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Root Account Access Control and Monitoring Using Symark PowerBroker Free Trial

Symark PowerBroker is a policy-driven, root account access control application that provides granular privileged access delegation, detailed logging and reporting, and centralized administration across heterogeneous UNIX and Linux environments. View this demo now to see how it provides UNIX and Linux security and accountability.

Tags: Symark Software, Monitoring, Access Control, Symark PowerBroker, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software

Presentations 2009-01-01

Privilege Access Control For Compliance with Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)

Symark PowerBroker enables IT compliance with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act protecting consumers' non-public personal information on UNIX & Linux systems. Gartner's paper on the importance of controlling UNIX superuser privileges is reviewed to explain the security gap between UNIX operating system design and GLBA compliance. PowerBroker bridges that gap--securing private consumer...

Tags: Symark Software, Compliance, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Access Control, Unix, Symark PowerBroker, Regulations, Government

White papers 2008-01-17

Comparing sudo with Symark PowerBroker (SANS)

Sudo is a free utility available for most UNIX/Linux system variants that provides separation of duties where root level permissions are needed to perform certain duties, and allows a user to assume the privileges of another user, including the super-user account. Symark PowerBroker is a commercial program that also allows...

Tags: Symark Software, Symark PowerBroker, Sudo, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

White papers 2006-08-10

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Symark PowerBroker: Root Access Risk Control for the Enterprise

Without putting more effective controls on high-privilege access such as Unix or Linux root account, enterprises not only expose the most business-critical IT assets to the most fundamental level of risk, they also expose trustworthy administrators to the consequences of privilege abuse by others. Commodity tools such as sudo often...

Tags: Symark Software, Microsoft Access, Linux, Asset Management, UNIX, Productivity, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Software, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Office Suites

White papers 2009-02-20

Controlling, Delegating, Logging and Auditing UNIX/Linux Root Actions

This document discusses the use of Symark PowerBroker software to address some of the security and audit problems inherent in native UNIX and Linux operating systems. The purpose of the document is to demonstrate the value of PowerBroker as a tool for eliminating or reducing risk in environments where information...

Tags: Symark Software, Auditing, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Financial Accounting, Software, Finance

White papers 2009-01-01

SOX Sec 404 Compliance in a Heterogeneous UNIX/Linux Environment

This document demonstrates how Symark PowerBroker and PowerPassword work in tandem to protect the integrity of data across heterogeneous UNIX/Linux systems to help bring your IT systems into compliance with the SOX section 404 requirements as outlined by various over site boards such as COBIT, ISACA, ISO and the Guide...

Tags: Symark Software, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Environment, Sarbanes-Oxley, Linux, Regulatory Compliance, UNIX, Regulations, Operating Systems, Open Source, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Software, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

White papers 2009-01-01

PCI DSS Compliance in the UNIX/Linux Datacenter

This paper discusses how creating a secure access control infrastructure in heterogeneous UNIX/Linux environments supports PCI DSS compliance. Symark Software's PowerBroker controls access to systems and cardholder data, creates comprehensive logs and audit trails, and has an Entitlement Report that shows auditors that you have created a baseline to assess...

Tags: Symark Software, Data Center, PCI, Linux, UNIX, Financial Accounting, Operating Systems, Storage, Hardware, Software, Finance

White papers 2009-01-01

PowerBroker Privileged Access Control Supports NISPOM Compliance

This paper explains Symark PowerBroker functionality by showing how the product addresses the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual NISPOM security categories developed by the Defense Security Service DSS. A sample PowerBroker script implementing authorization in a UNIX environment is included, and sample PowerBroker log output is also provided. An...

Tags: Symark Software, Compliance, Access Control

White papers 2008-07-01

Passing Compliance Audits in Heterogeneous UNIX/Linux Datacenters

Lack of access controls in native UNIX/Linux operating systems prevents them from passing today's compliance audits. Security issues surrounding the practice of sharing access to privileged accounts and the absence of least-privilege access control makes accountability a near impossibility. Symark Software's PowerBroker enables IT departments to bring these systems...

Tags: Symark Software, Data Center, Compliance, Access Control, Unix, PowerBroker, Linux, Operating Systems, Software

White papers 2008-05-01