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ISS Launches Industry's First Enterprise Security Decision-Support
Application
ATLANTA (Sept. 28) BUSINESS WIRE -Sept. 28, 1998--
SAFEsuite Decisions First Product to Integrate Intrusion and Vulnerability
Detection Data and Third-Party Information to
Automate Analysis of Enterprise Security
Internet Security Systems (Nasdaq: ISSX), the leading provider of adaptive
network security software, today introduced an industry-first,
decision-support solution to provide customers with a comprehensive,
global view of enterprise security and the power to make quick, informed
decisions for ongoing information protection.
SAFEsuite Decisions is the first product to automate the collection,
integration, analysis and reporting of enterprise-wide security
information from multiple sources and locations including not only
integrated data from ISS' intrusion and vulnerability detection systems,
but also third-party security safeguards such as firewalls.
"The lack of a centralized, global view of enterprise security poses a
formidable challenge for all organizations," said Steven Foote, vice
president with information technology research firm, Hurwitz Group, Inc.
"With the rapid move towards e-business, corporate walls are coming down
leaving organizations dangerously exposed on the Internet. Working with
some of the world's largest enterprises, ISS has recognized this need and
is responding to the challenge. SAFEsuite Decisions is designed to help
organizations better understand their overall security posture across
different security systems and safeguards and will enable customers to
leverage years of ISS' X-Force expertise to automatically translate
seemingly meaningless data into valuable, actionable security
information."
Tom Noonan, president and chief executive officer of Internet Security
Systems, added, "Today's announcement marks a significant leap forward in
information security technology. As a pioneer and market leader, ISS has
been successful in enabling customers to utilize our monitoring and
detection software to proactively protect and improve the security of
their networked information. With SAFEsuite Decisions, ISS reaffirms its
leadership position and demonstrates its success in further evolving
adaptive security technology to meet enterprise customer needs. This new
ISS product will enable customers to take control of their enterprise risk
management practices and focus valuable resources on fixing security 'hot
spots' instead of attempting to analyze enormous amounts of data." About
SAFEsuite Decisions
SAFEsuite Decisions, the initial product in ISS' new SAFEsuite Enterprise
family of enterprise security management applications, extends ISS'
heritage of providing innovative solutions for information protection.
SAFEsuite Decisions will collect and integrate security information
derived from multiple sources and locations including, in the 1.0 version,
data from Check Point (Nasdaq: CHKPF) FireWall-1(tm)s, Network Associates'
(Nasdaq: NETA) Gauntlet Firewall(tm)s, as well as ISS' RealSecure(tm)
intrusion detection and response system, and ISS' Internet Scanner(tm) and
System Scanner(tm) vulnerability detection systems. SAFEsuite Decisions
automatically correlates and analyzes this cross-product data to indicate
the security risk profile of the entire enterprise network. For example,
vulnerabilities found by Internet Scanner and intrusion events detected by
RealSecure will be correlated to provide high value information indicating
specific hosts on the network that are both vulnerable to attack and that
have been attacked.
SAFEsuite Decisions 1.0 key features include: 1. Enterprise Security
Risk Management Reporting - SAFEsuite Decisions will provide valuable
security reports based upon consolidated, correlated and coordinated
cross-product analysis information. Reports will focus on critical risk
management areas such as real- time risk and threat conditions and
security vulnerability and threat analysis. 2. Customizable Execution of
Reports - The execution and distribution of SAFEsuite Decisions reports
can be automated and scheduled. This ensures rapid and efficient
dissemination of critical security information. 3. Central Management of
Enterprise Security Data - The SAFEsuite Enterprise Database component of
SAFEsuite Decisions is a scalable relational database that serves as a
central and persistent data store for all enterprise security data.
SAFEsuite Decisions 1.0 will rely upon Microsoft(R) (Nasdaq: MSFT) SQL
Server(tm) 6.5 with plans to support Sybase and Oracle relational
databases. 4. Secure Data Collection - The SAFElink Loader component of
SAFEsuite Decisions enables the secure movement of cross-product security
information including ISS SAFEsuite applications and third-party products
deployed worldwide into the SAFEsuite Enterprise database.
Pricing and Availability
SAFEsuite Decsions 1.0 is scheduled to begin shipping in the fourth
quarter of 1998. SAFEsuite Decisions has a starting U.S. suggested list
price of $25,000 and is based upon the size of a customer's protected
network.
About ISS X- Force
The ISS X-Force is a task force of leading security experts dedicated to
researching and creating solutions that will help organizations
proactively guard themselves from the growing number of security threats.
The ISS X-Force team focuses on uncovering and integrating the latest
security vulnerability information into the ISS SAFEsuite family of
products.
About Internet Security Systems
Internet Security Systems is the pioneer and leading provider of adaptive
network security delivering enterprise-wide information protection
solutions. ISS' award-winning SAFEsuite(R) family of products manages
security risks and enhances end user confidence in intranet, extranet and
electronic commerce environments. By combining proactive vulnerability
detection with real-time intrusion detection and response, ISS' adaptive
network security system creates a flexible cycle of continuous security
improvement, including policy implementation and enforcement. This
comprehensive approach to network security strengthens the security of
existing systems and has dramatically improved the security posture for
organizations worldwide, making ISS a critical, trusted security advisor
for firms in the Global 2000, 9 of the ten largest U.S. commercial banks
and over 35 governmental agencies. For more information, call ISS at
678-443-6000 or 800-776-2362 or visit the ISS web site at www.iss.net.
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Received on Mon Oct 5 08:51:24 1998