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IBM: IBM Internet Security Systems advances its product portfolio; New
Tools slash security cost and complexity for business sustainability
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:24092008
Atlanta, GA -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today introduced new functionality across
its security product portfolio to help clients simplify their security
infrastructure and slash security costs. These new features are
designed to help organisations reap more benefits from their security
investments, which is increasingly vital for IT organisations to meet
new demands.
Information Technology (IT) organisations have neither the time nor
money to manage multitudes of disparate security point solutions, each
intended to protect against a specific threat. This problem is
compounded as organisations transition from physical to virtual IT
environments, which introduces a multitude of new security and
compliance risks. IBM Internet Security Systems radically reduces the
cost and complexity of security and compliance by delivering products
that are inherently designed to work together as an extensible
platform, all managed through a single heterogeneous management
console. The new product enhancements from IBM ISS are designed to
continue this strategy of "strategic security simplification."
Highlights of these major upgrades include:
IBM Proventia Network Virtual Intrusion Prevention System (VIPS)
Appliance -- a first-of-a-kind virtual appliance, the VIPS enables
clients to maximise their existing hardware investments by deploying
virtual appliances on underutilised hardware resources. This product
marks the first product roll-out from PHANTOM, a breakthrough research
initiative from IBM X-Force and IBM Research, to offer businesses a
holistic approach to secure virtualised server environments. The
Phantom initiative also includes virtual appliances for Proventia
Enterprise Scanner and Proventia Multi-Function Security in addition to
our virtual Proventia Server solution with true defence in-depth
introspection security protection. The software based VIPS appliance
runs under VMWare, which allows flexible deployments and on-demand
security services at the click of a button. It also allows customers to
accelerate their adoption of virtual data centres by addressing
securing and compliance requirements. Finally, Proventia Network
Virtual IPS provides a total-cost-of-ownership savings over time,
because clients do not need to buy new hardware when they want to
upgrade or expand their intrusion-prevention capabilities.
IBM Proventia Network Security Controller (NSC) - a security management
appliance that enables protection for high speed networks and helps
clients preserve their investment in the Proventia product family
portfolio as they upgrade their network fabric from 1 gigabit per
second to 10 gigabits per second. The NSC allows clients with existing
Proventia appliances to connect those appliances to 10G networks and
"team" appliances together to fully inspect traffic at line speed. The
NSC also includes full active bypass functionality to eliminate the
need for a dedicated bypass on the network and another device on the
network that must be managed.
IBM Proventia Network Enterprise Scanner - Enterprise Scanner
safeguards enterprises from malicious attacks by identifying and
prioritising risks associated with network vulnerabilities while
enabling protection activities and comprehensive reporting. Enterprise
Scanner now supports multiple ports, enabling it to scale without the
need for additional appliances. This feature drives efficiencies and
helps reduce costs because clients can scan multiple networks from a
single appliance. Also, because the appliance now can scan an
organisation's IT infrastructure faster, clients can begin remediation
tasks immediately further mitigating risk by leveraging advanced
ticketing and profile functionality. This helps drive efficiencies and
helps reduce costs because clients can scan multiple networks from a
single appliance. New features also include Common Vulnerability
Scoring System (CVSS)-based rating, which allows users to prioritise
discovered vulnerabilities based on an industry-standard rating system.
Users can continually assess the status of their network by using this
benchmark and leveraging the continuous scanning window feature.
IBM Proventia SiteProtector 7.0 - The newest version of IBM Proventia
SiteProtector enables clients to easily manage and measure their
enterprise security infrastructure through an easy-to-use, centralised
console. Information technology staff can identify risks and manage
products through a single console, while also running compliance
reports with the solution's new policy management tool. With updated
policy management features, IBM helps reduce security management time
and costs, streamline compliance reporting and reduce risk. This
product is also offered as a managed security service in which IBM
monitors and manages the SiteProtector tool 24x7 or just on nights and
weekends when an organisation's staff is not at work. As a managed
service, clients benefit from knowing IBM is carefully monitoring their
IT infrastructure so that the business can focus on its core function
and focus on serving its customers rather than maintaining its IT
operations.
Client Security Readiness Tool -- IBM ISS is launching its first Client
Security Readiness Tool, a free professional services workshop which
identifies and measures a client's security posture. Through this
standardised, repeatable tool, security experts can assess a client's
security and attribute a baseline security posture number. This
measurement tool allows clients to benchmark how their security
increases and helps them realise where they spend their IT security
dollars, areas of potential risk, and then determine which security
solutions can be implemented. Currently, the tool incorporates IBM's
entire services portfolio of offerings and will include software and
systems solutions in the near future.
"We are eager to get our hands on the Proventia Network Virtual
Intrusion Prevention System (VIPS) Appliance from IBM Internet Security
Systems," said Pat O'Day, Chief Technology Officer at BlueLock, LLC, a
managed technology services provider that delivers
infrastructure-as-a-service to global corporations. "The VIPS fits
right into our virtual cloud computing strategy and will be a great
opportunity for our clients that wish to significantly improve the
security their environments."
IBM is the world's leading provider of risk and security solutions.
Clients around the world partner with IBM to help reduce the
complexities of security and strategically manage risk. IBM's
experience and range of risk and security solutions are unsurpassed --
from dedicated research, software, hardware, services and global
business partner value -- helping clients secure business operations
and implement company-wide, integrated risk management programs.
For more information, visit: www.ibm.com.
CONTACT: Craig Brophy, Communications Manager Europe, IBM Internet
Security Systems
Tel: +44 (0)7818 456 198 (268652)
Tel: +44 (0)2088 185 231
Fax: +44 (0) 2088 185 231
e-mail: brophycr@uk.ibm.com
WWW: http://www.ibm.com
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