Rendition Networks Extends TrueControl's Technology Leadership.REDMOND, Wash. -- Impressive security and compliance additions headline extensive improvements in new release of the leading network configuration control solution Rendition Networks(R), the leading provider of risk mitigation solutions for IT networks, today announced the immediate availability of the latest version of TrueControl(TM). This new version of TrueControl, the leading network configuration control solution, includes extensive improvements, including three major new features. The new version of TrueControl offers built-in support for SecurID user and device authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. , integration with TACACS (Terminal Access Controller Access Control System) An access control protocol used to authenticate a user logging into the network. TACACS is a simple username/password system. authentication, and a Compliance Center that is designed from the ground up to enable out of the box regulatory and best practice compliance awareness. "Security issues 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). have become top concerns of government agencies, leading enterprises and service providers," said Raghav Kher, 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 Rendition Networks. "By pushing the technological envelope in the NCC NCC See National Clearing Corporation (NCC). market, this latest version of TrueControl once again demonstrates Rendition Networks' impressive vision of reducing the risks inherent in daily IT operations. The improved security and compliance capabilities in this version result in significant cost, reliability and regulatory assurance benefits to our customers." "Enterprise IT operations and service providers are all confronted with compliance requirements and security-related issues on a regular basis -- issues that are especially present at the network device level. To address this burden, network configuration and change management solutions are becoming vital to the effective operation of today's enterprise networks," said Glenn O'Donnell of META Group, a leading provider of IT research, advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal and strategic consulting. "Leading organizations are rapidly adopting structured change and configuration management processes, enabled by automation technologies that provide consistency, access controls, and speedy execution across a broad variety of network components. The end result is strong discipline, which can dramatically improve service quality and operational costs." New features included in the latest release of TrueControl include: --New SecurID Authentication support: Allows organizations to integrate strong, two-factor authentication The use of two independent mechanisms for authentication; for example, requiring a smart card and a password. The combination is less likely to allow abuse than either component alone. See authentication. into their configuration control process and provides a secure method to not only authenticate users to TrueControl, but to also authenticate TrueControl itself to devices. This provides an extremely effective mechanism to ensure that only authorized users have access to TrueControl, as well as the preservation of SecurID accounting. Finally, with the authentication of TrueControl itself to devices, the security of automated device changes increases dramatically. --New Compliance Center: An advanced central location which internal and external auditors can use to rapidly verify and enforce compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) standards, security requirements, and best practices such as CobiT, COSO COSO Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission COSO Church of Spiral Oak COSO Corporate South COSO Class of Service Override COSO Combat Oriented Supply Operations (USAF) and ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library, www.itil.co.uk) One of the more comprehensive as well as non-proprietary and publicly available sets of guidelines for "best practice" IT services management, owned by the British Office of Government Commerce (OGC). . This unique functionality provides TrueControl users with impressive compliance assurance and evidence generation capabilities. --TACACS Authentication Support: An advanced user authentication See authentication. capability, which gives organizations the ability to continue using TACACS systems to authenticate operations and engineering staff. Pricing and Availability TrueControl version 3.2 is available today. Pricing is based on the number of managed nodes and begins at $19,950 for 50 managed modes. For more information about TrueControl and to arrange an evaluation, e-mail sales@renditionnetworks.com or call 425-636-2121. About Rendition Networks Rendition Networks is the leading provider of network configuration control software. Its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , TrueControl, tracks and regulates changes -- in real-time -- across routers, switches, firewalls and load balancers to provide greater accountability and insight for network changes, thereby ensuring compliance with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley and dramatically reducing downtime and increasing the efficiency of a company's IT organization. The company is privately funded by Ignition Partners, Menlo Ventures, Bertelsmann Ventures, Vulcan Ventures, the Madrona Investment Group and Northwest Venture Associates. More information is available at: www.renditionnetworks.com. |
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