Citadel Security Software Partners With Qualys to Provide an Automated Vulnerability Remediation Solution.Business Editors DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2002 Integrated Solution Offers Customers Immediate and Continuous Network Protection Citadel Security Software Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : CDSS CDSS California Department of Social Services CDSS Clinical Decision Support Systems CDSS Country Dance and Song Society CDSS Canadian Down Syndrome Society CDSS Community Day Secondary Schools (Malawi) ), announced a marketing and technology agreement with Qualys(TM), a leader in Managed 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. , that enables customers to automatically verify the remediation of vulnerabilities on their corporate networks. The combined solutions will initiate an automatic vulnerability audit after each Hercules remediation cycle to validate the elimination of vulnerabilities on a company's network. The two companies will co-market and recommend each other's solutions. Citadel will begin shipping Hercules that offers the remediation of QualysGuard during the third quarter of 2002. Under the terms of the agreement, Hercules, the security industry's foremost automated vulnerability remediation system, will automatically remediate the vulnerabilities detected by QualysGuard scans. After the remediation cycle is complete, Hercules will trigger QualysGuard to automatically launch a differential scan, verifying the completion of the process and demonstrating that the network is secure. "This combination offers a complete solution to customers, providing them with the ability to automatically detect and repair network vulnerabilities, and then automatically verify that those vulnerabilities have been eliminated, without the burdens and attendant costs of the typical manual process," said Steven Solomon, 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 Citadel Security Software. "We expect that this partnership will enable both Citadel's and Qualys' customers to realize significant savings and reduce their windows of exposure." Qualys' Web-based platform enables companies--from small business to Global 2000--to proactively protect their corporate data assets with continuous, automated audits for network vulnerabilities. QualysGuard employs advanced vulnerability detection techniques to assess a network's security exposures and suggest remedies before intruders can take advantage of them. Referencing the industry's largest and most up-to-date vulnerability KnowledgeBase, QualysGuard provides comprehensive, on-demand security audits that identify, analyze, and report network security threats. Hercules utilizes the intelligence from Qualys' vulnerability assessments to automatically repair detected vulnerabilities and verify their elimination. "Automation of the full cycle of vulnerability assessment--from identification and prioritization, to remediation and verification--is becoming a requirement for companies that are trying to stay ahead of increasingly automated threats from network intruders," said Philippe Courtot Philippe Courtot was born on August 26, 1944. He spent his early days in France. He holds a Master's Degree in Physics from the University of Paris. Philippe Courtot moved to the United States of America in 1981 and has been in the Silicon Valley since 1987. , President and CEO of Qualys. "Offering a combination of QualysGuard and Hercules will reduce network managers' time and expenditures as well as increase automation and functionality to the process of network security." About Citadel Software, Inc. Citadel Security Software, Inc. (OTCBB:CDSS) develops, markets and licenses computer security and privacy software for one of the fastest growing software industry segments today -- security inside the firewall. Citadel's products enable companies to enforce security policies from a single point of control across all Windows and NetWare platforms. These products remediate vulnerabilities and secure confidential information Noun 1. confidential information - an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" steer, tip, wind, hint, lead , applications and systems from the five classes of security vulnerabilities: software bugs, unnecessary services, unsecure accounts, back doors and mis-configurations. Hercules open architecture design allows the import and aggregation of assessment data from many sources. Citadel is poised to work with industry leading vulnerability assessment vendors to address the real world issues of vulnerability assessment and remediation, and become the industry standard for vulnerability remediation. The products specifically address the mandates of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, and Gramm-Leach-Bliley legislation for the health care and financial industries. Citadel's clients include IBM Global Services IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with over 190,000 professionals serving customers in more than 160 countries. , Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis. , the U.S. Navy and several large health care companies. Further information about Citadel Security Software and its products can be accessed at its website, www.citadel.com. About Qualys Qualys, Inc., the leader in Managed Vulnerability Assessment, enables security providers, security professionals, and corporate customers to automatically audit Internet-connected networks for security vulnerabilities. Qualys' innovative Web service delivers automated, scalable, and cost-effective security auditing and risk assessment of global networks. Founded in 1999 by a team of Internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. experts, Qualys is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California Redwood Shores is an upscale and desirable [1] waterfront neighborhood on the San Francisco Peninsula in California. It is located on the eastern edge of Belmont, but is actually part of incorporated Redwood City. , with offices in France, Germany and the U.K. Customers relying upon the QualysGuard service include Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. , Agilent Technologies, Apple Computer, Bank of the West, BlueCross BlueShield, BT Ignite, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, the Royal Bank of Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (Scottish Gaelic: Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba , Siebel Systems, TIAA-CREF TIAA-CREF Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund , and Tower Records. For more information about Qualys, please go to http://www.qualys.com. Safe Harbor/Forward-looking Statements: Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including lack of Citadel Security operating history and the uncertainty of profitability of Citadel Security. These and other risks are detailed from time to time in CT Holdings' and Citadel's SEC reports, including CT's report on Form 1O-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2001 and most recent Form 10-QSBs, as well as Citadel's Registration Statement on Form 10-SB and amendments and most recent Form 10-QSBs. |
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