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• Instagram

  Instagram is a free, online photo-sharing application and social network platform that was acquired by Facebook in 2012. Continue Reading

• The power of positive four-letter words to unlock employee potential

  Four-letter words like can't and don't crush an employee's potential and quash creativity. Have the courage to use positive four-letter words and watch what happens. Continue Reading

• The new BPM program: A focus on data-driven business outcomes

  With an emphasis on data-driven business results, the new BPM program is giving CIOs the tools to help grow the business. Continue Reading

• business continuity management (BCM)

  Business continuity management (BCM) is a framework for identifying an organization's risk of exposure to internal and external threats. Continue Reading

• Generation Facebook (Generation F)

  Generation Facebook (Generation F) is a term used to define millennials who have grown up using social media as their primary networking tool. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • What is enterprise architecture (EA)?
  • CIO job description: Chief information officer responsibilities
  • What is conduct risk?
  • What are the COSO frameworks?

  • What is the three lines model and what is its purpose?
  • What is enterprise risk management (ERM)?
  • What is a procurement plan?
  • What is a quantum circuit? Quantum vs. classical circuit

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• PICK chart (Possible, Implement, Challenge and Kill chart)

  A PICK chart (Possible, Implement, Challenge and Kill chart) is a visual tool for organizing ideas. The purpose of a PICK chart is to identify which ideas can be implemented easily and have a high payoff.Continue Reading

• Yammer

  Yammer is a private microblogging and collaboration platform for enterprise social networking. Unlike public social media platforms such as Twitter,Yammer only allows members to connect with other members who belong to the same email domain.Continue Reading

• Test your social media risk management IQ: A SearchCompliance.com quiz

  Proliferating social networks have cast a spotlight on social media risk management. Take our quiz to find out if you are up to speed on social media.Continue Reading

• control framework

  A control framework is a data structure that organizes and categorizes an organization’s internal controls, which are practices and procedures established to create business value and minimize risk.Continue Reading

• 99.999 (Five nines or Five 9s)

  In computers, 99.999 (often called "five 9s") refers to a desired percentage of availability of a given computer system.Continue Reading

• Cloud computing service quiz for enterprise CIOs

  Is your organization ready to ramp up its cloud computing service offerings? Read these recent stories and take our quiz to assess your cloud computing readiness.Continue Reading

• IT in 2010: Keeping up with the latest IT management trends

  Running IT in 2010 requires CIOs to consider ITSM methodologies, vendor contract renegotiations and investments in new technologies. Have you kept up with IT management trends?Continue Reading

• spoliation

  Spoliation is the destruction, alteration, or mutilation of evidence that may pertain to legal action. (Continued)Continue Reading

• Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)

  The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) is a United States federal statute that prohibits a third party from intercepting or disclosing communications without authorization.Continue Reading

• Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)

  The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is United States federal legislation that promotes accuracy, fairness and privacy for data used by consumer reporting agencies.Continue Reading

• CKO (chief knowledge officer)

  Chief knowledge officer (CKO) is a corporate title for the person responsible overseeing knowledge management within an organization.Continue Reading

• FFIEC compliance (Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council)

  FFIEC compliance is conformance to a set of standards for online banking issued in October 2005 by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)... (Continued)Continue Reading