Bsafe Information Systems has released version 5.5 of its Bsafe/Enterprise Security software for System i with enhanced functionality for compliance with SOX, HIPAA, Basel-II and other mandates.
 

A new policy compliance management tool provides policy management by template, policy deviation reporting and a set of compliance reports. Executives and auditors are now able to track policy compliance without intervention of IT personnel, says the company. Policy deviation report tools automatically show how the company settings in System i deviate from company policy. Bsafe says that these will reduce time and effort invested for a company to comply with regulations.

A cross-platform audit tool consolidates application, system, file, read/record and SQL statement audit information from System i environment and basic audit information from System z and Windows environments in one log. A new SQL statement auditing module monitors SQL events on a system-wide level on the iSeries when performed via interactive SQL processes, embedded SQL in HLL, DRDA, or OS/400 queries. An administrator audit provides a log of all activity undertaken by the Bsafe administrator in a Windows-based management console.

Seamus Quinn, editor.