Centennial Joins SecureIT Alliance.PORTLAND Portland, town, England Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. , Ore. -- Centennial Software, a developer of IT security and asset management solutions, today announced that is has joined the SecureIT Alliance - an organization established to help security companies more easily and efficiently interoperate See interoperable. with the Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The most successful and influential software company. Microsoft's software and Intel's hardware pioneered the PC and revolutionized the computer industry. platform. Centennial will work with Microsoft and alliance partners to increase customer awareness around security products, and to further promote best practices, interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. and integration associated with the company's security products DeviceWall and Security.Advisor. DeviceWall is a leading software solution for businesses looking to control and manage the use of portable storage devices on a corporate network. Security.Advisor allows companies to identify potential network vulnerabilities and greynet applications on the network. "For most organizations, addressing network security requires a complex set of interrelated in·ter·re·late tr. & intr.v. in·ter·re·lat·ed, in·ter·re·lat·ing, in·ter·re·lates To place in or come into mutual relationship. in elements that rely on collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. and product interoperability," said Gerry Albert, Platform Strategy Advisor and Director of the SecureIT Alliance. "The team at Centennial Software brings valuable security knowledge to the table with its products, bolstering the Alliance's ability to help Microsoft customers with their security needs. We're excited to have them as a member of the SecureIT Alliance." The SecureIT Alliance was designed as a Web-based collaboration forum between partners to help members build innovative new security solutions and to communicate with customers about solutions and partnerships. Centennial brings strong security experience to the Alliance, specifically around the threats associated with portable storage devices and network vulnerabilities. With a wide variety of features - including encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. , file access auditing temporary access - DeviceWall offers IT managers the most flexible and comprehensive endpoint security product available on the market today. Security.Advisor, a comprehensive new solution for detecting and prioritizing network software and firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. vulnerabilities, sets a new bar for effective governance Governance makes decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists either of a separate process or of a specific part of management or leadership processes. Sometimes people set up a government to administer these processes and systems. of the IT estate by combining 100 percent network discovery with vulnerability assessment A Department of Defense, command, or unit-level evaluation (assessment) to determine the vulnerability of a terrorist attack against an installation, unit, exercise, port, ship, residence, facility, or other site. , ensuring that vulnerability scans are performed on all machines for total network protection. "Our ability to collaborate early in the development cycle with Microsoft and its partners helps ensure that the Microsoft community can immediately benefit from the leading security solutions that come to market," said Brian McCarthy, VP Marketing of Centennial Software. "The SecureIT Alliance will help fuel security related development and collaboration on Microsoft platforms and help ensure customer confidence around these products. Our expertise around the issues and challenges of endpoint security will only help to strengthen this capability as we move forward." For more information on the SecureIT Alliance, visit www.secureITalliance.org. About SecureIT Alliance The SecureIT Alliance is a group of industry partners working together to develop security solutions for the Microsoft platform. Through the Alliance community Web site, members can more efficiently and effectively work together to develop innovative security solutions. The Alliance provides a forum through which members can receive new platform information from Microsoft and collaborate on issues such as secure-code best practices, interoperability, and integration of products and services, as well as public communication of security-solutions content. More information on the SecureIT Alliance can be found at www.secureitalliance.org. About Centennial Software Centennial Software is a leading developer of IT asset discovery and security management solutions with more than four million licenses sold to blue-chip organizations around the world. Available through a global network of resellers and market-leading OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and vendors, Centennial Software's solutions are designed to help organizations better manage their IT infrastructure, maintain compliance and reduce operational risks. The company operates offices in the USA, UK, Germany and Australia. For more information, please visit www.devicewall.com or www.centennial-software.com. |
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