Foundstone Introduces Vulnerability Management Best Practices Service; Time-tested and market-proven framework, technology and methodologies help improve IT security and manage risk.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MISSION VIEJO Mission Vi·e·jo A community of southern California southeast of Irvine. It is mainly residential. Population: 96,300. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2004 Foundstone Inc., experts in strategic security, today announced its Vulnerability Management Best Practices service to enable organizations to assess, control, monitor, measure and reduce risk related to information security. Leveraging a market-proven framework and real-world implementation experience, the VM Best Practices service line helps organizations design and implement successful vulnerability management programs. Organizations invest billions of dollars each year on security technologies, yet continue to fall prey to hackers, worms and fast-moving viruses. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Gartner, "Enterprises that implement a vulnerability management process will experience 90 percent fewer successful attacks." Foundstone's VM Best Practices service line gives organizations the confidence of knowing they've deployed the right vulnerability management process for their particular situation. An effective priority- and asset-based vulnerability and risk management system can determine which assets and vulnerabilities are the most important, what threats are present and what internal and external processes are necessary to provide continuous security improvement to help reduce organizational risk. Foundstone has years of experience in designing and implementing successful information security programs for Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. Leveraging this deep-domain expertise, the company has developed a clear framework that includes Foundstone technology and proven methodologies to ensure that IT investments provide maximum security and risk mitigation MITIGATION. To make less rigorous or penal. 2. Crimes are frequently committed under circumstances which are not justifiable nor excusable, yet they show that the offender has been greatly tempted; as, for example, when a starving man steals bread to satisfy in the most cost-effective manner. "Successful vulnerability and risk management begins with the knowledge that comes from years of experience in designing and implementing successful information security programs for many large Fortune 500 companies and government agencies," said Chris Prosise, vice president of professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. for Foundstone. "By coupling Foundstone's technology solutions with our deep background in providing strategic guidance on securing critical digital assets, organizations can now get a customized vulnerability management solution that is based on proven techniques." Vulnerability management brings together assessment, analysis, remediation, and threat intelligence to help determine whether to eliminate, mitigate mit·i·gate v. To moderate in force or intensity. mit  i·ga tion n. or tolerate vulnerabilities based on risk and the
associated costs with fixing them. Foundstone's VM Best Practices
service will prioritize pri·or·i·tize v. pri·or·i·tized, pri·or·i·tiz·ing, pri·or·i·tiz·es Usage Problem v.tr. To arrange or deal with in order of importance. v.intr. assets, analyze threat intelligence data, determine risk level, remediate re·me·di·a·tion n. The act or process of correcting a fault or deficiency: remediation of a learning disability. re·me vulnerabilities, and measure and instill in·still v. To pour in drop by drop. in stil·lation n. accountability. Foundstone will also include recommendations on threat
correlation, security metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. and organizational training.
About Foundstone Foundstone(R) Inc., experts in strategic security, offers a unique combination of software, services, and education to help organizations continuously and measurably protect the most important assets from the most critical threats. Through a strategic approach to security, Foundstone identifies and implements the right balance of technology, people, and process to manage digital risk and leverage security investments more effectively. The company has one of the most dominant security talent pools ever assembled, and has authored twenty books, including the best-seller Hacking See hack and hacker. Exposed. Foundstone customers include six of the top 11 Fortune companies and many U.S. government agencies. The company is headquartered in Orange County, Calif., and has offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Washington, Seattle and Singapore. For more information about Foundstone, visit www.foundstone.com, or call 877.91.FOUND within the U.S., and 949.297.5600 outside the U.S. Note to Editors: Foundstone is a trademark of Foundstone Inc. All other companies, brand names or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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