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How to Avoid the High Cost of Security Audits

Tags: computing, network security, network

Overview Over the past decade a large number of network security and financial accounting fraud incidents have occurred, resulting in greatly increased federal and local regulation of many aspects of business computing. This white paper discusses the requirements of these security standards and demonstrates how these requirements can be fulfilled with the Likewise Enterprise solution. The paper begins with a high-level discussion of several of today's key U.S. security standards, what they are, and how they apply to different businesses. The paper then discusses the cost effects of failed audits, whether through legal action or loss of business. The next section discusses some of the common attributes of the technical requirements of regulatory compliance.

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Publisher: Edison Group
File Format: PDF
Date Published: Jun 30, 2009
Format: White Papers
Topics: Security Standards, Security Management

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