BindView Advances Internet Security with Capabilities that Provide Hacker's View of the Network
September 26 2005 - 10:29AM
Business Wire
Helping enterprise organizations protect their IT infrastructures
from malicious attacks, BindView Corp. (NASDAQ:BVEW) announced
today new capabilities in its Vulnerability and Configuration
Management portfolio. bv-Control for Internet Security 8.1 provides
customers with an outside-in view of their networks, much like the
view of a potential attacker. The software provides administrators
with a comprehensive view that helps to identify and remediate
exposures, and detects both applications and devices present on
corporate networks. As evidenced in news reports, malicious
exploits continue to plague organizations around the world with
increasing frequency and sophistication. bv-Control for Internet
Security helps to alleviate the burden on IT organizations by
automatically discovering network applications and devices so that
administrators are able to identify and assess network-based risks.
"Enterprise organizations around the world remain under a constant
vigil as threats, attacks and new vulnerabilities undermine the
safety and security of their infrastructures," said BindView Vice
President of Field Marketing Chris Smith. "At no point in time has
IT security compliance been more critical, particularly as
organizations face intense scrutiny to meet multiple regulatory
mandates and audit requirements that demonstrate their controls are
sound." bv-Control for Internet Security At-a-Glance -- Advanced
Application Fingerprinting Capabilities: Provides automated
discovery of software applications helping to identify machines
vulnerable to application-specific threats. -- Significant
Reduction of False-Positives: Saves time and man-hours for IT
administrators with a significantly reduced false-positive rate. --
Enhanced Interface: Features new interface and reporting
enhancements that alert administrators to security exposures,
ranking severity and criticality. -- Extensive Security Reports:
Ships with pre-configured security reports including SANS Priority
One, Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Banner exams and Remote
Procedure Calls (RPC) scanner reports. -- Continuous Vulnerability
Assessment: Equipped with more than 850 vulnerability checks for
multi-platform coverage including Windows, UNIX and Novell. --
RAZOR Research Team: Keeps customers up-to-date with critical
patches and checks for new threats via rapid fire update; RAZOR
research team continuously updates vulnerability database with
latest security threats. Availability BindView bv-Control for
Internet Security v8.1 is available now. For more information,
please visit:
www.bindview.com/Products/bvControl/InternetSecurity.cfm. About
BindView BindView Corporation is a global provider of IT security
compliance software. BindView solutions remove barriers that limit
an organization's ability to cost effectively demonstrate due care
and maintain compliance with IT security policies and regulatory
mandates. BindView policy compliance; vulnerability and
configuration management; and directory and access management
software combine best-practices knowledge with automated controls
to reduce risk and protect IT assets at the lowest cost across
users, systems, applications and databases in multi-platform
environments. More than 20 million licenses have shipped to 5,000
companies worldwide, spanning all major business segments and the
public sector. Contact BindView via e-mail at info@bindview.com, on
the web at http://www.bindview.com, and at 1-713-561-4000 or
1-800-749-8439.
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