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Billerica, MA
- SilverBack Technologies,
Inc., the leading provider
of integrated network,
systems, application and
security monitoring software
to the mid-tier, today
announced new corporate
governance and compliance
tools that Value-Added
Resellers, System
Integrators, and Consultants
can leverage to offer IT
services to end-customers
that need to achieve
compliance as required by
the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley
(SOX) Act. The new tools
compliment existing
SilverBack reports that
automate documentation of
compliance with SOX while
reducing the growing
day-to-day costs of meeting
regulatory requirements.
SilverBack specifically
designed its SOX Readiness
Toolkit to provide solution
providers with the
information they need to
understand the challenges
associated with SOX
compliance, and how to
leverage this information
for new business
opportunities. SilverBack's
IT monitoring and security
software already ensures
regulatory compliance
efforts by addressing the
assessment, identification,
and documentation of
internal controls mandated
by SOX. The new toolkit
assists solution partners in
helping end-customers
address specific
requirements as stated in
Section 404 of SOX. Section
404 requires business
organizations to use a
third-party company to
implement technology changes
to achieve a corporate
control framework. Some of
the benefits realized by
solution providers utilizing
the toolkit include:
* Increased revenues -
Identify and engage
in new projects mandated
by financial auditors, who
are legally restricted
from carrying out the
compliance efforts they
recommend.
* Access to C-level -
SOX expertise gives
solution providers the
ability
to more easily
establish contact and
build relationships with
the
previously elusive
C-suite. Provide
CEOs/CFOs technical
assistance
they need to
ensure they meet
compliance requirements
for which they
are
individually held legally
accountable.
* Expand services portfolio -
Competitive advantage with
value-added,
regulatory
compliance services.
* Stronger, deeper
relationships - Become a trusted advisor
by
keeping abreast of
emerging regulations that
are complex and costly to
follow for individual
clients.
"Helping corporations
achieve SOX compliance
requires the right people,
processes and IT governance
tools," said Christine
Washburn, Vice President of
Marketing for SilverBack.
"SilverBack's aim is to
deliver a fast and secure
method of documenting and
enhancing regulatory
compliance efforts, without
adding technical burdens or
higher fees for our solution
provider partners. Using
the existing SilverBack
console, solution providers
and end-customers can extend
the use of existing
SilverBack reports to IT
governance requirements,
without making any
additional costly IT
investments."
Solution providers can
leverage the following
capabilities from
SilverBack's software for
SOX compliance services:
* Ensured security and
reliability of host
systems with a centralized
console view of the entire
IT infrastructure.
* Assessment, identification
and documentation of
internal controls
through the implementation and
ongoing monitoring of a
layered
security approach.
* Documentation of security
controls including ongoing
vulnerability
scanning and
notification; patch
management; and intrusion
monitoring.
* Combined view of network
activity and security
devices to
effectively differentiate between
Denial of Service attacks
and
legitimate increases/spikes in
network traffic.
* Aggregated firewall
reports ensure the
firewall is in compliance
with security policy.
* Continuous availability of
archived documents.
"Sarbanes-Oxley presents a
significant and pressing IT
challenge for many corporate
businesses," said Al
Gossett, President and CEO,
Digital-DNS. "Thanks to
SilverBack and the new SOX
Readiness Toolkit, we have a
great 'how-to' guide along
with a clear and organized
methodology to help meet the
extensive requirements for a
corporate control
framework. Our ability to
create and offer new IT
services to support our
end-user clients with SOX
compliance has been a very
smooth process."
In addition to the 2002
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, solution
partners are using
SilverBack's software to
meet the requirements of
other government regulations
including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley
Act (GLBA), Health Insurance
Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA),
and ISO 17799. SilverBack
solution partners can access
the toolkit free of charge
by contacting SilverBack at
1-877-745-5775
About SilverBack
Located in Billerica,
Massachusetts, SilverBack
Technologies, Inc., is the
leading provider of
affordable, fast, easy and
secure IT monitoring
software for the mid-tier.
SilverBack's mission is to
deliver comprehensive IT and
security monitoring to the
masses, via a select group
of global VARs, systems
integrators and solution
providers. SilverBack
software is available in
three convenient packages
enabling channel partners of
all types to deliver IT and
security monitoring as a
fully integrated,
plug-and-play product, or as
a highly profitable suite of
managed services.
SilverBack's award-winning
software costs up to 60
percent less than existing
IT management solutions.
For more information on
SilverBack, please visit our
Web site at
www.silverbacktech.com
SilverBack is a registered
trademark and the SilverBack
logo, SilverBack Datacenter,
SilverBack Portable,
SilverBack Professional, are
trademarks of SilverBack
Technologies, Inc. Other
trademarks referenced are
the property of their
respective holders.
Copyright 2004, SilverBack
Technologies, Inc. All
rights reserved.
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