Altiris to provide integrated management of critical PC and data security threats

Altiris, Inc, a pioneer of service-oriented management solutions, today announced the new Altiris Endpoint Security Solution software to help IT organisations provide an effective balance between security and business productivity. Endpoint Security Solution provides easy to manage protection of a company's vulnerable computers and valuable data.

Data theft and loss, hackers, vulnerable wireless usage, harmful applications and compromised security systems are costing businesses and their customers millions of pounds in damages every year. Until now, the industry has lacked client security solutions that are integrated, easy to manage and easy to use.

According to Forrester Research*, "Firms' current approach to client security isn't working because their users are increasingly mobile and can easily bypass the network perimeter, which exposes the core to malicious code and information theft. Consequently, organisations must lock down their devices and data. However, companies can't operate efficiently with computing environments that resemble data prisons. Therefore, security managers need to shed the old processes that are based purely on protection from malicious code."**

John Bottting, Director, EMEA Sales, Altiris Security Management said, "Large scale data theft and loss is very common in today's information intensive society. Numerous businesses and government agencies have suffered security breaches resulting in data theft that might have been prevented if endpoint security protocols were in place. Typical perimeter defences are no longer enough to protect businesses from new threats, making a layered approach to security necessary. Altiris Endpoint Security Solution will be integrated with the Altiris architecture and configuration management database to provide a cohesive, multi-faceted solution to help protect data and enhance business security and productivity."

Altiris is engaged in a strategic relationship with Senforce Technologies* to provide Endpoint Security Solution with the Altiris service-oriented management architecture. Senforce has integrated its location-aware endpoint security capabilities to be natively manageable from the Altiris console.

"Senforce has worked closely with Altiris during the past year to provide Altiris customers with vital endpoint security capabilities," said Nolan Rosen, Senforce VP of marketing and business development. "Configuration management and security practices within IT organisations are naturally converging. The integration of Altiris and Senforce technologies will help customers strike the right balance between security and business productivity through an integrated, easy-to-manage approach to endpoint security."

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Endpoint Security Solution automates the enforcement of security policies that adjust to unique user environments, shields PCs from malware and hackers, and maintains and supports established security policies and technologies. Endpoint Security Solution delivers extended protection to the PC that is not available from typical VPN, antivirus, anti-spyware, and patch management products.

Endpoint Security Solution offers control of network connectivity, wireless communications and removable storage devices. The solution also delivers improved application integrity and a personal firewall while helping to protect against:

* Data theft and loss
* Insecure wireless usage
* Malicious code and harmful applications executing on a system
* Unauthorised port scans, denial-of-service and other protocol-based attacks

Endpoint Security Solution features will be managed through the Altiris management console and integrated with the Altiris agent. These new capabilities are a significant addition to existing Altiris audit-ready security capabilities for security configuration policy compliance, vulnerability assessment and remediation, and network quarantine.

Altiris Endpoint Security Solution will be available in Q3 2006. For more information or to contact your local Altiris sales representative, please visit www.altiris.com/sales.