Government Regulations Require IT Reporting
The ability to generate targeted Access Reports is important for any customer who must demonstrate regulatory compliance. HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley, PCI and other compliance standards specify that system access be controlled to critical computing devices, and equally important, access privileges must be documented. An added challenge of integrating the management of Linux, UNIX, and MAC systems into Active Directory is that new methods must be provided to accurately and relevantly report such access privileges.
Likewise Enterprise Reports for Linux/UNIX access
Included with Likewise Enterprise is a reporting module which summarizes commonly needed User, Group, and Machine relationships relevant to a comprehensive systems privilege audit. Pre-defined reports make it easy to view access privilege for all users, groups, containers, and systems managed with Likewise Enterprise. This information can be directly output to screen, print, or saved out to HTML, XML, or CSV formats for use in third party reporting tools such as Excel or Crystal Reports.
Further complicating the business need for reporting is that the regulatory standards are often prescriptive in nature, but lack specifics on criteria and format for the actual reports. Each customer must decide for themselves which style of reporting is most appropriate for their organization or department. To address this variance, Likewise Enterprise reports permit customization of output, including scoping, filtration, column selection, and data limits.
Individual access can be further restricted through the use of account settings and machine policies. When combined with the resultant set of policies, the built-in reporting capabilities found in Likewise Enterprise allow you to both self-check your internal security procedures as well as provide the critical supporting documentation for your regulatory compliance personnel.


