A common theme in all compliance standards is auditing user activities, particularly with regard to access to confidential customer data; whether explicitly, such as PCI-DSS which calls for the collection and examination of event logs, or implicitly in standards such as HIPAA.
A comprehensive Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution can completely automate your compliance process:
- Securely collect and store all log data
- Built-in compliance workflows
- Auditor quality reports
Secure the Environment
- Enforce perimeter security with real-time alerts
- Consolidate event logs from multiple sources into a single warehouse
- Correlate events across the enterprise including firewalls, routers, servers, workstations, USB storage devices and applications
- Detect and alert on network connections on any port
Establish the Baseline
- Gather and document user activity
- View group memberships
- Share permission levels and security settings
- Create specific alerts and reports to measure activity against the baseline
Track User Activity
- Monitor an overwhelming amount of data
- group memberships
- user rights and activities
- file and object access
- logon/off activities
- Maintain trail of unauthorized/authorized changes
- Collect, store and analyze data from a central location
Alert on Potential Violation
- Configure an unlimited number of rule-based alerts from a central console
- Receive real-time alert notifications
- Take preemptive steps to secure your organization's IT systems
Generate Audit Ready Reports
- Demonstrate continuous regulatory compliance
- Pre-defined report templates
- Ability to schedule and send reports by email or RSS feed
- Provide access via a secure, role-based web user interface
