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ArcSight and Lancope Partner to Improve Network Awareness and Security Postures; ESM to Support StealthWatch for Best of Breed Security Against Zero-Day Attacks.


ATLANTA -- Lancope, Inc., the leading provider of network behavior anomaly detection An approach to intrusion detection that establishes a baseline model of behavior for users and components in a computer system or network. Deviations from the baseline cause alerts that direct the attention of human operators to the anomalies. See IDS and anomaly.  (NBAD NBAD National Bank of Abu Dhabi
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) solutions, and ArcSight, the leading provider of enterprise security management software, today announced that ArcSight's ESM (1) (Enterprise Storage Management) Managing the online, nearline and offline storage within a large organization. It includes analysis of storage requirements as well as making routine copies of files and databases for backup, archiving, disaster recovery, (TM) security information management platform has added support for StealthWatch by Lancope, enhancing network security and visibility for joint customers. The seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation.  between StealthWatch and ArcSight ESM allows customers to protect their critical information assets by rapidly detecting zero-day attacks See zero-day exploit. , successfully containing threats and prioritizing remediation efforts.

Lancope's award-winning behavior-based network security system enables companies to proactively discover and eliminate zero-day attacks, internal misuse and unnecessary network exposures before they can be exploited. StealthWatch continuously monitors network behavior, detects anomalies and isolates known and unknown threats. StealthWatch collects, categorizes and analyzes network traffic to create comprehensive security intelligence at both network and host levels. By correlating and prioritizing network traffic, StealthWatch provides ArcSight ESM with detailed and contextual intelligence for continuous assessment of network health and security postures.

Armed with this information, customers have enhanced network awareness that enables them to minimize the risk of potential attacks, accelerate response time when attacks occur and take control of security management across the enterprise. Customers turn to ArcSight for a comprehensive solution that centrally manages their information risk and protects critical assets. ArcSight helps the world's largest enterprises manage security information for internal and external threat management and compliance reporting.

"Lancope remains dedicated to delivering solutions that enable customers to enhance their network security posture while leveraging their investments in their existing network and security infrastructure," said Harland LaVigne, Chairman, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Lancope. "By integrating with leading enterprise security management vendors like ArcSight, Lancope enables network and security teams to operate more effectively and efficiently when responding to threats and to proactively address exposures before they can be exploited. Our unique behavior-based detection capabilities are a powerful complement to ArcSight's enterprise-wide security management technology."

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 and comprehensive solution for understanding the security posture of their organization so security groups and business managers can take coordinated, timely and effective action," said Lars Graefe, Director of Business Development at ArcSight. "Integrating Lancope's network behavior anomaly detection adds an unique layer of intelligence to this centralized view, identifying previously unknown threats from the outside as well as on the inside of your network. Joint customers of our technologies will find significant value in this integration."

About ArcSight

ArcSight, Inc. is the leading provider of Enterprise Security Management (ESM) solutions. Winner of CMP's Network Computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer.  Editor's Choice and Network World Best of Tests awards, and included in Gartner's Leader Quadrant, ArcSight ESM 3.0 enables enterprises to centrally manage information risk. By comprehensively collecting and analyzing security data, ArcSight ESM 3.0 provides accurate, real time internal, external threat management and compliance reporting. ArcSight customers include companies in the Fortune top 5 of financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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About Lancope

Lancope is the leading provider of NBAD solutions that defeat zero-day worms, internal network misuse and other anomalies that compromise network integrity. Lancope's StealthWatch integrates security and network management technology to reduce network risks and maximize network availability by rapidly identifying, prioritizing, mitigating and resolving critical threats, whether new or well-known. Both OPSEC (OPerations SECurity) The U.S. military term for concealing critical information as part of a counterintelligence plan. A form of "security by obscurity," OPSEC determines what information adversaries can obtain or piece together from observation and to provide measures for  and Common Criteria (Common Criteria for Information Technology Security) An international standard process for defining security objectives and for evaluating compliance with those objectives. The Common Criteria have largely replaced the Trusted Computer Security Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC), the Canadian  certified, StealthWatch was named InfoWorld's 2005 Technology of the Year and finalist for Network Computing Magazine's 2004 Well Connected Awards. Additionally, it has received outstanding reviews from InfoWorld, eWeek and CRN CRN Computer Reseller News
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 magazines. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, Lancope's StealthWatch protects over 150 enterprise customers and 15 million hosts worldwide. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, call 888-419-1462 or visit www.lancope.com.

Lancope is a registered trademark and StealthWatch(TM) is a trademark of Lancope, Inc. All other registered or unregistered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners.
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