Automating Policy Compliance and IT Governance - Presentation Transcript
Jason Creech, Director of Strategic Alliances Automating Policy Compliance And IT Governance
IT GRC
Information Technology – Governance, Risk, & Compliance
Became mainstream about two years ago
G, R, and C no longer considered separate silos
Focus on the commonalities between the disciplines
Aligns IT initiatives with business objectives
So what is GRC?
Basic IT GRC Definitions
IT Governance
Defines how decisions will be made, by who, accountability, and measurement
IT Risk Management
Ensures strategic IT objectives take into account acceptable levels of risk in relation to stakeholders, industry mandates, and regulations
IT Compliance
Establishes and monitors IT Controls and ensures that decisions are made and prioritized in accordance with policy
C O N F I D E N T I A L C O M P A N Y C O N F I D E N T I A L
Why Do We Need IT GRC
To Meet regulatory requirements and industry mandates
To Address needs of stakeholders
To Prioritize IT tasks for elimination of critical IT risks
To Facilitate internal and external audit requirements
To Align IT process with business objectives
Challenges?
Increasing Regulatory Requirements
Different Stakeholders With Different Needs
Manual Processes In Reporting Compliance
Communication Between Departments
Regulatory Landscape
Increasing in number
No standardization
Constantly changing
FDA 21 CFR Part 11 (Pharma) HIPAA Security Rule EU Data Protection Directive GLBA 1990s PIPEDA (Canada) FDCC/SCAP NIST SP 800-53 PCI Data Security Standard EC Data Privacy Directive BS 7799 / ISO 17799 / 27001 / 27002 FISMA 2002 Basel II Accord Sarbanes-Oxley NERC California SB 1386 Privacy 2000 and beyond FFIEC IT Exam Handbook ITIL v3
Meet Compliance Stakeholder Needs
Consolidate security data
Proactively identify threats
Prioritize IT risks
Assign and verify remediation
Compliance and Security Summary Metrics
Reduce reporting costs
Identify areas of risk to the LOB
Reduce audit costs
Automate collection of audit data
Automate views into security data
Automate risk & regulatory reporting
Prioritize and track remediation
Utilize existing remediation tools
Closed-loop workflow
Bridging Departmental Gaps Simple Compliance Framework Procedures and Guidelines Detail Knowledge and Expertise Framework Level Detailed Technical BU Managers/Audit Compliance Security Operations Policies, Standards, Business Requirements Controls (Manual/Auto) Procedures and Guidelines Enforcement Regulations Frameworks Standards SOX HIPAA GLBA CobIT COSO ISO17799 PCI NIST NERC “ Example: Vulnerable Processes must be eliminated..” CID 1130 The telnet daemon shall be disabled AIX 5.x Technology Telnet streams are transmitted in clear text, including usernames and passwords. The entire session is susceptible to interception by Threat Agents.
QualysGuard Simplifies and Automates
An agent-less and scalable audit technology in a SaaS model
Automates the harvesting of IT data
Identifies violations of IT Policy
Improves relevance of IT data to regulatory concerns.
Sarbanes-Oxley
HIPAA
GLBA
FISMA
CobiT
ISO27002
FFIEC
ITIL
Benefits
Immediate Deployment
Ease of Use / Automated
Accuracy
Scalability
Flexible Reporting
Security
Cost-Effective / Lowest TCO
How does QualysGuard PC Work?
Leverages Same Infrastructure as QualysGuard VM…
Summary
QualysGuard Policy Compliance Automates IT GRC process via:
SaaS model
Agent-less design
Seamless integration
Scheduled Collection of compliance data
Sharing of compliance data across the organization
Security and Regulatory Compliance Convergence in one single application delivered as SaaS
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