PRESS RELEASE - BHOLD launches innovative software tool for IT User Access Compliance: BHOLD Controls

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

BHOLD launches innovative software tool for IT User Access Compliance: BHOLD Controls

Quick and easy verification of access to applications and data

 

New York (USA)/Utrecht (NL), March 3^rd, 2010 – BHOLD announces the launch of BHOLD Controls, an innovative software tool for Governance, Risk management and Compliance. BHOLD Controls allows business users and auditors to detect and repair violations to access policies and has been developed in close co-operation with IT auditors. Using BHOLD Controls, organizations meet their compliance requirements and significantly reduce security risks. BHOLD Controls is available as a standalone application for customers or as BHOLD Controls for Auditors, to be used by auditors for their customers.

 

As businesses and IT systems are becoming more complex and collaborative, security risks and compliance requirements also grow. Misuse of IT is generally seen as the primary cause in the event of fraud or theft: risks increase as people accumulate too many access rights, defeat Segregation of Duties or get around Chinese walls. Effective authorization management is the key to prevent misuse of IT. To establish complete control, a first step is to get insight in who has access to what and immediately find violations– and that is exactly what BHOLD Controls has been developed for.

 

BHOLD Controls is designed to be an easy to use, analysis tool that detects access violations across the enterprise based on rules nominated by the business to meet its own compliance requirements.

By putting BHOLD Controls through its paces a number of times each year, management demonstrates ongoing compliance with rules and regulations and proves they have taken effective measures to control fraud and misuse.

 

Now deployed for a number of large and medium sized organizations, BHOLD Controls quickly proved its indispensable contribution to Access Governance.

BHOLD Controls for Auditors: Fast, efficient and (semi)continuous auditing

BHOLD Controls for Auditors is a stand-alone version for auditors, providing for the quick uploading of access data and the analysis of violations as an indispensable part of each audit file. BHOLD Controls provides more efficient data collection, faster analysis and rule assessment, and easier reporting. External and internal auditors can have complete insight in just a few days and can create a comprehensive audit file.

 

BHOLD Controls: Efficiency and security

BHOLD Controls enables auditors and security managers to perform a complete check and to get to grips with a company’s access control at unprecedented speed. Security managers can quickly take action and remediate violations, resulting in a demonstrable reduction of security risks. The full version of BHOLD Controls also includes auditing and attestation functionalities.

 

Availability

BHOLD Controls for Auditors is available as part of their access governance services via leading IT auditors such as KPMG, Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers. BHOLD Controls is available via leading identity and access management partners like Computacenter, Oxford Computer Group, Salford Software, Solvis, Traxion and Wipro.

 

About BHOLD

BHOLD (www.bholdcompany.com) is the market leading provider of software solutions for authorization management and control. BHOLD is supported by a worldwide specialist partner network and is regarded by analysts as ‘the most established firm in the role management area showing maturity with a solid understanding of market needs’. BHOLD was founded in 1997, has its headquarters in Utrecht (The Netherlands) and offices in New York (United States of America), Munich (Germany) and Slough (United Kingdom).

 

 

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For further information, please contact Paul Heiden (phone: +1 917 455 7533, email: p.heiden@bholdcompany.com), or check out our website at: www.bholdcompany.com.

 

 

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