Cloud Computing: BeyondTrust Unveils Free Google Apps Auditing Tool
August 9, 2013
Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: Chris Talbot.
Google (GOOG) Apps partners and customers now have a new auditing tool available free of charge. BeyondTrust, which has focused on providing context-aware security intelligence products, has released PowerBroker Auditor for Google Apps to its user community.
Developed to "ease the burdens associated with auditing these commonly used web applications for proper usage and compliance," PowerBroker Auditor aims to automate the previously manual tasks of gathering auditing events and creating reports for operations management, security and compliance officers, and internal and external auditors…
"While Google Apps is a great productivity suite for organizations, it’s become a bit of a compliance headache for IT admins who are already resource-constrained by the need to prove ongoing compliance to critical government regulations," said Brad Hibbert, executive vice president of Product Strategy and Operations at BeyondTrust, in a prepared statement. "Our goal at BeyondTrust is to give customers the visibility and controls necessary to reduce their IT security risks, while at the same time simplifying their compliance reporting. PowerBroker Auditor for Google Apps is doing just that."…
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