Central security management - oh, so important

Issued by Global Research Partners for SecureData
Johannesburg, 15 Sep 2010

One of the major issues within security is the complexity and management of security point solutions that have been deployed. As enterprises deploy security solutions across geographically distributed clients and servers, IT departments require sophisticated management tools to monitor critical metrics about security status, to proactively identify weak spots, and to simplify security administration.

“Fortunately, managing enterprise security across geographically distributed clients and servers has now become easier and more cost-effective with Trend Micro's new Control Manager release 5.5,” commented Lee Bristow, Product Manager at SecureData for Trend Micro's products.

“This Web-based management console tracks security performance, reports malware events and policy violations, and automates routine tasks, thus streamlining the management of your Trend Micro security solutions. You gain advanced control over your security posture with enterprise-wide visibility, consolidated reporting, greater scalability, more threat intelligence, and it comes with a customisable dashboard.

“Furthermore, Trend Micro Control Manager (TMCM) allows you to download and deploy update components throughout the network, thus helping to ensure that protection is consistent and up to date,” continued Bristow. “Example update components could include virus pattern files, scan engines, and anti-spam rules. In addition, it permits both manual and pre-scheduled updates, and allows the configuration and administration of products as groups or as individuals. In summary, the benefits of Control Manager include:

* Enterprise-wide co-ordination
* Proactive outbreak management
* Vulnerability assessment
* Outbreak prevention services
* Damage cleanup services
* Multi-tier management structure
* Flexible and scalable configuration of installed products

“The latest release includes the customisable Dashboard, the facility for displaying statistics and the capability of tracking the latest trends from Trend Micro's cloud-based threat intelligence,” concluded Bristow. “As security software becomes more sophisticated to counteract the increasing threat situation, it's vital that a tool is available that helps reduce this complexity and lowers the costs of managing the installation/network. TMCM does precisely that.”

SecureData Security, part of JSE-listed SecureData Holdings, is the sole sub-Saharan distributor for Trend Micro.

For further information, please contact Lee Bristow at tel. +27 11 790 2500; fax +27 11 790 2599; e-mail leeb@securedata.co.za.

Trend Micro

Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in Internet content security, focuses on securing the exchange of digital information for businesses and consumers. A pioneer and industry vanguard, Trend Micro is advancing integrated threat management technology to protect operational continuity, personal information, and property from malware, spam, data leaks and the latest Web threats. Trend Micro's flexible solutions, available in multiple form factors, are supported 24/7 by threat intelligence experts around the globe. Many of these solutions are powered by the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network, a next-generation cloud-client content security infrastructure designed to protect customers from Web threats.

SecureData

SecureData is a specialist, value-added distributor of perimeter, application, network, endpoint, storage and identity information security solutions and risk management solutions for the African sub-continent and Indian Ocean islands. A cross-section of the available solutions from SecureData illustrates wide coverage of the following information security and risk management domains: business continuity, security appliances and devices, hardware authentication, identity and access management, security and vulnerability management, secure content management, threat management and security services.

SecureData's information security and risk management solutions include best-of-breed solutions, devices and appliances for the perimeter, data centres, applications, network, endpoints, messaging and Web. In addition, as a value-add to vendor, channel and customer, SecureData also provides a full complement of support, pre-sales and professional services around the solutions positioned in each discrete security vertical.

For more information, visit SecureData at http://www.securedata.co.za.

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