Datamonitor recognises Micromuse for its vision in IT security management

Micromuse Inc., the leading provider of ultra-scalable, Real-time business and service assurance software, announced today that Datamonitor PLC, the industry analysis and intelligence company, has independently recognised Micromuse, provider of the Netcool for Security Management (NfSM) solution as a leading vendor in the security information management solution market.

Datamonitor especially acknowledged Micromuse`s strength in product vision and industry partnerships as particular assets for the solution.

"Whether you are a customer, employee, vendor, or partner, millions of people daily are accessing any number of organisations` IT systems 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Because of this, the threat of attack is ever-present and to maintain availability, systems should need to be monitored on a real-time basis," said Ian Williams, Datamonitor`s Senior Security Analyst.

"Micromuse has quickly established itself as one of the leading vendors in the security information management space, largely thanks to strong partnerships that it created with enterprise IT security vendors such as Check Point and McAfee."

Established in 1989 in the UK, Datamonitor provides unbiased expert analysis, business intelligence, consulting, modelling and in-depth reports to the automotive, consumer, energy, financial services, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, technology, transport and logistics industries across the world.

The Datamonitor Security Information survey, which assessed nine leading security software vendors, ranked Micromuse ahead of, or equivalent to, the majority of the leading security information management software vendors evaluated in the report.

Trek to the summit

00Days

:

00Hrs

:

00Min

:

00Sec

"Micromuse`s Netcool technology is the industry-standard in event management and service analysis for large, complex IT infrastructures. With the Netcool for Security Management solution, we wanted to leverage our core competencies in scalable event management and exploit the flexible, open architecture of our technology to create a solution that would more fully address all the security needs of an organisation - from firewall and intrusion detection to physical security management. Only then can an organisation get a true picture of its vulnerabilities and security threats," said Craig Farrell, Micromuse`s Chief Technology Officer.

"Datamonitor`s analysis of the security software market and its recognition of Micromuse`s success at meeting the needs of organisations seeking a comprehensive and coherent approach to security management is an excellent acknowledgement of our ability to meet this vision and to work in partnership with the leading security vendors in this space."

Micromuse`s Netcool for Security Management solution simplifies the monitoring of disparate IT data - including virtual private networks, firewalls, anti-virus programs, authorisation programs, intrusion detection systems and environmental and physical security applications - by consolidating today`s complex security environments within a single, effective management console. This minimises security operations `noise`, enabling security operations staff to quickly respond to security problems.

Netcool for Security Management provides a single point-of-control for managing network and security alarms; improves the time-to-resolution of security alarms to better protect the computing environment and minimises the impact of breaches and improve the security of critical business operations.

For more information on the Datamonitor report, `Security information management: is it either software or managed security services?`, visit http://www.datamonitor.com/.