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		<description><![CDATA[ Senior managers are focusing on compliance concerns because of their impact on all aspects of business operations. Efforts to comply with regulatory requirements must be supported by appropriate IT systems. Gartner covers relevant technology solutions and best practices for managing risks and automating controls. ]]></description> 
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	 							<title><![CDATA[ Proposed U.S. Data Breach Laws Need Further Work]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Previous attempts at passing a U.S. federal law to protect businesses and consumers against data breaches failed to make it out of the Senate. The third attempt is an admirable effort, but focuses on yesterday's problems. ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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	 							<title><![CDATA[ Oracle Moves Toward Integrating HFM, Enterprise GRC Manager]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ As demonstrated at Oracle OpenWorld, the integration of functions in Hyperion Financial Management with Enterprise GRC Manager supports risk-based scoping of the chart of accounts for audit planning. ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Predicts 2010: Regulatory Changes and Business Demands Will Drive the Long-Delayed Adoption of Legal Discovery Technology]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Enterprises facing difficult economic conditions and growing administrative demands are determined to reduce the cost and increase the efficiency of legal discovery. E-discovery technologies will play an essential role in this effort for enterprises and law firms. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Best Practices for Data Security Breach Disclosure]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The failure to execute a required data security breach disclosure quickly and appropriately can cause an enterprise severe damage. Regulatory guidance is sparse and contradictory, so enterprises must develop their own practices for notifying individuals and entities affected by a data breach. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Case Study: UTC Improves Efficiency With Financial Statement Production Solution]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This Case Study discusses the implementation of a financial statement production application at UTC and the benefits that the company achieved. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Case Study: CMS Data-Sharing Project Highlights the Benefits of a Multiplatform Approach]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The U.S. government agency responsible for healthcare payments needed a secure way to share sensitive data, most of it subject to regulatory requirements, with a disparate set of external partners. The success of its implementation offers valuable lessons for many other types of enterprises. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Gartner for IT Leaders Overview: IT Compliance, Audit and Legal Professionals]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Compliance is migrating from a reflexive "check-the-box" approach to regulatory obedience to a strategic component of the enterprise. Effective compliance today requires an organization to understand and comprehend commercial and organizational mandates as well as the regulatory requirements.  ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Tutorial on International E-Mail Archiving and European Privacy Regulations]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Many enterprises, especially in Europe, are struggling to balance compliance requirements for e-mail archiving and strict privacy protection laws. A Gartner client's experience highlights the complex issues involved, and points to best practices for reconciling these conflicting demands. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ HIPAA Privacy and Security Extensions in the HITECH Act: This Time, We Mean It]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ On 17 February 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act was signed into law as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, extending HIPAA security and privacy requirements. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Vendor Risk Management for Security and Compliance]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Addressing vendor and partner risks as they relate to security and compliance concerns is necessary and increasingly complex. An appropriate approach requires a combination of contractual expertise, governance, the application of technical controls and administration. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Best Practices for Aligning Recovery and Business-as-Usual Access Requirements]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Recovery access requirements must be included in business-as-usual identity and access management procedures, as well as recovery plans, to prevent impeding the recovery process and undoing your identity and access management infrastructure. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Legal Issues in Business Continuity Management: Introductory Questions]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The impact of legal issues on enterprise resiliency remains poorly understood, even by highly experienced business continuity management professionals. Use these questions and answers to implement policies, practices and technologies that address evolving legal realities. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ ATV: 2009 Gartner FEI Technology Study Research Collection]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This document discusses the research collection from the 2009 Gartner Financial Executives International technology study. By using this insight, finance executives can better leverage technology to understand profitability, manage performance and improve finance process alignment. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Risk Management and Business Performance Are Compatible]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Risk management is emerging as an important enabler of compliance and performance management. Risk thinking is creeping into the way that companies manage most of their important IT and business processes. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2006</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Evaluating Your Video Surveillance Systems]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ By meeting a few key requirements, private enterprises can ensure their digital CCTV systems are capable of providing potential evidence and shorten the time taken by law enforcement agencies to access and process the video. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2006</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Q&A: Questions, Answers and Related Research for Starting an IT Compliance Program]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Continuously growing regulatory burdens and increasing use of standards to improve IT processes are leading many IT organizations to formalize compliance programs, raising questions on organization, competencies, controls rationalization and alignment with risk management and business performance. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Key Issues for an Electronic Discovery Project, 2008]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Year two under the revised Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, regarding the production of electronically stored information, will require a disciplined approach to e-discovery projects. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Understanding the Foundations of Compliance]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ To succeed in compliance, set down clearly articulated policies and consequences, and have senior management set the right tone. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ A Simple Method for Expressing Information Criticality and Classification]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Most data classification attempts fail because the process is too complex. This simple method for the assessment and expression of IT system criticality has proved effective in many different organizations. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Top Five Issues and Research Agenda, 2008: The IT Compliance Manager]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ IT compliance managers will face complex, difficult challenges in 2008, especially in prioritizing business needs and related technology investments. Gartner will address five critical issues in its compliance-related research in 2008. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Decision Framework for Exploring Compliance Risks in Alliances]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Alliances have the potential to expose your company to compliance risks that are not of your making. We offer managers responsible for these types of relationship a framework for assessing compliance risks in any proposed partnership. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Key Issues for Establishing Information Governance Policies, Processes and Organization, 2008]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Creating effective information governance policies and practices has become a concern for business leadership as much as it has for technologists. Key issues relating to projects such as building an initial business case for information governance suggest several strategic and tactical guidelines. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ The Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platform Defined]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Demand is high for collaboration among audit, risk management and compliance professionals, and for better reporting to executives, the board, regulators and other external parties. Some GRC vendors are providing the primary enterprise GRC management functions from a common platform. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ E-Discovery: Project Planning and Budgeting 2008-2011]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Changes to the law require a deeper involvement from corporate IT in the routine aspects of electronically stored information identification, preservation and collection. In-house e-discovery will contain costs and can decrease legal risks. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ The Expanding Enterprise E-Discovery Marketplace]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Spending on electronic discovery software technologies and service offerings is forecast to grow at more than 35% annually through 2011. Legal discovery is creating new opportunities for search, content and records management technology investments and policies regarding their use. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ The Top 10 Risk and Security Audit Findings to Avoid]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ A risk and security audit can be a major distraction and can result in the inappropriate use of resources. Enterprises should work proactively to avoid the most common audit findings. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ The 2007 Compliance and Risk Management Planning Guidance: Governance Becomes Central]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In 2007, continued changes in the regulatory environment and demands for improved organizational performance will place pressure on both business and IT process owners. The only way to reconcile the objectives from each is to focus on better governance. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Improving SOX Compliance Sustainability With Financial Consolidation Applications]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ To improve compliance sustainability to the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act, consider automating your financial consolidation processes through the implementation of corporate performance management-based financial consolidation solutions. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ How to Formulate an E-Mail Retention Strategy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ New laws and regulations, records management and user needs often encourage companies to store much more e-mail than necessary. Simple steps can help them meet legal obligations and maintain operational efficiency. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Adopt an Information Classification Approach for Risk Mitigation and Regulatory Compliance]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Classify your information to ensure that the appropriate protective controls are implemented in a cost-effective manner. Doing so helps to ensure that information assets are properly secured against inadvertent errors and targeted attacks, and it demonstrates a commitment to regulatory compliance. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Implement 10 Elements of a Good Control Environment to Address Compliance]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ A control environment is the necessary base set of controls in a governance framework. A good control environment has many elements, such as implementing configuration and change management and implementing rigorous identification and authentication procedures. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2005</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ The IT Executive's Best Practice Guide to Sarbanes-Oxley]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Adopt these 10 compliance best practices to reduce regulatory costs and improve corporate governance. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2005</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Hype Cycle for Governance, Risk and Compliance Technologies, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Although regulatory compliance continues to drive product sales, organizations are looking for automation solutions that can help them more reliably and comprehensively manage multiple forms of risk. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ User provisioning delivers the ability to manage identities across systems, applications and resources. Economic conditions stress efficiency as the main driver, but compliance remains crucial. Identity and access management intelligence and role life cycle management are increasingly top of mind. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The market for EGRC platforms is shifting from a focus on regulatory compliance to a focus on enterprise risk management. Vendors also are adding support for audit and legal professionals, particularly audit management, policy management, and content. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Cool Vendors in Risk Management and Compliance, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Innovation is thriving in risk management compliance and risk management technologies. Gartner's 2009 Cool Vendors in these areas are all very different, but they all have at least one quality in common: their focus on resolving critical weaknesses left by current market solutions. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Best Practices for Data Security Breach Disclosure]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The failure to execute a required data security breach disclosure quickly and appropriately can cause an enterprise severe damage. Regulatory guidance is sparse and contradictory, so enterprises must develop their own practices for notifying individuals and entities affected by a data breach. ]]></description>
		
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