Symantec Corp.Symantec (Symantec Corporation, Cupertino, CA, www.symantec.com) A software company founded in 1982 by Dr. Gary Hendrix. It was acquired by Gordon Eubanks in 1984 and released its Q&A file manager the following year. In 1990, it merged with Peter Norton Computing, Inc. Corp. has released new compliance management software designed to help customers lower the cost of compliance through automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. assessment of policies against industry regulations and best practices. Symantec BindView Now part of Symantec Corporation, BindView Development Corporation (NASDAQ: BVEW) was founded in 1990 by Eric Pulaski - who remained as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer up until the acquisition by Symantec in December 2005. Policy Manager 3.0 assists customers with policy creation, policy mapping and proof of compliance. BindView Policy Manager 3.0 automates management of the policy lifecycle to effectively assure coverage of regulatory and framework objectives. It provides out-of-the-box integration with Symantec Compliance Manager 3.0, which delivers automation to help businesses implement, measure and maintain compliance with security configuration standards. "Large organizations often have many regulations with which they must demonstrate compliance," said Eric ERIC Educational Research Information Clearinghouse ERIC Educational Resources Information Center ERIC ERISA Industry Committee ERIC Epidemiologic Research and Information Center (Durham, NC) Ogren, security analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group. "Security teams must match alerts of policy violations with specific regulatory clauses and make recommendations to efficiently bring the enterprise back into compliance. Symantec clientless technology effectively lowers the administrative costs administrative costs, n.pl the overhead expenses incurred in the operation of a dental benefits program, excluding costs of dental services provided. of corporate compliance programs." Cupertino Cu·per·ti·no A city of western California west of San Jose. It has an electronics industry. Population: 50,000. , Calif.-based Symantec says that BindView Policy Manager 3.0 helps customers meet regulatory obligations by enabling them to create and disseminate dis·sem·i·nate v. dis·sem·i·nat·ed, dis·sem·i·nat·ing, dis·sem·i·nates v.tr. 1. To scatter widely, as in sowing seed. 2. IT and non-IT policy throughout their organizations. Customers are provided the options of creating new policies from scratch, leveraging pre-written sample policies or importing existing policies into the database. BindView Policy Manager also provides the ability to report and monitor policy acceptance by users and rates of policy adoption, as well as the ability to track policy approval and manage requests for policy exceptions and clarifications. An ongoing problem businesses face today is effectively assessing compliance with written policy. BindView Policy Manager 3.0 provides proof of compliance by mapping written policy to compliance-evidence feeds provided through integration with Symantec and third-party infrastructure assessment software. In addition, the product outlines specific steps for addressing non-compliant servers or workstations located anywhere in the world. Web: www.symantec.com |
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