Computer Associates yesterday outlined what it believes to be the first security solution that integrates all the areas of identification, access and threat management into one solution. The company says that by integrating its eTrust products and launching the all-in-one eTrust Command Centre, users will be able to manage all their security operations through one console.
"With the multitude of information security threats that today`s networked organisations face ... patchwork security is no longer acceptable," says Russel Artzt, CA`s executive VP.
Artzt says holistic, end-to-end security is essential for today`s organisations which often have an evolved security strategy that leaves them "vulnerable to gaps in technology and processes". The dispersed nature of many of these systems, says Artzt, makes it difficult to implement policy-driven administration as well as being difficult to manage, often requiring manual administration.
The eTrust range of products individually manages user identification, access management and threat management, and now the company has consolidated these under the banner of the eTrust Security Command Centre. The company is also looking to integrate third-party products into the Command Centre by providing a software development kit to build the necessary links.
The move to integrate its existing products is in line with industry trends that are seeing greater consolidation and a drive by organisations to manage a diverse range of protection software across distributed networks. As security spend accounts for a growing portion of IT budgets, organisations are looking to make the best use of what they have, making third-party support an important portion of the eTrust Security Command Centre.
The eTrust Security Command Centre can also be integrated with the company`s other products such as Unicenter, BrightStor and CleverPath.
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