Compliance and the network

Thursday, August 19, 2010 by Alan Taylor
Let’s dwell on IT and network compliance monitoring for a moment.

Typically when someone says this, most individuals either look for the exit or see an opportunity for a nap. But compliance, as a subject matter, doesn’t have to be down there with M&M sorting or Actuarial Science (no offense, it’s just that, on the surface, that sounds a little dry). It’s a serious matter that helps with more than just meeting regulatory requirements.  And it’s probably one of the top 10 most important matters your company faces.

Suppose you’re a Network Engineer, your company is in the catbird seat of being acquired by a public Fortune N company and your stock price just went stratospheric. With both companies being public, the ensuing due diligence activities will result in some serious peering at your SOX compliance, your PCI DSS if you hold credit card information and your HIPAA if you deal with health records. I’ll stop there but the compliance acronym list can continue for a significant amount of letters if you deal with a lot of personal information. 

A chink (or gaping hole) in your Network compliance monitoringcompliance armor could be an unpleasant discovery during due diligence. Not only can it hurt the sale price (or worse, scuttle the deal), it can also bring a more granular and deeper investigation into Network, NOC, Datacenter and overall IT practices. Ever have that dream where you’re in public in nothing but your underwear?

With all of the benefits that Dorado Software provides to customers, compliance is one of the unsung heroes. For instance, the features included in our Redcell Change Manager, or even our ProScan product alone, can quickly help your organization become more aligned with numerous compliance requirements.

Redcell’s ProScan even has the ability to look for and report on very specific parameters and attributes such as access control/firewall entries and routing parameters. Even better for the granular investigations sometimes required by compliance audits. Not only do you have a world-class enterprise network monitoring software, you bring yourself closer to compliance!

For more information on Redcell Change Manager and ProScan, browse over to the Dorado Software website.

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