Overview
Though much of the media focus is on outside viruses, the latest hacking attempts and security breaches, there are also many attempts from within organizations. As you provide trusted employees, business partners and customers with greater access to your data and confidential information, you increase the risk of having that information stolen or compromised.
IBM Security and Privacy protects the sensitive data within your application portfolios in many ways, from consulting on simple policy and procedure efforts to design and implementation of leading edge solutions that protect sensitive information and data leakage. We offer innovative services and solutions with a focus on SOA, data centric security, compliance, identity management and governance.
Business challenges
Establish the needed access control and monitoring for your data and IT assets
Need to automate account management, credentials management, user provisioning, and access rights
Overcome complex and inefficient security management by examining and improving existing policies, procedures and technology
Adherence to constantly changing regulations
Improve monitoring, logging and reporting associated with access and changes to data and IT assets
Achieve the right balance of centralized control and local autonomy to drive efficiency while providing consistent policy enforcement
Security and privacy services that we offer
Assessment and Planning – Assess security requirements and develop directive IT security guidance policies, processes and standards. Develop policies to address security objectives for every person and IT system involved in handling sensitive information.
Architecture – Leverage IBM's unique Method for Architecting Secure Solutions (MASS) to develop an architecture based on a gap analysis of the existing IT security environment against business requirements, international standards and industry best practices.
Design and Implementation Services – Design, development and implementation services for security relevant applications, systems, or networks ranging from wireless solution design, to simplified sign-on, to PKI-enabled virtual private networks.
Application Security – Provides your enterprise with a preferred vendor to address your strategic application development security requirements and provide related downstream security capabilities.
SOA/Web Services Security planning – Assess SOA security requirements, architecture, and implementation using IBM’s industry leading software products and SOA methodologies.
Identity Management – Helps you design, implement, deploy and maintain an integrated identity management system that standardizes access management throughout platforms for users, devices, applications, business processes, and physical security points such as biometric, smart-card and badge readers.
Governance – Evaluate existing security practices, compliance with regulatory requirements, security education & training programs and overall risk exposure in the context of business and technical requirements and objectives.
Why IBM
IBM’s industry expertise and global investment in application skills help provide a foundation for leadership in application design, development, implementation and management. Our in-depth understanding of business processes and information technology uniquely qualifies us to work with clients who wish to leverage industry best practices in application lifecycle management while focusing on strategic, core business competencies.
As one of the largest providers of consulting, systems integration and application services, IBM has unrivaled experience optimizing application investments and aligning them to business requirements. Our team of more than 90,000 Application Services consultants located around the world can assemble the industry and technology expertise through proven methodology, research innovation, and solution assets and accelerators that help you achieve greater productivity and business agility.
