Compliance Issues with File Integrity Monitoring? How One Financial Institution Solved Theirs with CSP

File Integrity Monitoring is an important requirement of the PCI data security standard for maintaining confidential (e.g., cardholder) information, and is considered a crucial part of protecting business assets.

NonStop systems are now being used in far more dynamic situations and have more external connections than ever before. The ubiquity of payment cards for personal electronic transactions has changed the security equation in a fundamental way.

Any compromise in security is likely to have far reaching consequences, both in terms of financial loss, and for the wider damage to an organization’s reputation. Protecting personal cardholder information is paramount.

In this context, File Integrity Monitoring should be considered an important security necessity, not just for PCI compliance, but in order to preserve the integrity of all NonStop systems.

Toronto Based Firm Receives Compliance Requirement

CSP recently received a request by a large, Toronto based, financial institution regarding File Integrity Monitoring.  The client wished to improve their file monitoring process and had also received new compliance requirements regarding their file monitoring abilities. Specifically, they were having issues enabling file monitoring for a payment application.

It was crucial for them to know which changes had been made to critical files and to also have the ability to flag any unauthorized changes, compare file sets on different systems, report on changes to file attributes, and generate regular reports for managers and auditors. File monitoring was also required on an ongoing basis.

After evaluating their requirements, CSP recommended Verify Elite^TM, a solution specifically designed for monitoring changes to files and generating compliance reports.

Verify Elite: The Complete Solution for File Integrity Monitoring & Compliance

NonStop systems are now being used in far more dynamic situations and have more external connections than ever before. Any compromise to the security of a system can have sweeping consequences, including financial loss and damage to an organization’s reputation. File Integrity Monitoring should be considered an important security requirement, one that is necessary to protect sensitive data and preserve the integrity of all NonStop systems.

Verify Elite is a complete NonStop compliance and file integrity monitoring solution that ensures that your NonStop System’s security (Guardian & OSS) meets industry standards and regulations, like PCI DSS, SOX, and GDPR.

The new and improved Verify Elite compliance solution now looks better than ever!

We’ve made it even easier for you to address the critical file monitoring and compliance reporting requirements for PCI/GDPR with significant changes to the UI, for an Enhanced User Experience.

We’ve also added helpful tips across the product and made it even more intuitive to use.

Newly Redesigned Enhanced UI

Verify Elite’s Security Compliance Monitor can ensure your compliance with regulations and internal security policies by performing regularly scheduled compliance checks.

And by executing regularly scheduled file integrity checks, Verify Elite’s File Integrity Monitor ensures that any unauthorized changes are immediately identified and reported.

Guardian Result History Screens

What’s New in Verify Elite 2.40

Some key features included in the latest release of Verify Elite are the new “Binder Timestamp” flag for Guardian File Integrity Check and the EMS logging options.

Key Features:

• Pre-built customizable compliance rules
• Monitors both Guardian & OSS files
• Detailed compliance reporting
• Intuitive GUI makes compliance checking & audit reporting easy
• Meets PCI-DSS regulation 11.5
• Easily integrated with enterprise security tools
• Real time notifications with Alert-Plus
• Multi-Node Fileset Compare

The regular comparison of fileset across nodes should also be a part of the process to ensure the integrity of your files. Verify Elite’s Multi-Node Fileset Compare feature permits the comparison of filesets located either locally or across NonStop nodes. For example, files that are replicated to backup environments need to be regularly compared to production files to ensure their integrity.

Guardian Fileset Result Compare

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