Effective BPM makes life easier for crooked staff and could land lax executives jail time - MANY EXECUTIVES still consider security an IT department issue. They also see BPM and risk management as unrelated. Magix Integration director Amir Lubashevsky says these are critical mistakes that may land them in prison. "Bosses, board members and executives need to worry about the concept of jail time versus real time," says Lubashevsky. "In other words, the risk is on the shoulders of executives if they choose not to implement real-time security measures."

Lubashevsky adds that the proliferation of technology has resulted in great productivity improvements in corporations, "but it has also made it easy to steal information or manipulate it for personal gain".

Although most people are honest, there is always a minority that sees nothing wrong with helping themselves to company property, whether it`s a stapler or the customer database.

AUDITING

In addition, a number of emerging laws and regulations, for example the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the US and the King report locally, require more detailed audit trails and real-time visibility in processes.

Enterprises, Lubashevsky says, require solutions that can monitor all BPM system activity in real-time to ensure against criminal employees and to assure integrity in auditing. The only way to achieve this cost-effectively and without destabilising the enterprise is to adopt a non-invasive approach.

"Tools exist today that can provide enterprises with methods of monitoring all system activity regardless of application, operating system or platform," Lubashevsky adds. Such products enable the enterprise to monitor staff behaviour and track incidents, protect key information and monitor all points where data enters and exits a user`s workstation. Amir Lubashevsky