Compliance: Security in the Enterprise

End users are often unaware of the implications of their actions when they install unlicensed software, download copyrighted materials, and use unlicensed fonts. This opens up potentially crippling liabilities for companies, schools, and other organizations. To prevent this, organizations often create a list of policies that govern computer and Internet usage, however they often lack the tools to track and enforce compliance-until now.

Using the Casper Suite, IT departments have the ability to grant role-based administrator access to provide functionality appropriate to their role while logging each individual's actions. Additionally, blacklisting of applications is made simple, ensuring that no illegal or unauthorized software can be run on corporate assets. VNC security allows remote administrators to observe or control a computer in a way that is secure and audited. Utilizing the remote features in the Casper Suite, the password used to access the remote computers can be updated immediately for the computers that are online and will poll for missing computers until they are found. Finally, IT staff can ensure that desktop screen savers activate after a set amount of time and require a password to unlock.