Achieving Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance with Aladdin Security Solutions

Information security is only a small part of the directives within the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act, but SOX has become a large part of information security for the organizations it applies to. After corporate scandals such as Enron, WorldCom, Tyco International and others threatened the economy and shook investor confidence, the US Congress passed the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act (PL 170-204), more commonly referred to as Sarbanes-Oxley.

Comprehensive Security as a Solution

Part of achieving and maintaining compliance with the SOX requirements is to ensure that only authorized individuals have access to sensitive internal data. Aladdin's enterprise security solutions, eToken and eSafe, together provide a unique offering for achieving SOX compliance – and strengthening network security -- by:

Using strong authentication to ensure that individuals who access the network, applications, and portable devices are indeed who they claim to be, enabling you to tighten user access controls and enhance the security and integrity of your sensitive data.
Blocking the unauthorized transmission of sensitive information outside your network by the Trojans, spyware, and other crimeware programs that are increasingly exploiting weaknesses in web content security.

Following are key elements of the eSafe and eToken solutions for SOX compliance.

Aladdin eSafe and SOX

eSafe provides a modular solution that can be configured to provide the protection you need for SOX compliance. eSafe is capable of analyzing network traffic without impacting network bandwidth or the user experience to protect your network from a wide variety of threats including:

Malicious code, including viruses, worms, Trojans and other malware
Unknown zero-day threats
Email and web-borne vulnerability exploits
HTTP protocol exploitation
Malicious scripts and exploits in web pages, webmail and email messages
Suspicious or malicious email file attachments
Access to illicit or unauthorized Web sites which may contain malicious code
Application-level attacks such as Internet worms, spyware, IM, P2P, remote control applications and tunneling
Spamware and stealth malware such as key stroke loggers and rootkits

Aladdin eToken and SOX

eToken strong authentication provides an efficient solution for achieving SOX compliance by offering a comprehensive smart-card-based strong authentication solution for your organization’s needs, including:

Secure access to the company's network, computers, and applications
Secure transactions, email and documents
Secure password management
Secure physical access
Complete token management with Aladdin's Token Management System (TMS)

For more information on how Aladdin can help your organization meet SOX requirements, Contact an Aladdin representative

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