enough to develop and deploy mobile applications for staff, customers and partners.

January 23, 2013 - National Bank of Malawi is implementing Misys Global Risk - Regulatory Compliance across its business to enable it to comply with Basel II. The product will give the bank better insight into its liquidity and improve its cost/income ratio overall.

January 22, 2013 - Nearly half (48%) of financial services (FS) chief executive officers (CEOs) believe that senior managers should be spending between 20% to 40% of their time on risk management and compliance, but nearly a third (31%) of this group admit that the standard is not being achieved, according to a research study released by professional services firm Kinetic Partners.

January 22, 2013 - New research undertaken by Chartis Research on behalf of SunGard, has found that although banks around the world are placing greater emphasis on capital planning and stress testing to help successfully address regulations like Basel III, 45% still do not have well-formulated and defined plans in this area.

January 22, 2013 - The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today released proposed guidance on the applicability of consumer protection and compliance laws, regulations, and policies to activities conducted via social media by banks, savings associations, and credit unions, as well as nonbank entities supervised by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and state regulators.