Compliance

December 8th, 2009 by Stephen Jones Leave a reply »

Organizations want their customer data to be private, often companies use the “honor-system” when it comes to exactly how careful their employees are with sensitive data. For that reason, security and audit controls are increasingly becoming drivers for ERP decisions as companies move from less sophisticated systems. According to Forrester Research, over 75% of companies include security and audit as drivers for their decision.

With our solutions  you can have confidence that your data can be protected. The good news is that our customers are already well on the way to compliance. Our solutions  provide a secure auditable environment but just because you already use these doesn’t mean you’re automatically compliant. There may be a few tweaks to make, including: Set up encryption on the SQL Server. Enforce secure password policies using Microsoft Active Directory. For example, enforce mandatory password changes every 45 days and use complex passwords with at least 8 characters and a combination of numbers, symbols, or uppercase/lowercase letters. Set up enhanced levels of security in your ERP system using roles. Review your security to ensure for appropriate segregation of duties. Limit access to the system administrator username/password. Use tools to audit any changes made by the system administrator and other users. Tack who has access to data, who made a change, and who deleted or added information from either within or outside the system.  For enhand security we can also advanced endpoint solutions.

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