The document discusses how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 created challenges for public companies to ensure accurate financial reporting through strong internal controls over user access and authentication. It introduces the Hitachi ID Management Suite as a solution to help companies meet these requirements by automating user lifecycle management processes like onboarding, access provisioning, and offboarding to properly manage user identities, entitlements, and audit logs. The suite leverages features such as automated discovery, self-service, and simplified workflows to rapidly deploy an effective identity governance system.
The HIPAA Challenge:
Regulatory compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has created significant challenges for healthcare providers and payers. While insurance portability is a uniquely American issue, HIPAA includes requirements for patient privacy protection. Privacy protection is also a requirement in most other, non US jurisdictions.
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The Challenge:
Regulatory compliance with the Financial Modernization Act of 1999, also known as the “Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act,” has created significant challenges for financial institutions. The Safeguards Rule in the GLB (16-CFR-314), enforced by the Federal Trade Commission, requires financial institutions to have a security plan to protect the confidentiality and integrity of personal consumer information.
http://hitachi-id.com/
Hitachi ID Password Manager (formerly P-Synch): Lower cost, improve service a...Hitachi ID Systems, Inc.
Hitachi ID Password Manager:
Managing the User Lifecycle Across On-Premises and Cloud-Hosted Applications.
Integrated credential management for users: passwords, encryption keys, tokens, smart cards and more.
http://hitachi-id.com/
Hitachi ID Identity Manager:
Managing the User Lifecycle Across On-Premises and Cloud-Hosted Applications.
User provisioning, RBAC, SoD and access certification.
http://hitachi-id.com/
Identity management is the combination of business process and technology used to manage data on IT systems and applications about users. Managed data includes user objects, identity attributes, security entitlements and authentication factors.
This document defines the components of identity management, starting with the underlying business challenges of managing user identities and entitlements across multiple systems and applications. Identity management functions are defined in the context of these challenges.
Hitachi ID Identity Manager: Faster onboarding, reliable deactivation and eff...Hitachi ID Systems, Inc.
Hitachi ID Management Suite Demo:
Managing the User Lifecycle Across On-Premises and Cloud-Hosted Applications.
Using automation and self-service to secure and automate user and entitlement management.
http://hitachi-id.com/
Hitachi ID Identity Manager: Self-service and automated user provisioningHitachi ID Systems, Inc.
Hitachi ID Identity Manager:
Managing the User Lifecycle Across On-Premises and Cloud-Hosted Applications.
User provisioning, RBAC, SoD and access certification.
http://hitachi-id.com/
The HIPAA Challenge:
Regulatory compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has created significant challenges for healthcare providers and payers. While insurance portability is a uniquely American issue, HIPAA includes requirements for patient privacy protection. Privacy protection is also a requirement in most other, non US jurisdictions.
http://hitachi-id.com/
The Challenge:
Regulatory compliance with the Financial Modernization Act of 1999, also known as the “Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act,” has created significant challenges for financial institutions. The Safeguards Rule in the GLB (16-CFR-314), enforced by the Federal Trade Commission, requires financial institutions to have a security plan to protect the confidentiality and integrity of personal consumer information.
http://hitachi-id.com/
Hitachi ID Password Manager (formerly P-Synch): Lower cost, improve service a...Hitachi ID Systems, Inc.
Hitachi ID Password Manager:
Managing the User Lifecycle Across On-Premises and Cloud-Hosted Applications.
Integrated credential management for users: passwords, encryption keys, tokens, smart cards and more.
http://hitachi-id.com/
Hitachi ID Identity Manager:
Managing the User Lifecycle Across On-Premises and Cloud-Hosted Applications.
User provisioning, RBAC, SoD and access certification.
http://hitachi-id.com/
Identity management is the combination of business process and technology used to manage data on IT systems and applications about users. Managed data includes user objects, identity attributes, security entitlements and authentication factors.
This document defines the components of identity management, starting with the underlying business challenges of managing user identities and entitlements across multiple systems and applications. Identity management functions are defined in the context of these challenges.
Hitachi ID Identity Manager: Faster onboarding, reliable deactivation and eff...Hitachi ID Systems, Inc.
Hitachi ID Management Suite Demo:
Managing the User Lifecycle Across On-Premises and Cloud-Hosted Applications.
Using automation and self-service to secure and automate user and entitlement management.
http://hitachi-id.com/
Hitachi ID Identity Manager: Self-service and automated user provisioningHitachi ID Systems, Inc.
Hitachi ID Identity Manager:
Managing the User Lifecycle Across On-Premises and Cloud-Hosted Applications.
User provisioning, RBAC, SoD and access certification.
http://hitachi-id.com/
Hitachi ID Privileged Access Manager: Randomize and control disclosure of pri...Hitachi ID Systems, Inc.
Hitachi ID Privileged Access Manager:
Managing the User Lifecycle Across On-Premises and Cloud-Hosted Applications.
Securing access to administrator, embedded and service accounts.
http://hitachi-id.com/
Hitachi ID Password Manager: Enrollment, password reset and password synchron...Hitachi ID Systems, Inc.
Hitachi ID Password Manager:
Managing the User Lifecycle Across On-Premises and Cloud-Hosted Applications
Integrated credential management for users:
passwords, encryption keys, tokens, smart cards and more.
Hitachi ID Access Certifier: Find and remove stale privileges with periodic r...Hitachi ID Systems, Inc.
Hitachi ID Access Certifier:
Managing the User Lifecycle Across On-Premises and Cloud-Hosted Applications.
Periodic review and cleanup of security entitlements.
http://hitachi-id.com/
Overview of Identity and Access Management Product LineNovell
Attend the two-hour foundation session on the Identity and Access Management product line from Novell and start your BrainShare right! This session will deliver a high-level overview of the full Identity and Access Management product line. It will highlight how the products work together as an integrated solution, and the session has a modular format so you can attend the product overviews you are most interested in. The session will provide real life examples of integration-focused benefits, followed by a 25 minute overview and update on each of the products: Novell Identity Manager, Novell Access Manager and Novell SecureLogin.
Hitachi ID Suite overview of security features and enhancements in 9.0. Also showcasing new mobile UI for web apps.
See more at: http://hitachi-id.com/docs/pres.html
Presentation wasdelivered duing the open conference of teachers' study visit in Lithuania in the frame of the project "South Caucasus - a Part of Europe"
The POST method (People, Objectives, Strategy, Technology) was originally coined by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff in their book, Groundswell (Harvard Business Review Press) is a proven framework for developing a social media strategy.
It’s basically the Briggs & Stratton of social media strategies.
More here: http://www.johnhaydon.com/2014/05/20/the-post-method-for-creating-a-social-media-strategy-infographic/
Managing Active Directory security.
Hitachi ID Group Manager (included with Hitachi ID Identity Manager) moves the responsibility for managing Active Directory groups from IT to users. It lowers IT costs and improves user service by intercepting user attempts to access network resources and redirecting users to a web portal where they request appropriate group memberships.
http://hitachi-id.com/group-manager/
Hitachi ID Privileged Access Manager: Randomize and control disclosure of pri...Hitachi ID Systems, Inc.
Hitachi ID Privileged Access Manager:
Managing the User Lifecycle Across On-Premises and Cloud-Hosted Applications.
Securing access to administrator, embedded and service accounts.
http://hitachi-id.com/
Hitachi ID Password Manager: Enrollment, password reset and password synchron...Hitachi ID Systems, Inc.
Hitachi ID Password Manager:
Managing the User Lifecycle Across On-Premises and Cloud-Hosted Applications
Integrated credential management for users:
passwords, encryption keys, tokens, smart cards and more.
Hitachi ID Access Certifier: Find and remove stale privileges with periodic r...Hitachi ID Systems, Inc.
Hitachi ID Access Certifier:
Managing the User Lifecycle Across On-Premises and Cloud-Hosted Applications.
Periodic review and cleanup of security entitlements.
http://hitachi-id.com/
Overview of Identity and Access Management Product LineNovell
Attend the two-hour foundation session on the Identity and Access Management product line from Novell and start your BrainShare right! This session will deliver a high-level overview of the full Identity and Access Management product line. It will highlight how the products work together as an integrated solution, and the session has a modular format so you can attend the product overviews you are most interested in. The session will provide real life examples of integration-focused benefits, followed by a 25 minute overview and update on each of the products: Novell Identity Manager, Novell Access Manager and Novell SecureLogin.
Hitachi ID Suite overview of security features and enhancements in 9.0. Also showcasing new mobile UI for web apps.
See more at: http://hitachi-id.com/docs/pres.html
Presentation wasdelivered duing the open conference of teachers' study visit in Lithuania in the frame of the project "South Caucasus - a Part of Europe"
The POST method (People, Objectives, Strategy, Technology) was originally coined by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff in their book, Groundswell (Harvard Business Review Press) is a proven framework for developing a social media strategy.
It’s basically the Briggs & Stratton of social media strategies.
More here: http://www.johnhaydon.com/2014/05/20/the-post-method-for-creating-a-social-media-strategy-infographic/
Managing Active Directory security.
Hitachi ID Group Manager (included with Hitachi ID Identity Manager) moves the responsibility for managing Active Directory groups from IT to users. It lowers IT costs and improves user service by intercepting user attempts to access network resources and redirecting users to a web portal where they request appropriate group memberships.
http://hitachi-id.com/group-manager/
Entitlement Administration and Governance: Automation, requests, approvals, recertification, SoD and RBAC.
See more at: http://hitachi-id.com/documents/
Automating processes to manage identities and entitlements with the Hitachi ID Identity and Access Management Suite.
See more at: http://hitachi-id.com/documents/
Hitachi ID Password Manager:
Managing the User Lifecycle Across On-Premises and Cloud-Hosted Applications
Integrated credential management for users: passwords, encryption keys, tokens, smart cards and more.
http://hitachi-id.com/
The Webinar held on July 21, 2011 by Endeavour Software Technologies, on "Enterprise Mobility Strategy" highlighted the 5 Important Factors for a Successful Enterprise Mobility Strategy.
For more details, visit: www.techendeavour.com
RES Software dynamic desktop solutions simplify desktops into centrally managed, secure, personalized, context-aware and less complex desktops for your users.
Faster logins and access to applications make a difference in EHR adoption.
In May, C/D/H presented to a group of IT professionals on behalf of Microsoft..
Attendees learned about Microsoft’s Service Manager 2010, an integrated platform for orchestrating people, process and technology.
This slide deck illustrates how Service Manager can help you adapt to new business requirements while reducing cost, lowering time to resolution, and aligning IT to the business.
For more infomation about C/D/H or Microsoft Service Manager, contact (248) 546-1800 or (616) 776-1600.
[WSO2Con EU 2017] IAM: Catalyst for Digital TransformationWSO2
As enterprises launch their digital transformation strategies, it is essential to implement secure, compliant, appropriate, yet convenient identity and access management (IAM). IAM ensures that the right individuals access the right resources at the right times, and for the right reasons. This slide deck covers why IAM is crucial in digital transformation.
Securing Your Cloud Applications with Novell Cloud Security ServiceNovell
As your company considers moving toward the cloud either by adopting more Software-as-a-Service applications or other cloud services, the complexity and management of security policies and identities increase. Learn how you can manage a multi-SaaS environment to consistently enforce your internal identity and policy roles in the cloud. Leverage your existing identity infrastructure to enable single sign-on, access the right resources and receive audit logs from the cloud
Similar to Hitachi ID Solutions Supporting SOX Compliance (20)
How Well is Your Organization Protecting its Real Crown Jewels - Identities?Hitachi ID Systems, Inc.
Can your security team detect and identify intruders before data disappears?
Are you confident that former employees and contractors no longer have access to your critical systems?
These are among the questions we set out to answer in the 2015 Privileged Access Management Study, and the responses help create an eye-opening information security agenda for 2016.
This study was designed to examine just how well organizations are protecting their true crown jewels – identities. In this report, you will receive survey results that explore:
• How organizations are best managing privileged identities;
• The true business impact of intrusions due to external/internal privileged users;
• Modern methods being employed to detect both accidental and malicious activity.
See more at: http://hitachi-id.com/documents/
Pre-configured business processes and policies, to quickly deliver rich IAM automation using the Hitachi ID Identity and Access Management Suite.
See more at: http://hitachi-id.com/documents/
Managing credentials on-premise and in the cloud.
With over 12 million users worldwide, Hitachi ID Password Manager is the leading credential management solution. It lowers IT support cost and improves user service by eliminating problems and diverting resolution to self-service.
Password Manager includes password synchronization, single sign-on and self-service password reset.
http://hitachi-id.com/password-manager/
Knowledge workers are increasingly mobile, and frequently have to connect to internal I.T. resources from outside the enterprise network.
Mobile users must manage passwords both on their own notebook computers and on networked systems.
Managing passwords for mobile users is more challenging than managing passwords to network-attached users. Unique technical problems include managing local passwords on thousands of devices, coping with cached credentials and supporting mobile users who forgot their initial sign-on password.
This document describes how Hitachi ID Password Manager addresses the technical challenges of managing passwords for mobile users.
The remainder of this document is organized into sections that describe challenges specific to managing passwords for mobile users, and how Hitachi ID Password Manager addresses each problem.
Managing local passwords:
Managing local passwords using a network-attached password management system.
When users forget their initial password:
Providing self-service assistance to users who forget their initial password, including both network-attached and off-line users.
When users forget their remote-access password:
Providing self-service assistance to off-site users who forgot or disabled the password they use to connect to the network.
Conclusions:
A summary of the challenges of password management for mobile users, and of Hitachi ID Password Manager solutions.
References:
Relevant reference material on the Internet.
http://hitachi-id.com/
Over the years, password management software has evolved from a simple self-service web application to reset forgotten passwords to a complex platform for managing multiple authentication factors and encryption keys.
This document describes the technological evolution and highlights the product capabilities that organizations should consider in order to have a lasting value from their investment.
In part, this document questions the benefits of investing in point solutions with limited functionality and expansion capabilities and in favor of investing in a platform capable of addressing both short- and long-term needs.
Sections:
- In the Beginning: A Simple Problem
- Proliferation of Passwords
- Locked-out Users, Mobile Users and Cached Passwords
- Multi-Factor Authentication: Smart Cards and Tokens
- Public Key Infrastructure and Encrypted Key Files
- Full Disk Encryption
- User Enrollment and Adoption
- Privileged Accounts and Passwords
- The Future
http://hitachi-id.com/
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
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Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
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• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
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Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
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Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
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Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
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Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
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4. Demo
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Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...
Hitachi ID Solutions Supporting SOX Compliance
1. Sarbanes-Oxley Hitachi ID Solutions Supporting SOX Compliance
The Hitachi ID The SOX Challenge
Management Suite Regulatory compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) has created significant
challenges for corporations listed on US stock exchanges. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
The Hitachi ID Management Suite is of 2002 was enacted in response to public accounting scandals at Enron, World-
an integrated solution for managing Com, Tyco and elsewhere. It introduces new measures and amends existing ones
user onboarding, security manage- to ensure that financial statements made by corporations are accurate, reliable and
ment and deactivation processes. timely. To view the full text of the law go to http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/
It uses automation, self-service,
getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_bills&docid=f:h3763enr.tst.pdf
consolidated and delegated ad-
ministration to reduce IT support
Section 404 requires that management include in their annual report a statement of
cost, improve user productivity and
strengthen security. responsibility for internal controls and an assessment of the current state of internal
controls. Internal controls are key to reliable financial reporting processes, and in
Some Hitachi ID Management Suite turn internal controls depend on strong security in systems and applications:
users listed on US stock exchanges:
• Who can access data that is material to financial reports?
• Affiliated Computer Services • How are these users authenticated?
• Best Buy • What can they see and modify?
• Bristol-Myers Squibb • Are users held accountable for their actions?
• Computer Sciences Corporation
• Ford Motor Company
These requirements are met by classic AAA infrastructure: Authentication, Authoriza-
• Honeywell
tion and Audit. AAA infrastructure has been standard in enterprise applications for
• McDonald’s Corporation
years. Unfortunately, a large and growing number of applications, combined with
• Merrill Lynch
• MetLife high staff mobility have made it much harder to manage user data. As a result, users
• Northrop Grumman get access rights inappropriate to their jobs and users may be inadequately authenti-
• Raytheon Company cated. Problems with user security include:
• Schering-Plough Corporation
• Symantec • Orphan accounts
• United Technologies Corporation • Dormant accounts
• Stale or excess privileges
• Weak passwords
• Vulnerable caller authentication at the help desk
These weaknesses are not in the AAA technology -- they are in the business pro-
cesses for managing user data.
The Hitachi ID Management Suite Solution
Organizations must implement sound processes to manage identities and entitle-
ments, so that only the right users get access to the right data, at the right time.
This is accomplished by:
• Correlating different user IDs to people
• Controling how users acquire and when they lose security rights
• Logging current and historic access rights, to support audits
• Periodic audits of user privileges, carried out by managers and application owners
• Controlling access to administrative credentials
• Requiring strong passwords or two-factor authentication
• Using reliable processes to authenticate callers to the help desk