67% of Respondents Cite Gaining Visibility of Who has Access to Applications and Data as Critical to Reducing Security Threats
Waltham, MA,—May 16, 2011—Aveksa, Inc., the market-leading provider of enterprise Access Governance solutions, today announced the findings of a recent survey conducted to examine how companies are re-evaluating their IT security measures following the recent security breaches at Epsilon, Sony and RSA.
Survey respondents, consisting of IT executives from large, global companies, were asked if the recently publicized IT security breaches increased their concerns over who has access to their company’s critical applications and data. According to the results of the survey, 58% of respondents stated they had a significant or moderate increase in concerns around IT access as a result of the breaches. Respondents were then asked to list the IT security initiatives they plan to address in the next 12 months to help reduce the threat of future security breaches. 67% of the respondents selected "Implement Stronger Access Governance Controls" as the most important IT initiative their company will implement in the coming year to help reduce security threats.
Access Governance has recently emerged as one of the fastest growing and most critical initiatives in IT security. This is due to increasing pressure on IT organizations to gain better control over enterprise-wide access to applications and sensitive data in order to reduce security vulnerabilities from both internal and external threats. By implementing Access Governance automation solutions, companies not only make their IT environments more secure, they are also able to more easily meet regulatory compliance requirements as well as make governing access to critical applications and data more efficient and cost effective.
"Many of the recent IT security breaches came as a result of unauthorized access to applications and data," said Vick Viren Vaishnavi, President and CEO of Aveksa. "As our recent poll indicates, companies are beginning to look at Access Governance as a major line of defense for preventing these types of security breaches since it provides IT organizations with full control over who has access to critical applications and data, and ensures that access is continuously updated in real-time as changes are made across the enterprise."
About Aveksa
Aveksa provides the industry's most comprehensive, purpose-built, enterprise-class, Access Governance automation platform. Aveksa enables organizations to manage the complete lifecycle of user access to information resources through an automated, continuous process for access request, approval, fulfillment, review, certification and remediation. Aveksa helps IT organizations reduce access management complexity and increase operational efficiency while minimizing risk and ensuring sustainable compliance. Leading Global 2000 organizations in financial services, healthcare, retail, energy/utility, telecommunications, transportation and manufacturing rely on Aveksa to efficiently address access request, fulfillment and regulatory compliance demands. For more information, go to www.aveksa.com.
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Tedd Rodman
Aveksa
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