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Sarbanes-Oxley

What is Sarbanes-Oxley?

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 (and commonly called SOX or SarbOx) is a key element for enterprise IT Security Groups and highly significant in the reform of the reporting, governance and disclosure of public company financial statments. Section 404 requires that independent auditors annually attest to the accuracy of internal financial controls. Section 404, in particular has major implications for IT in general and IT Security in particular. The reason for the stringent implied mandates for IT security contained in Section 404 is very simple, and leads inevitably to the realization that Sarbanes-Oxley compliance requires that IT Security be able to protect these systems.

Since IT underlies the very business of recording and reporting all financial activity, it follows that a lack of control over IT Security would imply a lack of control over the organization's financial reports, in direct violation of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404. Security is therefore a core component of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

Sarbanes-Oxley IT Internal Control Challenges

Sarbanes-Oxley mandates that management must establish and report on the internal control structure and that management's assertions must be audited by an external firm. The most common challenges facing companies are as follows:

  • Collecting and securely archiving security event logs over the long term
  • Analysing huge volumes of event log data in real-time
  • Securing Access Control and monitoring user management
  • Ensuring compliance with configuration policies across all the enterprise systems
  • Managing Vulnerabilities
  • Mitigating threats in real-time
  • Reporting to all the key stakeholders on a regular basis
  • Performing forensic analysis

Click&DECiDE 's Solution

Click&DECiDE provides you with the ability to comply with certain of the implicit IT Security Internal Control Mandates that Sarbanes-Oxley compliance requires. Moreover, the Dashboard reporting and database log file management capabilities of our solutions allow organizations to prove that Security policies are being followed correctly. Click&DECiDE alerts enable you to respond to Security threats and incidents in a consistent, compliant manner in real-time. Click&DECiDE enables you to provide both real-time and Network forensic solutions to bring you a Sarbanes-Oxley compliance solution.

Click&DECiDE provides you with an easy to install, automated solution to reduce your IT Security workload, render your Security Operations more effective and enhance your ability to proactively mitigate threats before they become exploits. Sarbanes-Oxley IT Security Compliance is easier to manage with Click&DECiDE 's real-time and scheduled Firewalls, VPNs, IDS, Anti-Virus, Web Server and other related IT Device support solutions.