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What is the GLBA?

In the United States, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) regulates how financial institutions handle and distribute non-public personal information (NPI) pertaining to consumers who use financial services for their personal needs. The GLBA requires financial institutions to uphold the privacy and security of NPI, covering a range of entities such as banks, lenders, and investment advisors, regardless of their size.

How can you comply with the GLBA?

Complying with the GLBA involves dual responsibility to ensure the privacy and security of NPI. The Privacy Rule elaborates on disclosure responsibilities and opt-out requirements, and the Safeguards Rule specifies the establishment of protective measures for NPI.

The GLBA demands stringent protection of NPI. EventLog Analyzer—with its log analysis and management features—assists financial institutions in meeting GLBA requirements. It meticulously tracks, audits, and ensures the security of NPI data. EventLog Analyzer is a comprehensive GLBA audit tool with predefined correlation rules and compliance templates.

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Here's how EventLog Analyzer simplifies GLBA compliance management

User logon and logoff monitoring

User logon and logoff monitoring

The GLBA emphasizes closely observing user access to systems containing confidential information—not just to catch breaches, but to deter malicious activity. Think of EventLog Analyzer as a surveillance camera watching over your data, offering real-time email and SMS notifications for any unauthorized access. EventLog Analyzer continuously monitors your system and provides detailed reports on user logons and logoffs. This includes successful and failed login attempts, usernames, devices used, times, and reasons for these events.

Privileged user auditing

Privileged user auditing

Privileged user accounts have access to critical servers and sensitive data, posing a security challenge that could be catastrophic if compromised. EventLog Analyzer excels in auditing privileged activities, offering insightful and user-friendly reports that pinpoint unusual access patterns. It helps identify privilege abuse and forensic investigations, aligning with the GLBA's stringent data security provisions. By monitoring and auditing privileged users effectively, EventLog Analyzer contributes to robust protection of NPI data, keeping your organization compliant and secure.

Database activity monitoring

Database activity monitoring

EventLog Analyzer offers database monitoring across platforms like Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, and IBM Db2, aligning with the GLBA’s stringent Safeguards Rule. It offers real-time alerts on data definition language (DDL) and data manipulation language (DML) changes and potential database attacks like SQL injection or DDoS.

Using its powerful correlation engine, EventLog Analyzer detects external threats by correlating network and database activity to reduce potential false alarms. EventLog Analyzer encrypts and compresses log files while archiving to fortify database security and compliance.

Log forensics

Log forensics

EventLog Analyzer simplifies log forensics by gathering, searching, correlating, and analyzing logs from all network log sources like routers, switches, firewalls, and servers. These logs are invaluable in reconstructing the crime scene of a security breach. EventLog Analyzer ensures these logs are tamper-proof and accessible for accurate forensic analysis. With capabilities like instant forensic reports, correlation of suspicious incidents, and swift root-cause analysis, it transforms tedious manual tasks into an efficient, user-friendly process.

How does EventLog Analyzer meet GLBA requirements?

GLBA requirement What is it? Predefined reports in EventLog Analyzer
Section 314.4(b)(1) Login Monitoring: Procedures for monitoring login attempts and reporting discrepancies.
  • Network device reports on login and security activities.
  • AWS failed or unauthorized activity.
  • Cloud user login activity.
Section 314.4(c) Response and Reporting: Identify and respond to suspected or known security incidents; mitigate, to the extent practicable, harmful effects of security incidents that are known to the covered entity; and document security incidents and their outcomes.
  • Network device reports including login, attack, configuration, and security activities.
  • AWS activity encompassing user actions, failed/unauthorized events, config reports, and network security groups.
  • Reports related to specific AWS services: Route 53, WAF, EC2, and Amazon ELB.
  • Cloud storage and database activities, including storage activity and database reports.
  • Traffic analysis reports.
  • IAM activity.
  • Cloud user login activity.
Section 501B (1) Ensuring the confidentiality of customer financial information.
  • Windows system events.
  • IAM activity.
  • AWS user activity, including failed and unauthorized events.
  • File changes audit.
  • Database reports.
Section 501B (2) & (3) Protecting against anticipated threats to customer records. Protecting against unauthorized access to customer information that could result in substantial impact to the customer.
  • Windows and Unix logon reports.
  • Terminal service session activity.
  • IAM activity.
  • AWS user activity, including failed and unauthorized events.
  • Cloud user login activity.

Related solutions offered by EventLog Analyzer:

Monitoring network devices

Monitor the network's perimeter devices and proactively prevent intrusions. EventLog Analyzer supports a wide array of log sources, including firewalls, switches, routers, IDSs, and IPSs.

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Application log auditing

Monitor business-critical databases and web servers by leveraging application log functioning to monitor and protect against malicious attacks, data thefts, unintended account changes, and more.

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Compliance violation alerts

Receive alerts based on predefined compliance criteria for IT regulation violations and ensure compliance with various regulations like the GLBA, the PCI DSS, SOX, HIPAA, the GDPR, and more.

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Threat intelligence

Ensure network safety with the comprehensive threat intelligence module, drawing insights from major global threat feeds including STIX, TAXII, and AlienVault OTX.

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5 reasons to choose EventLog Analyzer for GLBA compliance management

Comprehensive log management

Ensure watertight security of your financial data with EventLog Analyzer. It ensures GLBA compliance by securely collecting and storing logs via agent-less and agent-based log collection.

Data security and integrity

Guarantee your NPIs remain untouched and data remains secure with encrypted, hashed, and timestamped log archival.

Cloud infrastructure log monitoring

With EventLog Analyzer's cloud log monitoring, ensure all data, even on cloud platforms, is secure and aligns perfectly with GLBA compliance requirements.

Real-time alerts and monitoring

EventLog Analyzer's real-time alert system ensures any suspicious activities are flagged immediately, keeping your operations in harmony with the GLBA's standards.

Forensics and event correlation

With EventLog Analyzer, trace and investigate the root cause of incidents using advanced search, filter, and correlation features, and ensure compliance with the GLBA's Safeguards Rule.

Establish GLBA compliance easily with EventLog Analyzer

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  • Credit Union of Denver has been using EventLog Analyzer for more than four years for our internal user activity monitoring. EventLog Analyzer provides great value as a network forensic tool and for regulatory due diligence. This product can rapidly be scaled to meet our dynamic business needs.
    Benjamin Shumaker
    Vice President of IT / ISO
    Credit Union of Denver
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    Jim Lloyd
    Information Systems Manager
    First Mountain Bank

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