Sarbanes-Oxley
Establish & Verify Effective IT Controls
The 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) requires public companies adhere to a set of standards for financial reporting and corporate disclosure. SOX compliance has placed an enormous burden on companies. Not only does SOX call for the establishment of IT controls over financial systems, but it requires companies consistently evaluate these controls for efficacy. Without an automated solution to control and audit change on financial systems, achieving SOX becomes a time-consuming exercise that pulls valuable IT staff away from critical operational responsibilities.
Visibility & Control: Simplify SOX Compliance
Even if the reality of SOX feels complicated, the spirit behind it is simple: to secure sensitive data, organizations need to understand exactly what is happening with their financial systems at all times. This cannot be done with a point-in-time snapshot; it requires a systemic approach that allows organizations to achieve compliance without so tightly controlling their financial systems that they are rendered useless. Bit9 simplifies SOX compliance with:
Visibility:
- Live Inventory: real-time view of all applications on all systems at all times
- Baseline Drift: establish baselines to define approved configurations
- Compliance at a Glance: visually isolate, from as many as 50,000 systems, the systems out of compliance
- Audit Trail: track software changes regardless of source or content
Control:
- Application Whitelisiting: ensure only approved software is allowed to run
- Real-time Alerts: instantly know when a system drifts away from your baselines
- Change-aware Baselines: automatically add approved software to baselines
- Device control: unauthorized use of personal storage devices can be blocked on a user or device basis
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