St. Bernard Software Announces SecurityEXPERT 1.0; New Systems Vulnerability Management Product.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- St. Bernard Software St. Bernard Software is an American content filtering company. It produces several hardware appliances for this purpose including the ePrism, and iPrism line. In addition also makes Liveprism, a SaS filtering solution. External Links
In a natural evolution from its market leading patch management The installation of patches from a software vendor onto an organization's computers. Patching thousands of PCs and servers is a major issue. A patch should be applied to test machines first before deployment, and the testing environments must represent all the users' PCs with their unique tool, UpdateEXPERT(R), St. Bernard Software Inc. developed SecurityEXPERT for system administrators who desire ease of use, effectiveness and affordability in the application of industry best practices to create and enforce an overall system security policy. SecurityEXPERT allows system administrators to assess settings, create, manage and enforce security policies, assign specific policies to managed machines, and provide reports on results. In addition to these benefits, SecurityEXPERT also addresses the most effective ways of eliminating vulnerabilities throughout the system by first addressing faulty code problems via patching, and second, by proper settings management. SecurityEXPERT uses a policy-based approach where security settings are presented in templates that encapsulate en·cap·su·late v. 1. To form a capsule or sheath around. 2. To become encapsulated. en·cap several third party expert recommendations, including the SANS Top 20. SecurityEXPERT brings these expert recommendations together in a view where it is easy for the systems administrator to set a robust security policy without conflicts. Users can review the expert recommendations based on selected machine configurations, and create settings policy based A decision made by any software application that is based on the policy (rules and regulations) of the organization. See policy and COPS. on those recommendations. The first release of SecurityEXPERT will contain over 17,000 expert opinions on over 7,000 system security settings. Users can then audit, enforce and report on managed machines with respect to their assigned policies. "We are extremely pleased with the response we have had from the market to SecurityEXPERT," said John Jones, 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 St. Bernard Software Inc. "This validates our position that there is a significant market for companies of all sizes who needed to secure and harden their systems but found it too difficult to research the thousands of expert opinions required to create and manage a security policy particular to their organization. Further, our customers identified that the scan-then-fix approach wasn't getting them a comprehensive security policy that they could implement company-wide." SecurityEXPERT is currently available and will cost $1680 for 50 machines. The first release will include templates for hardening the following systems, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP The previous client version of Windows. XP was a major upgrade to the client version of Windows 2000 with numerous changes to the user interface. XP improved support for gaming, digital photography, instant messaging, wireless networking and sharing connections to the Internet. , IE 5.5 or later and IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. 5.0 on Windows 2000 Server. New templates will be regularly released as database updates. About St. Bernard Software Inc. St. Bernard Software provides essential security solutions that are easy-to-use, affordable and scaleable, protecting your network, systems and data from internal and external security threats. Founded in 1995, with corporate headquarters in San Diego and an international office in London, St. Bernard Software sells and supports its award-winning products through key solution partners worldwide. St. Bernard St. Bernard a very large (110-200 lb) dog with massive, broad head, medium-sized ears lying close to the head, and a long tail. There are two varieties, the most familiar (rough) has a long, thick coat, while the smooth variety has a shorter coat, lying close to the body. Web site: www.stbernard.com. (C) 2004 St. Bernard Software. All rights reserved. The St. Bernard Software logo and Open File Manager are trademarks of St. Bernard Software Inc. UpdateEXPERT is a registered trademark of St. Bernard Software Inc. iPrism is a registered trademark of Internet Products Inc. Internet Products is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of St. Bernard Software Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are hereby acknowledged. |
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