Worldwide, legislation continues to pass with mandates for strict security policies on personal information, health records, transaction records, and other sensitive data. If yours is like most organizations, compliance with these regulatory requirements is top-of-mind for senior managers whose firms face steep fines and public scrutiny for failure to comply. It’s no surprise, then, that regulatory compliance has become one of the key IT security policy drivers.
Bradford’s Network Sentry Family manages security risks and automates controls to address many of the key requirements common across all regulations. These include:
- Establishing and managing security policies
- Authenticating network users
- Validating the security posture of user devices
- Protecting sensitive data and systems from inappropriate or unauthorized use
- Monitoring user access to all network resources
- Logging usage to create audit trails for compliance reporting
Through the Network Sentry management console, administrators are able to manage the security policies that have been established, and automate security actions and policy enforcement. With its role-based access functionality, Network Sentry ensures that confidential network resources are protected and access assigned only to authorized users. With its end-point scanning, your network is protected from and at-risk users and devices. Through its ability to profile and track all devices, (even unmanaged devices like printers, security cameras, medical equipment, hand-held scanners, and similar browserless devices), Network Sentry ensures against unauthorized use and access.
Network Sentry’s integration capabilities help eliminate endpoint vulnerability by automating actions from alerts received from IDS/IPS, Network Behavior Analysis, SEIM and other standalone security systems. User and device connections, including location, time and duration, as well as end-point scan results and user registration logs are captured to provide audit logs for compliance reporting and documentation.
Whether you’ve just completed a compliance assessment, need remediation for a security audit or are searching for a better way to meet compliance requirements, turn to Bradford Networks. Our comprehensive network security solutions ease the pressures of ensuring compliance for PCI, HIPAA, GLBA, and other regulatory statutes.
