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| Active Reasoning 3.3 Software Is Released Active Reasoning has announced the general availability of its 3.3 software. This release includes a new enterprise risk dashboard and expanded IT controls for comprehensive control automation across the entire IT infrastructure. Active Reasoning version 3.3 introduces Active Reasoning IT Policy Reporter, a dashboard that provides an integrated, enterprise-wide perspective of how well an organization's operational activity is following its defined policies and controls. From the dashboard's at-a-glance summary, a user can easily drill down into control activity details – who, what, when and where – to facilitate remediation. Alerts, delivered through IT Policy Reporter or any other preferred mechanism such as e-mail, a corporate portal or a third-party management console, let users know as soon as a policy violation occurs so they can take immediate action. Active Reasoning addresses a broad and deep set of enterprise policies and controls such as direct access, change management, emergency change, segregation of duties, and software and hardware configuration rules. Version 3.3 further strengthens Active Reasoning direct access and change management control capabilities. Improved direct access control in Active Reasoning version 3.3: * Extends SQL Trace already available on DB2 to Oracle and SQL Server for monitoring the actions of privileged users. * Improves database traceability and accountability with the ability to identify who made the change in addition to reporting what was changed and when and where. * Detects restricted data access. This adds to Active Reasoning's already existing file change monitoring ability. * Adds tracking of all database login and logout activity to provide complete audit trails. Previous releases of Active Reasoning change management controls have readily identified unauthorized changes by comparing actual activity to approved change requests. Version 3.3 enhancements provide the ability to also answer questions such as: * Emergency Change - Did an approval follow the change within a timely manner? * Expected Change - Was there an approved change with no activity? Did the approved change occur during the approved time window? * Segregation of Duties – Did the appropriate individual make the change? Was there appropriate segregation of duties for the approval and execution of the change? Active Reasoning version 3.3 represents the next step in the Active Reasoning strategy to fully automate enterprise-wide IT controls for IT Policy Enforcement and IT Governance Automation so that IT organizations can improve service delivery, mitigate operational risk. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Networking News :: home page |