NASDAQ hack has “state sponsorship” hallmarks: expert
A RECOGNIZED authority on cyber security says the hacking activity against NASDAQ OMX’s Directors Desk board portal, used by 10,000 directors and many Fortune 500 companies, has hallmarks of state-sponsored corporate espionage.
NASDAQ hack targets Fortune 500 board secrets
SENSITIVE board documents at 300 companies that use NASDAQ OMX’s board portal service may have been repeatedly compromised for over a year by hackers, prompting an investigation by the FBI, the Secret Service and the US Department of Justice.
10 excuses for boards NOT to blog
IF YOU’RE really quiet, you might hear the wringing of hands of corporate secretaries and general counsel everywhere. The idea that boards might blog or use some similar web technology to communicate directly with shareholders may sound frightening, but it’s a development whose time has come. Here are some of the thoughts, debates, myths and [...]
Why corporate boards should blog
DESPITE all the changes that new laws like Sarbanes-Oxley have brought to how companies are governed and managed, one thing has still not changed: directors still don’t talk to their shareholders. Sure, boards and directors may have private meetings with high powered institutional investors on issues of corporate governance, but they almost never communicate in [...]
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