SOX/SoD- Tool Comparison

Feature / Attribute	Approva	Bearing Point	CSI	Virsa Systems
Production Installations	5	4	4	5
Product Stability / Maturity	4	3	2	5
Support	3	5	3	5
Support Separation of Duties roles/responsibilities identification and resolution	5	3	3	5
Support ease of implementation requirements and integration to SAP 4.7	5	3	3	5
Support monitoring (after the fact) and audit of compliance to Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404	5	3	3	5
List of critical transactions such as change security systems, change user accesses, limitation to system and transaction access	5	4	4	5
Rules and roles can be enforced and customized at high level	5	5	5	5
Rule sets and high level rule definition	5	5	5	5
Workflow and approvals functionality	5	0	0	5
Cross platform conflicts identification	5	0	0	4
Extend rule sets to include non-system controls for SoD	5	0	0	5
Drill down to role definition and change configuration to eliminate SoD conflict	4	4	4	5
Security software does not impact performance and integrity of ERP system	5	4	4	4
Technical Support Rating	5	3	3	5
Established User Group	0	0	0	5
Initial Software Investment Cost	Expensive	Cheap	Cheap	Expensive
Annual Maintenance/Support Fees	Expensive	Cheap	Cheap	Expensive
Additional Hardware Required	Yes	No	No	No
Implementation Costs	5	2	2	5
End-User Training Required	Required	Required	Required	Required
To Setup Product Demonstration	4	3	3	5
Existing Customer References	4	3	2	5