Companies using wireless network could no more afford to take the wireless network infrastructure configuration management, the easy way. Why? Very simple. It is the compliance regulations such as SOX, HIPPA posed on such companies which would force them to give top attention to wireless network security and the associated strategy related to managing of change and configuration data.

Any and every change in wireless-enabled application's configuration needs to be carefully monitored and acounted for. And all kinds of change should be properly audited by concerned IT staff before allowing the change of any type in any configuration to be accepted universally.

SOX stands for Sarbanes-Oxley Act and HIPPA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Simply speaking, companies using wireless-enabled applications would definitely need a product to track change and configuration. Failing to meet compliance regulations posed by SOX and HIPPA could pose stiff and legal penalties on these companies. These company would have to definitely look out for a vendor offering software based on change and configuration management.

Following are the most important points that a company would like to take care of:

• All user devices must be tested and certified by the IT staff prior to being connected to the wireless network. This demands the change management software to track and record any change made in any device. Change detection is the key.


• All wireless-enabled applications must pass security and
  performance requirements prior to being deployed. This requires the change and configuration management product to manage all the change in important configuration parameters/data related to the application.


• All wireless-enabled applications must have a designated owner. The product must track the owner through auditing reports. Thus, any software claiming to manage change and configuration data should and must provide nice reports.

Wireless security & compliance regulations & Change & configuration management