Passing Linux/UNIX Audits and Meeting Regulatory Compliance with Symark PowerPassword® and Symark PowerBroker®

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Pass UNIX/Linux Audits with Symark PowerBroker

This white paper explains why the design of UNIX and Linux systems prevents them from passing today's security and compliance audits, and how Symark PowerBroker can bring these systems into compliance with multiple mandates such as PCI DSS (the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard), the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA).

How PowerBroker addresses such UNIX/Linux security issues as the shared use of accounts with elevated privilege and the absence of least-privilege access control is described. A table shows the security and compliance requirements PowerBroker meets in specific compliance mandates. How PowerBroker creates RBAC-like access control that simplifies and lowers the costs security administration across heterogeneous platforms is also explained.

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