Over 30 New Features Enhance the Power of NetClarity's Vulnerability Management Appliances; Auditor v5.0 Helps IT Staff Provide Better, Faster and Easier Preemptive, Proactive Network Protection.BEDFORD, Mass. -- NetClarity, a leading provider of network vulnerability management products, announced the release of Auditor v5.0. This significant update to NetClarity's Auditor Enterprise and Auditor Branch appliances features over 30 improvements, including an enhanced Vulnerability Quarantine System (VQS VQS Voice Quality Server VQS Visual Quick Start ), integration with two additional industry-leading smart switches and support for integration with the leading network management and reporting tools. Combined the features enable IT staff to provide better, faster and easier preemptive pre·emp·tive or pre-emp·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of preemption. 2. Having or granted by the right of preemption. 3. a. , proactive network protection. Auditor's VQS now provides MAC-based clientless Network Admission Control. This provides powerful endpoint security against Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, the systemic cause of 95% of all security breaches. The appliances now integrate with HP Procurve's smart switches and the 3Com Switch family, as well as Cisco's Catalyst series of smart switches. They also remain backward compatible Refers to hardware or software that is compatible with earlier versions of the product. Also called "downward compatible." Contrast with forward compatible. backward compatible - backward compatibility with non-802.1x switches. This makes it even easier to automatically wall-off malicious insiders, weak and untrusted assets, rogue devices and dirty laptops while the network manager fixes problems. Auditor now includes enterprise SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. traps. This allows the appliances to be integrated with network management tools such as IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Tivoli, HP OpenView HP OpenView was a Hewlett Packard product range consisting of an extensive portfolio of network and systems management products. In 2007 the entire HP OpenView portfolio was rebranded under the strengthened HP Software name. and CA Unicenter and with reporting systems such as Microsoft Excel (tool) Microsoft Excel - A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world. Latest version: Excel 97, as of 1997-01-14. and Business Objects. This enables large enterprises to have a single view into their network's health and regulatory compliance posture. Other new features of Auditor v5.0 include improved asset discovery and inventory alerting engines, automated encrypted backups to Windows and Linux servers and logs that can be exported for forensic analysis and compliance requirements Compliance requirements are a series of directives established by United States Federal government agencies that summarize hundreds of Federal laws and regulations applicable to Federal assistance (also known as Federal aid or Federal funds). . In addition, Auditor v5.0 supports regulations in Canada, Japan, Poland, Thailand, United Kingdom and several Latin American countries List of American countries Nations:
"NetClarity's goal is to provide innovative products that exceed customer expectations," said Gary Miliefsky, founder and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of NetClarity. "Auditor v5.0 is the best-in-class solution to the biggest problem in network security today. We've reached a major milestone with this release by delivering a product that automatically detects, deters, defends and defeats exploiters." "Security teams need intelligent tools to help them secure increasingly complex networks," said Eric Ogren, security analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. "Vulnerability management solutions, such as NetClarity's that operate on a network map of servers, applications, and devices, should be a central component of any company's network security strategy." Pricing and Availability Auditor v5.0 starts at $1295 and scales depending on the number of assets or devices being protected. It is now available through NetClarity and its distributor and reseller partners. For more information, call 877-677-3328, e-mail sales@netclarity.net or visit www.netclarity.net. About NetClarity NetClarity is a leading provider of vulnerability management products that provide preemptive, proactive network protection. The company's Auditor line of appliances has received widespread recognition, including a Best Buy Award and 5 Star rating from SC Magazine. Based in Bedford, Massachusetts, NetClarity is privately held. For more information, visit www.netclarity.net. NetClarity, Auditor and the NetClarity logo are trademarks of NetClarity. All rights reserved. All other marks may be the property of their respective titleholders. |
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