Financial Services
Enabling Security and Compliance for Financial Services Firms
Securities traders, banks, investment advisors and others in the financial services industry have long embraced new communication tools. Email, for example, and more recently instant messaging can provide individuals within these firms with a distinct competitive advantage by providing information more quickly or allowing them to make more well-informed decisions. Regulators, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and others have established regulations regarding the appropriate use and management of the content generated using these tools.
However, like businesses in virtually all other industries, financial services firms want and need to use new communication and information tools to supplement their use of more traditional technologies. These tools include unified communications systems that integrate email, real-time chat and voice into a single platform; social networking tools like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn that permit dissemination and gathering of information in novel ways; Skype, that combines traditional telephony with presence-based capabilities; and other tools. Those in the financial services industry can gain significant competitive advantage and make decisions more quickly through the use of these tools.
However, there are significant risks associated with improper use of these technologies. A financial services firm that does not manage its use of these tools properly can put itself at serious risk of non-compliance with governmental and other regulatory authorities resulting in heavy fines; it can seriously damage its reputation; and it can lose customers. Add to all of this the fact that the current recession - and its underlying causes - are giving regulators around the world more reason to focus heavily on governance of financial institutions at every level.
The Actiance platform helps firms, particularly those in regulated industries, remain in compliance with the emerging guidelines specific to social media. From pre-review moderation of content to the contextual logging and archiving of activities and events, Actiance aids organizations to focus on their respective businesses with more peace of mind.
Each of Actiance's products seamlessly integrate with each other and with existing IT infrastructure, so that enterprises can protect and augment their existing technology investments. Our platforms are scalable and flexible, allowing enterprises to choose which platforms, networks, and applications to leverage without changing business workflow.
Unified Security Gateway™ - is the only Secure Web Gateway to combine feature and content controls of social networks alongside the monitoring, management and security of Web 2.0 applications, such as instant messaging, with URL filtering, anti-malware and Web anti-virus protection.
Socialite™ - enables you to control, regulate and moderate social networking activities. From granular content, features and activity control to the moderation of subject matter posted and the archiving of posts and activities, you can confidently enable. Socialite is available as a module of USG, as a SaaS solution, or as a hybrid (i.e., on-premise and hosted) solution.
Vantage™ - is used by the world's largest firms to ensure security, management and compliance for Unified Communications - from presence and instant messaging to conferencing and voice - to safely enhance business productivity and responsiveness without endangering network security.
Insight™ - provides powerful visualization and reporting to illustrate the impact of the 'New Internet' on the enterprise network, providing in-depth visibility into the usage of Web 2.0 applications, social networking sites, and general Web browsing.