The business landscape has rapidly transitioned to a global, information-based economy. Enterprises are now obligated to guarantee appropriate business execution and information security according to stringent IT policies. As a result, the quality of the implementation of IT policies will have a direct effect on business performance.

 However, as things stand, businesses are gradually realizing the difficulties with compliance — including impacting IT efficiency — and are also increasingly worried about information security. 

IT Policies are Difficult to Execute
It’s easy to outline IT management policies, but not as easy to convince users to comply with them, even when compliance is required.

IT Policies are Difficult to Enforce
It is impossible for IT managers to oversee the network application behaviors of a single staff member, much less those of an entire group of employees. When a staff member violates policies by publishing unauthorized blog posts, comments, or online discussions that incur liability or reveal corporate secrets, it is often the case that the IT department is unable to locate the origin of the leak which results in a business’s inability to effectively investigate the event and prosecute those responsible.

IT Policies in Isolation mean Poor Results
Most businesses have already set forth Internet management policies. Regardless of this, there are often times when manual intervention is needed. For example, during video-conferences, managers can find it necessary to remind staff to curtail unnecessary network access just so that the video conferencing can run smoothly.

As such, instead of relying on supervisors or employees to manually intervene, businesses should rely on automated technology designed to ensure compliance with IT management policies. SANGFOR’s IAM products — which have widespread adoption by a number of industries, including academia, government, finance, aviation, manufacturing and heavy industry — have earned an impeccable reputation for guaranteeing effective execution of IT management policies and information security.

 

 

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SANGFOR IT Policy Compliance Solution

Once SANGFOR IAM products are deployed, business owners are empowered with the ability to:

Define IT Policies for Specific Individuals
SANGFOR IAM products can precisely detect a user’s identity with an extensive range of user identification approaches such as local authentication, third party authentication, manual authentication, and transparent authentication, among others. As a result, business owners can regulate IT policy execution by defining different levels of network access for specific users.

Define IT Policies for Specific Behaviors
Traditional firewall supervision is accomplished by means of IP addresses and port numbers; these identifiers are not precise and make it difficult to manage specific network applications. SANGFOR IAM products, on the other hand, achieve firewall management based on application type, file type, and webpage type; this provides more detail about the objects being managed, allows for more specific IT policy, and simplifies IT policy execution.

Define IT policies for end-points and reduce rule execution processes
SANGFOR IAM products are capable of analyzing end-point devices’ operating system type and version, implement software patches, operate anti-virus/firewall software, and manage other necessary programs. In addition, they can examine hard disks, designated files, the registry and back-end processes, plus establishing online security rules based on specific policies designated by the IT manager. At the same time, SANGFOR IAM products provide flexibility; additional permission policies (such as limited access) can be created for users not meeting sufficient criteria for normal usage.

Enhance Management via properly executed IT policies
SANGFOR IAM products can provide variable levels of IT policy management based on specific users, time, and other conditions. For example, IT managers can block IM chatting, online video viewing, online gaming, and other distracting activities during the work day, to improve productivity. In this manner, IT policies are enforced in a subtle, but effective way that reduces workplace conflict and enforcement effort while increasing productivity and harmony in the office.

Prevent information security risks with Intelligent Results Auditing
SANGFOR IAM products keep logs and reports of user activities so IT managers can easily check for staff compliance with simple queries to the system. In addition, by using SANGFOR IAM’s unique search engine tools, managers can quickly and accurately pinpoint unauthorized or illegal access behaviors in the network application log database.

SANGFOR’s IT Policy Compliance Solutions provide high quality performance, diversified deployment modes, and simple management features, all of which lay a solid foundation for the effective execution of IT management policies.