Free TrialEnacted in response to multiple corporate accounting scandals, the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) (also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act) safeguards investors from fraudulent activities involving internal employees. Heavy penalties and stringent regulatory standards are imposed to ensure all the financial information processed by an organization is genuine and reliable.
DataSecurity Plus is an audit tool that delivers the visibility required to monitor and track the validity of all financial information in an organization. DataSecurity Plus' various reports can help you manage the difficult task of proving compliance while ensuring the security of your financial data.
Below is a list of reports you can use to prove that your organization is compliant with the SOX.
| SOX standards | DataSecurity Plus report or alert |
| Track all modifications to files in order to assess risks to data integrity and resolve violations, if any. | All file/folder changes report |
| Deleted/overwritten files report | |
| Security permission changes report | |
| Most modified file report | |
| Create events report | |
| Renamed/moved events report | |
| Files modified after N days report | |
| Periodically review all attempts to access critical data, including both successful and failed attempts. | All failed attempts report |
| Read events report | |
| Most accessed file report | |
| Most accesses by processes/user report | |
| Files accessed after N days report | |
| Review access rights and file permissions periodically to ensure that no excessive permissions are assigned beyond what is needed. | NTFS permissions report |
| Share permissions report | |
| Utilize customizable alerts to enable timely detection of any user actions that violate your data protection policies. | File/folder moved or renamed alert |
| File/folder security changes alert | |
| File/folder removed alert | |
| Media files alert | |
| Use preconfigured alerts to detect and respond quickly to potential data breaches. | Ransomware file alert |
| Threshold-based alert |
* You can also generate customized reports based on file path, users, business hours, etc.
Disclaimer: Fully complying with the SOX requires a variety of solutions, processes, people, and technologies. This page is provided for informational purpose only and should not be considered as legal advice for SOX compliance. ManageEngine makes no warranties, express, implied, or statutory, as to the information in this material.
