Finance departments

More than any other organization within the enterprise, the finance team faces the greatest risk when the network comes under attack. As the guardians of highly sensitive data—including financials, sales, and customer and employee records—finance organizations control the information on which success depends. Recent sensational headlines about network break-ins and identity theft only hint at the potential for disaster. For finance organizations, adequately securing information requires:

• Keeping financial and customer data safe
• Protecting employee records including financial and health care information
• Maintaining proper data-security controls and processes for governing access to confidential data
• Complying with various government statutes including GLBA and Sarbanes-Oxley.

The StillSecure^® suite of network security solutions provides finance organizations with powerful tools to secure their network assets and comply with the growing body of legislation governing the use and protection of financial data.

A data-intensive function that demands control

Protecting assets, whether cash in the bank or the digital assets on the network, is the highest priority. No longer can finance departments focus on number crunching alone. In striking the balance between securing assets and facilitating the flow of business, finance departments are struggling with a number of critical issues:

• Protecting confidential data—Financials, customer information, and employee records—all of these are typically under direct control of the finance or administration section of the company. If any of this proprietary data is compromised, the entire organization could be irreparably damaged.
• Keeping stringent accounting controls and procedures—Processes and procedures are critical within finance organizations. Granting, denying, and managing access to information are mission-critical issues with CFOs. Inappropriate or misapplied control measures can open a Pandora’s box of compromised assets, liability claims, and criminal activity.
• Complying with government statutes—Recent legislation, such as the Graham-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, places a tremendous burden on finance organizations and their CFOs. Noncompliance with these complex regulations can have serious consequences, as penalties include corporate and personal fines and jail terms for violators.

CFOs and other corporate officers face daunting challenges in securing and maintaining the integrity of information. Keeping the books in order was already a full-time job; now they must also ensure that confidential information is secured.

Mitigate risk and liability with StillSecure

For finance organizations, StillSecure products offer:

• Reduced risk and liability from a breach of confidential data
• Assurance that proper controls and procedures are followed
• Assistance in complying with applicable government statutes.

The StillSecure suite of network security solutions includes:

Strata Guard™: Network intrusion detection/prevention
Strata Guard, our intrusion detection/prevention system (IDPS), secures confidential data by preventing attacks and malicious traffic from entering your network. Strata Guard creates a shield around your sensitive data, permitting only legitimate access. It stops unauthorized use and malicious attacks before serious damage occurs. Fully automated, Strata Guard increases the productivity of your IT organization.

Strata Guard can also protect against attacks and hacker activity launched from within the enterprise. By placing Strata Guard between your financials server and customer database and the network, you prevent malicious or disgruntled employees from accessing and compromising proprietary data.
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VAM™: Vulnerability management platform
A true vulnerability management platform, VAM identifies, manages, and repairs network vulnerabilities; it lets you proactively close the security holes that leave you open to attack. By providing a 360° perspective, VAM finds and fixes the weak points on the network before they are discovered by hackers. VAM also plays a crucial role in achieving regulatory compliance, ensuring accountability and historical tracking through its exclusive Vulnerability Repair Workflow™. Designed for enterprise-scale deployments, VAM integrates with your existing IT systems to streamline administration and leverage existing IT investment.

VAM can systematically and consistently test financial, customer relationship management (CRM), and sales force automation (SFA) servers to ensure that they are free of security holes. If vulnerabilities are found, they can be quickly resolved, ensuring that proprietary data stays confidential.
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Safe Access™: Network access control
Safe Access protects the network by ensuring that endpoints—the PCs that connect to the network via the LAN or through VPN, RAS, and WiFi connections—comply with your security policies. Safe Access quarantines noncompliant endpoints, ensuring that they don't expose the network to attacks and infections. As the industry's first true agent-less solution, Safe Access ensures that the applications and services running on endpoint devices are up-to-date and free of spyware, worms, viruses, trojans, P2P and other potentially damaging software.
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Finance organizations using StillSecure

With its products used extensively in the financials industry, StillSecure understands the high stakes involved in securing financial information. If StillSecure can help ease the burden of managing the complex IT environment, please contact us.