Black Dragon Software Provides Additional Security Measurement Features at No Cost to Customers; proVizor 1.2 Now Available.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers InfoSec Booth #623 ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2004 Black Dragon Software, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , (InfoSec Booth # 623), a leading provider of products and services that measure the strength of an organization's IT security, today announced availability of an enhanced version of the company's flagship risk measurement appliance, proVizor SRM (1) (Storage Resource Management) The management of the storage resources in an organization in order to avoid duplication of files and to determine space utilization across all servers. (Security Risk Measurement) version 1.2. "Security threat and vulnerability management integration will accelerate through 2004," said Paul Proctor Paul Proctor is an editorial columnist who identifies himself as a "rural resident of the Volunteer State" residing somewhere near Nashville, Tennessee. His columns, under the heading "Biblically Speaking", are published at NewsWithViews. , vice president, META Group. "It's important that organizations maintain a focus on identifying technology problems that impact security, while evolving to a more process-oriented approach where they apply a business perspective to measuring and managing enterprise security risk." Black Dragon Software's flagship solution proVizor SRM is an appliance for measuring, analyzing and communicating IT security risk based on a consistent, repeatable and defendable analytic an·a·lyt·ic or an·a·lyt·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to analysis or analytics. 2. Expert in or using analysis, especially one who thinks in a logical manner. 3. Psychoanalytic. process. The enhanced product offers improved reporting capabilities via expanded analytical information and what-if modeling. These new features complement an organization's existing security infrastructure, bridging the gap between security analysis tools and the context-sensitive nature of security risk and business. "Today, there is no accepted unit of measure to quantify Quantify - A performance analysis tool from Pure Software. security risk, no model to correlate the relationships between elements of security, and no standard to which quantified results can be compared," said Doug Dormer dormer Window set vertically in a structure that projects from a sloping roof. It often illuminates a bedroom. In the late Gothic and early Renaissance periods, elaborate masonry dormers were designed. , President, Black Dragon Software. "Our enhanced version of proVizor SRM addresses these market shortcomings A shortcoming is a character flaw. Shortcomings may also be:
Analytical Information proVizor SRM now equips security professionals with the ability to set goals against which they can measure the company's level of security risk. Once the "goal" or security threshold is established, proVizor SRM automatically alerts the security team if the goal is compromised and specifies the source of the compromise, i.e., vulnerability or general attack. This sophisticated analytic process arms users with granular granular /gran·u·lar/ (gran´u-lar) made up of or marked by presence of granules or grains. gran·u·lar adj. 1. Composed or appearing to be composed of granules or grains. 2. detail, including identification of specific operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. involved, and a deep knowledge about the environment, for correcting problems that arise and for providing accurate progress reports to executive management. proVizor SRM's built-in, historical plotting function enables users to store security environment scan results for plotting in graphical formats. The graphs can be accessed at a later time for assessing progress on security initiatives and demonstrating improvements to senior management or for regulatory compliance. Modeling Capabilities proVizor SRM's new what-if modeling capability enables security professionals to proactively simulate simulate - simulation a variety of scenarios and the potential impact of those scenarios on security environments. As a result, users gain more accurate insight into their security environments, can conduct more authentic analysis of the environment, and yield more precise reports. What-if modeling parameters can be applied to a range of possibilities, including: -- attacker capabilities, such as bandwidth or number of computers used in an attack; and -- environmental target properties, such as changes in network speed or password length. Pricing & Availability proVizor SRM is available immediately in Departmental and Enterprise editions, starting at $25,000. An Initial Evaluation Service also is available for a $10,000 fee. About Black Dragon Software, LLC Black Dragon Software is a provider of security products and services for IT Security Risk Measurement (SRM) and enterprise risk modeling. These solutions enable organizations to form judgments about their IT security risks using an objective, easy-to-understand measurement standard based on a defendable consistent, repeatable and defendable analytic process. These SRM solutions allow organizations to optimize optimize - optimisation security investments, assess security risks and enhance security-driven revenue opportunities. www.blackdragonsoftware.com |
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