security policies

HIPAA Security Rule Assistant provides HIPAA covered entities a program to learn and understand the HIPAA Security Rule.

HIPAA Security Rule Assistant contains Risk Analysis worksheet, sample policy templates, sample disaster recovery plan, and a sample Incident Report form.

HIPAA Security Rule Assistant also has areas to tract actions taken and enter policies and procedures developed to meet the requirements of the rule.

You can view the entire rule or portions thereof. Enter and track actions taken, enter comments, and more.

A simple word processor is included to let you create policies in the program or you can create them with a word processor and then copy and paste them into this program so all policies are group by their specification.

Additional information about the rule is also included for your information.

Even if you purchase templates from another organization, HIPAA Security Rule Assistant will provide an easy inexpensive mean to store those policies for future follow-up and viewing, etc.

F-Secure Policy Manager application allows any system administrator to manage all the critical security applications from antivirus protection to file and network encryption from one single console. The project is now available for Windows and Linux platforms.

Todayss challenges:

How are the data security applications managed in your company? Does your system administrator use vast amount of time to install, configure, and update the security software? Would you and your system administrator need more information on security incidents in your network?

The solution:

F-Secure Policy Manager offers an easy and scalable way to deploy security applications, define and deploy security policies, and monitor security to ensure compliance with corporate security policies. With F-Secure Policy Manager, corporate IT administrators can manage not only antivirus solutions, but also all critical network and content security solutions on all tiers of the network.

Here are some key features of "F Secure Policy Manager":

· Centralized Management
· Low Total Cost of Ownership
· Scalable Management
· Fast Policy Management
· Lock-Down of Client Settings
· Extensive Graphical Reporting
· Easy Adding of Clients
· Support for F-Secure DeepGuard and F-Secure BlackLight
· New efficient database update technology

Supported Platforms and Languages:

Platforms:

· F-Secure Policy Manager 7.x
· F-Secure Policy Manager Console
· F-Secure Policy Manager Server
· F-Secure Policy Manager Web Reporting
· F-Secure Policy Manager Proxy
· Windows Server 2000/2003 (XP, only console)
· F-Secure Policy Manager for Linux 7.x
· Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
· Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
· SuSE Linux 9
· SuSe Linux 10
· SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 9
· Debian GNU Linux Sarge 3.1

Languages:

· English
· French
· German
· Japanese

Limitations:

· 30 days evaluation

HIPAA Security Rule Assistant provides HIPAA covered entities a program to learn and understand the HIPAA Security Rule. It contains Risk Analysis worksheet, sample policy templates, sample disaster recovery plan, and a sample Incident Report form. It also has areas to tract actions taken and enter policies and procedures developed to meet the requirements of the rule. You can view the entire rule or portions thereof. Enter and track actions taken, enter comments, and more. A simple word processor is included to let you create policies in the program or you can create them with a word processor and then copy and paste them into this program so all policies are group by their specification. Additional information about the rule is also included for your information. Even if you purchase templates from another organization, this program provides an easy inexpensive way to store those policies for viewing and future follow-up, etc. Even if you purchase templates, policies etc. from another organization, this program provides an easy and economical way to store those policies for viewing and future follow-up, etc.

Group Policy change auditing is highly important for all organizations utilizing Group Policy in their IT environments. Native Group Policy management tools dont offer built-in auditing capabilities. Manual audit of changes made to security policies, desktop configurations, software deployment and other settings can be time consuming, unsecure and error-prone.

The freeware NetWrix Group Policy Change Reporter makes Group Policy auditing and change reporting convenient and easy to implement. The reports generated by this product display who made the change and when the change was made, with additional setting-level change details. For example, you can detect changes to software restriction policy, restricted groups, firewall settings, and many other areas.
The product is available both in freeware and commercial versions.

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