“In
addition to meeting Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)
requirements better than any other product
we considered, PowerTech products enable
us to view and report on data in ways
that we hadn’t thought
of before.”
Kumar
Muttulingasamy
Waste Management, IT Project Lead
OVERVIEW
Waste Management Inc. is a leading provider of waste and environmental services in North America, serving nearly 21 million residential, industrial, municipal, and commercial customers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
CHALLENGE
The Waste Management IT department relies on the AS/400 and System i5 platform for its mission-critical financial applications. They took advantage of the built-in security of the platform, but they knew more was needed to ensure sensitive customer and financial information was fully protected across their global network. They also needed a way to easily produce audit reports to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations.
SOLUTION
Waste Management selected PowerTech because our solutions addressed the full spectrum of issues, from security shortfalls to improved reporting to user management. Products include:
Network Security — Meets audit requirements by managing and monitoring IT staff's PC access to production systems.
Security Audit — Audits users, objects, system settings, and security events, allowing security personnel to perform comprehensive audits on a regular basis in a fraction of the time previously required.
Central Admin — Creates a common and single view of system security, simplifying the management of complex or distributed AS/400 and System i5 environments.
RESULTS
For Waste Management, PowerTech delivered:
Superior reporting capabilities to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley
A suite of industry-leading solutions to meet or exceed industry standards
Simplified security management of a vast network at a reduced cost
Access to industry-leading security experts and technical support
