Shavlik Technologies Announces Vulnerability Management Support for Microsoft(R) Vista.

Shavlik's Automated Vulnerability and Patch Management Solution Available for Vista

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Shavlik Technologies, LLC, a leading security policy compliance and automated vulnerability management provider, today announced broad vulnerability management and patch management support for Microsoft([R]) Vista clients. Organizations that have already started migrating their client PC operating system to Microsoft Vista can use Shavlik's latest vulnerability management and policy compliance solutions to provide their systems with enhanced security.

Shavlik's NetChk Protect, the industry standard for patch management, provides for automated assessment and remediation of Vista-based systems. In addition, the upcoming release of Shavlik NetChk Compliance version 2.1 will simplify policy and compliance for Vista users with the inclusion of Vista security baselines to assist in policy creation and configuration management. Organizations can then use NetChk Compliance to map those policies back to controls in ISO and NIST standards for security system audit purposes.

"While Vista represents Microsoft's most secure operating system to date, Microsoft will still release patches to its customers to address security vulnerabilities," said Mark Shavlik, CEO of Shavlik Technologies. "Customers will need a robust and automated method of distributing those patches. Shavlik's solutions provide automated assessment and remediation support for the 15 Vista patches already released by Microsoft since the release of Vista. We will continue to support our Vista and Windows customers throughout their migration."

At RSA this week, security experts from Shavlik Technologies will demonstrate its recently released Shavlik NetChk Protect 5.8.1, which has several new enterprise features for Active Vulnerability Management, including full Microsoft Vista support and integrated application control for detection and removal of spyware, malware, and NonBizWare.

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About Shavlik Technologies

Shavlik Technologies, LLC is the market leader in the simplification of complex enterprise network configuration, compliance and security. Shavlik's solutions support an organization's need for Active Vulnerability Management - the automated and continual process for preventing, detecting, and removing critical security threats from corporate networks while maintaining policy-driven security configurations.

Founded in 1993, Shavlik Technologies is the de facto industry standard for patch management solutions. With more than 10,000 customers worldwide, Shavlik is trusted to provide the most up-to-date security patch data and the most comprehensive discovery capability to maintain a customer's overall network security integrity. Company CEO Mark Shavlik is a founder of the patch management industry as he teamed with Microsoft in 1999 to create the patch engine for Microsoft Base Security Analyzer (MBSA). This technology is still used by an installed base of millions of users across the globe. Shavlik also licenses its technology to more than 20 leading security companies such as IBM, BMC, Symantec and iPass. Shavlik's products have won multiple awards from leading industry trade journals. For more information, contact Shavlik at www.shavlik.com or call 1-800-690-6911 or [phone].

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