Sarbanes-Oxley Security Compliance


What is Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was enacted to increase regulatory visibility and accountability of public companies and their financial health. SOX requires even small companies to comply with regulations dealing with the assessment of internal controls for financial reporting (Section 404). SOX Compliance

How do companies comply with SOX?
The combination of the various SOX requirements means that CEOs and CFOs must attest to having the proper "internal controls" at their companies to protect against data tampering. The data protection requirements for data center infrastructures include:
  • Guaranteed, no-excuse access to information
  • Processes and controls to ensure access to information
  • Separation and protection of information before it is widely disclosed
In short, complying companies must ensure the long-term retention, security, integrity, and availability of data. They must also ensure the authenticity and integrity of data in motion.

How does CipherOptics help?
CipherOptics CipherEngine is a comprehensive data protection solution that ensures the confidentiality, authenticity, and integrity of any data on the network.

The CipherEngine solution allows organizations to easily encrypt data across the network or the entire computing infrastructure using a global policy and key manager along with both hardware and software-based encryption enforcement points. The CipherEngine data protection solution offers best-of-breed performance, elegantly simple installation and management, and breakthrough scalability. CipherEngine gives you the power to protect data in motion wherever, however and whenever you want, without changes or disruptions to your network, your infrastructure, or your operations.

To discuss how CipherOptics can help you can comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, call 1-877-878-6655 and speak directly with a CipherOptics Encryption Specialist or feel free to ask us a question.

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Scope of Audit Reduction
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Helpful Resources
Full Text of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Summary of the Provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act