The Unix world has had a problem with Sarbanes-Oxley because of the fragmented authentication of NIS and NIS. Firms don't want multiple identity stores spread on multiple Unix systems throughout the organization.
Quotes about nis (3 Quotes)
But al thyng which shineth as the gold Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told
They have user IDs in Active Directory now, so they have simplified things somewhat. Now they want a full Kerberos infrastructure with smartcards for their Unix systems. With VAS version 3.0, we are now providing a complete NIS replacement including migration with a full set of tools.