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SBA Communications Improves SOX Compliance Processes and Reliability with Fastpath

技术

应用基础设施与中间件 - API 集成与管理
应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据交换与集成

适用行业

电信

适用功能

商业运营

用例

监管合规监控

服务

软件设计与工程服务
系统集成

挑战

SBA Communications, a leading independent owner and operator of wireless towers and facilities in the U.S., was facing significant regulatory and financial burdens due to SOX compliance requirements. As a publicly-traded company, SBA was required to prove control over their financial statements through documentation and testing. This was imposing heavy costs on the organization. The company was struggling with managing Segregation of Duties (SoD) conflicts, maintaining data integrity and audit trail, and managing identity and access. The manual process of downloading monthly security reports and reconciling them was time-consuming and inefficient. Moreover, to comply with SOX, SBA needed to limit system administrator access and ensure that all Microsoft Dynamics GP users were adhering to tighter password policy controls.

关于客户

SBA Communications is a leading independent owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure in the United States. As a publicly-traded company, SBA is required by Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) legislation to prove control over the financial statements through documentation and testing. The company was facing significant regulatory and financial burdens due to SOX compliance requirements. The manual process of downloading monthly security reports and reconciling them was time-consuming and inefficient. Moreover, to comply with SOX, SBA needed to limit system administrator access and ensure that all Microsoft Dynamics GP users were adhering to tighter password policy controls.

解决方案

SBA turned to Fastpath for audit and compliance reporting and security tools with direct integration to Microsoft Dynamics GP. The Fastpath products used included Fastpath Assure, Fastpath Config AD, and Fastpath Audit Trail. Fastpath Assure provided a robust risk analysis process and a sustainable SoD platform with necessary reports for current and future reporting periods. Fastpath Audit Trail allowed SBA to monitor all of their databases and report on the data through a common, flexible reporting tool. With Fastpath Config AD, a single sign-on and enterprise class security management solution, SBA was able to manage all aspects of Microsoft Dynamics GP user security from Active Directory. This allowed for efficient audit preparation and a pain-free process.

运营影响

Fastpath made it possible for SBA to adequately secure their Microsoft Dynamics GP environment and deliver the compliance reports that auditors were demanding.
The software was seamlessly integrated into their business processes making the audit part of their daily efforts and not a once a year or quarterly effort.
Fastpath Config AD has provided a more secure environment. It has also saved SBA time and money as they are using fewer internal resources to manage system security.

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