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State & International Laws Regulating E-Commerce by Salar Atrizadeh

In general, state regulation for e-commerce comes from the state's commercial laws. Each state has its own long-arm statute, which grants jurisdiction, if certain requirements are met. The “Full Faith and Credit Clause” allows a state to accept and enforce another state court's decisions.
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Federal Trade Commission Act & CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 by Salar Atrizadeh

The Federal Trade Commission Act is codified under 15 U.S.C. 41-58, and regulated all types of marketing and advertising. The established duties of the FTC are to prevent unfair competition and practices, create remedies for consumers, and conduct investigations. The FTC creates guidelines for both online and offline businesses.
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What is Cybersecurity

Techtarget.com defines Cybersecurity as a body of technologies, processes, and practices designed to protect networks, computers, programs, and data from attack, damage, or unauthorized access. There have been many substantial data breaches recently. Cybersecurity needs to be addressed on an internal perspective, as well as an external perspective.
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Who Puts Data At Risk

Who puts your business data at risk? There are four types of employees who put the workplace at risk for cybersecurity breaches. First we have the security softy, this is a person who knows very little about cybersecurity and poses a threat, by using their work computer at home, or by letting a family member use it unsupervised.
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Emerging Trends in Cybersecurity

When we take a close look at the emerging trends and issues in cybersecurity, we realize how global the problem has become. In 2015 the Ponemon Study revealed that health care data attacks are on the rise. This report mirrors the statement that the Department of Justice released in terms of cyber security attacks, especially in healthcare.
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Cybersecurity Threats

In a digital world, threats to cybersecurity is a minute by minute concern. The Verizon 2014 data breach was one of the larges data breaches of our time. This was a devastating blow to Verizon, yet taught us much about the importance of cybersecurity. The data breach investigations that followed identified many threats. Hackers could not only breach your website, they could breach your POS (Point of Sale) terminals.
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GIPS Global Investment Performance Standards

GIPS, the Global Investment Performance Standards, are industry standards utilized for calculating and presenting investment performance results to prospective clients. There is a significant overlap with the 1933 & 1934 Acts and Investor Advisers Act of 1940 requirements.
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Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 – SOX Act

The Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, otherwise known as SOX, impacted the awareness and monitoring of internal controls. SOX was passed in the wake of Enron, Worldcom, and Tyco scandals of the past in terms of accounting and board of director liability. Modern accounting systems are computer based, and accurate financial reporting depends on reliable, and secure, computing environments.
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