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News < Back Sarbanes Oxley : Technology : Thought Leader Jeff Clarke of Computer Associates Integration and Transparency Are Key
During his keynote, entitled ?Innovation Will Come From Integration,? at Corporate and Channel Computing Expo (C3 EXPO) at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, Clarke discussed how enabling a secure infrastructure is perhaps the highest priority and most pressing challenge for organizations today. He also addressed the security, privacy and regulatory concerns that strain today's enterprises and discussed how an innovative approach to systems management and security delivers the integration so desperately needed for effective protection. Clarke said, ?Scammers, hackers, phishers and the like pose a real threat to the integrity of the enterprise ? and by extension to our businesses, government operations and our personal physical and financial well being.? As the day-to-day security situation continues to become overwhelming and too much for the average user and average data center to handle, Clarke said ?too many organizations have invested in cutting-edge technology that is difficult to implement and too often fails to deliver on its promise. For too many organizations security is cumbersome, fragmented and largely ineffective. ?In order to ensure long-term security while enabling growth and containing management costs, Clarke said ?integration is the key to cutting through the complexity, making IT simple, efficient, cost effective ? and truly secure.?As security management and enterprise systems management quickly converge, a cohesive security solution needs to be created from disparate security threats. Clarke said, ?Network managers realize that they need to be apprised of security events in real time. They need to be able to drill down into that event and contact the appropriate security manager. And then they need to close the loop so that they know that an effective, timely response has been achieved.? As a result of today's regulatory environment and laws such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Clarke emphasized that, ?We need to deliver on the promise of true security. It is no longer an aspiration; it's a requirement.? As a result of Sarbanes-Oxley and a host of other provisions in the United States, Europe and Asia, including HIPAA, Basel II and Japan's Personal Information Protection Law, Clarke said, people at every level of an organization ? from administrative assistants to CEOS ? are dealing with new compliance and legal requirements. ?What the current regulatory regime really demands is true alignment of business and IT, creating what some call a transparent enterprise,? he said.?In a transparent enterprise, management would gain a clear view of all data and processes ? both operational and financial. Rather than each aspect of the enterprise being viewed in isolation, this new 'transparency' would allow management to map each component against business objectives and strategy,? continued Clarke.?With true transparency, all the component parts of a complex infrastructure are tied together,? he said. ?The relative importance of every process, every bit of data, every event or transaction is understood within the larger context of business operations, strategy and goals. That kind of transparency enables better control and oversight ? which drive business results. With integration enhanced security can help achieve the transparent enterprise.? Clarke said, ?We believe that the next new innovation that everyone is always looking for is, in fact, true integration ? integration that is: ? Seamless; ? Context-friendly; ? and Transparent ?We cannot simply integrate the technologies based on our technology architectures or our IT processes. We need to integrate technologies based on an understanding of the business process they support. The goal is to reduce complexity and enable greater automation across the business processes these security components support,? Clarke said. ?CA's commitment to being complete, integrated and open translates into software solutions that increase our customers' flexibility and improve their efficiency, which in turn drives improved business agility and competitive advantage. ?Since the industry has learned that we cannot separate IT from security, Clarke asked organizations to ?take it a step higher to the business level ? ensure that security is not only a part of the fabric of our IT environment ? but in fact part of the very DNA of our business. ?With the creation of a transparent enterprise, businesses will be better able to align actions with strategy. No longer will they be explaining strategy by pointing to historical results,? said Clarke. ?In a transparent enterprise, visionary leaders can direct appropriate corrective action with confidence, and avoid regulatory problems and performance shortfalls down the road.? Computer Associates International, Inc., one of the world's largest management software companies, delivers software and services across operations, security, storage, life cycle and service management to optimize the performance, reliability and efficiency of enterprise IT environments. Founded in 1976, CA is headquartered in Islandia, N.Y., and serves customers in more than 140 countries. For more information visit www.ca.com 
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