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IT security infrastructure solution from IBM

Executive summary

Business view

Technical details

The goal

Protect against costly security breaches

Security breaches are becoming more and more common—and increasingly costly to companies around the world. Are your systems protected? Is your customer, partner and employee information secure? Do you know who is able to access what systems and information throughout your extended enterprise? The IT security solution from IBM can help you understand, mitigate and manage security risks.

The advantage

Rely on IBM's broad security capabilities

IBM delivers broad functionality, expertise, thought leadership and research, with more than 3,500 security and privacy experts worldwide.

We utilize proven best practices in security strategy, policy, process and technology.
We have a strong IBM Business Partner ecosystem that allows us to help organizations respond faster and more appropriately to security violations, threats and regulatory mandates.
We offer local experience with insight into country- and industry-specific regulatory compliance issues.

The benefits

Understand, mitigate and manage security risks

The IT security solution from IBM helps you:

Understand risks across your extended enterprise.

Assess and identify threats.
Identify business impacts.
Determine implications of compliance.
Evaluate alternatives.

Mitigate risks by anticipating and planning for them.

Establish and implement governance.
Define effective standards, principles and policies.
Define integrated management processes and practices.
Establish compliance strategies.
Help ensure adequate scope of plans.
Choose and implement appropriate IT architecture, technology and organization.

Manage risks through enforcement and automation.

Protect systems.
Manage users.
Establish trust and compliance.
Manage threats.

Following are some examples of potential project areas that could help build security capability.

Identity management—recognizing and monitoring users, and granting or restricting their access to business assets or resources.
Data security—protecting and securing data, including information about your business and your customers, employees and partners.
Network security—managing access and threats to networking capabilities, including wireless networks.
Digital video surveillance—utilizing digital video equipment to protect against physical security threats.

The approach

See the advantages of a single sign-on solution

One of the leading health systems in the U.S. needed to better manage the security issues associated with authentication of several applications. They also wanted to reduce the number of call center calls related to password and access issues. A single sign-on solution from IBM:

Enables simplified access to key applications with a single password.
Reduces help desk costs for problems associated with passwords.
Supports use of biometric and smart card authentication.
Enforces new stronger password policy.
Improves ability to comply with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) security regulations.

The financial advantage

Stop security issues from hurting the bottom line

Security issues are hurting the bottom line. The IT security solution from IBM is designed to help you:

Build trust with customers to improve retention and increase revenue per customer.
Enhance confidence in the security of your systems and information to remove constraints on participation in new initiatives and growth of your business.
Address security-related audit and regulatory compliance requirements.
Avoid costly system outages and repair costs due to viruses or other security breaches.

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