Counterpane Introduces Integrated Application Monitoring & Security Auditing for SAP Platform, Empowers Enterprises to Defend Against Unauthorized Activity on SAP Applications.Technological Innovations Coupled With Proven Correlation Logic and Security Expertise Ensure Customers Improved Compliance, Enhanced Security Posture and Prevention of Financial Loss MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Counterpane Internet Security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. , Inc., The Managed Security Company and the authority on enterprise security, today unveiled Integrated Application Monitoring & Security Auditing for SAP Platform, a new data security solution that leverages its industry leading Managed Security Services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the (http://www.counterpane.com). "A large number of our customers have rated unauthorized access to critical information as their top concern," said Bruce Schneier, Counterpane Chief Technology Officer. "The lack of stronger software security being built into applications put enterprises in a reactive mode. Enterprises need to understand that network and application security are business risk - we're seeing corporations suffering financial loss due to application security breaches." In a recently published 2006 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, unauthorized access to information "continues to be the second-greatest source of financial loss." It also indicates nearly 40 percent of the respondents attributing more than 20 percent of their organization's losses to insider threats.1 Counterpane's integrated application monitoring and auditing solution is designed to reinforce enterprises' defense against insider theft and application-level attacks. Leveraging its technological innovations (for example, the universal normalization In relational database management, a process that breaks down data into record groups for efficient processing. There are six stages. By the third stage (third normal form), data are identified only by the key field in their record. of differing platform attributes), Counterpane captures, normalizes, and securely transfers all log-in/log-out and failed log-in transaction codes to its Security Operations Centers A Security Operations Center is a centralised unit in an organisation that deals with security issues. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA; an agency within the US Department of Homeland Security) has implemented Security Operations Centers (referred to as SOC) (SOCs), where logs are analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. and stored, and threats are alerted. More important is Counterpane's ability to customize its logic to monitor transactions within the SAP applications. While simpler products/services collect and store application-level event logs, Counterpane's integrated solution is far more extensive. Customers can elect to perform cross-platform and cross-vendor correlation, in real time, for every normalized message and from every supported platform available in Socrates, Counterpane's global correlation and analysis engine. Advanced Socrates correlation is used to detect specific compliance related event sequence, which is determined by out-of-the-box pre-configured rules that are customizable to meet individual customers' specified compliance monitoring and reporting requirements. The solution is augmented with Counterpane's 24x7 real-time monitoring, analysis, alerting, and reporting by skilled security analysts, all of which are backed by service level agreements with simple, unambiguous penalty language. "The 12 million SAP users - 34 thousand SAP customers worldwide - can now leverage Counterpane's leading data security solution for strengthened defense against targeted application-level attacks and improved compliance," said Doug Howard, Counterpane's Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "What sets us apart, on top of skilled security professionals and compliance best-practice framework, is incremental Additional or increased growth, bulk, quantity, number, or value; enlarged. Incremental cost is additional or increased cost of an item or service apart from its actual cost. innovations built on the foundation of our proven correlation engine. Having the ability to monitor access to sensitive corporate and customer data and perform cross-platform, cross-vendor correlation, we assure our customers business success by way of increased accountability and improved security policies, preventing financial loss due to application security breaches. We continue to demonstrate our leadership in supporting our customers' business concerns - by providing real world solutions that solve real world business problems." About Counterpane's Application Monitoring and Security Auditing Solution: Compliance * Custom solution that fulfills specified customer requirements for compliance with government and industry regulations, including Sarbanes-Oxley, California SB1386, Gramm Leach Bliley (GLB (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) Enacted in 1999 and effective in mid 2001, the GLB stipulates that every financial institution shall protect the security and confidentiality of its customers' confidential personal information. ), HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, , and the PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). Standard for merchants and banks Database application monitoring * Non-intrusive, real time monitoring and alerting on any SAP transaction type that are required for current and future regulatory compliance * Automated, policy-based security audit alerts of databases * No change to applications Cross-platform, cross-vendor event correlation Event Correlation is the processes involved with reducing a large number of incident alerts to a much smaller, more manageable number within automated monitoring and incident/problem management in a Support Management System. from a wide range of sources (centrally stored for reporting): * Business applications * Operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. * Network and security devices * Access control systems * Mainframes * Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. (admin events) * Databases Security Auditing & Reporting * Audit trail monitoring with weekly, monthly, and annual reporting of security / non-security events About Counterpane Counterpane is The Managed Security Company. As the authority on enterprise security, Counterpane's Managed Security Services ensure customers' business continuity, improved compliance, and protection from financial loss. Monitoring over 550 networks worldwide to gather, correlate and evaluate an unparalleled volume of information, we give our customers the industry's broadest real-time view of, and response to, global IT security threats. Leveraging our experienced professionals and state-of-the-art security solutions, Counterpane delivers comprehensive protection and real economies of scale and efficiencies of cost. For more information, visit www.counterpane.com. 1 For details, see Lawrence A. Gordon, Martin P. Loeb, William Lucyshyn and Robert Richardson Robert Richardson may refer to:
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