For CIOs, a silver lining in the recession
A survey from the the Society for Information Management finds a lot of interest among companies in how IT can be used to reduce the cost of business.
Preventing Data Breaches in Privileged Accounts Using Access Control
It is critical that organizations are proactive in their approach to mitigating insider threats. This white paper explores insider attacks, threats and risks involved across every enterprise. We will recommend a sound, cost-saving solution to prevent a disaster from happening to a company's financial assets and reputation using access control.
PCI DSS Compliance in the UNIX/Linux Datacenter Environment
This document explains how BeyondTrust PowerBroker supports the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) by limiting and tracking authorization to execute commands and programs that access servers and applications storing and using proprietary cardholder. BeyondTrust PowerBroker provides an auditable process that controls, monitors and records that access.
From Trust to Process: Closing the Risk Gap in Privileged Access Control
In this whitepaper, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) examines this critical issue in IT security administration in light of the BeyondTrust approach to helping businesses move from a trust-based system to a secure, auditable process in order to provide a higher standard of control and better support for regulatory compliance.
Privileged Access Lifecycle Management: How PALM Enables Security, Compliance, and Efficiency for Enterprise IT
In this paper, IDC analysts examine the role of identity and access management (IAM) solutions in addressing these needs and specifically looks at the role privileged access lifecycle management (PALM) can play in helping heterogeneous organizations proactively refine their strategies regarding privileged access management controls, cross-platform monitoring, and automated workflow capabilities. Read more.
For CIOs, a silver lining in the recession
PCI DSS Compliance in the UNIX/Linux Datacenter Environment
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Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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