Internet Security Systems (ISS) (NASDAQ: ISSX) today announced the Proventia Enterprise Security Platform (ESP), a new standard in IT security offering enterprise-wide pre-emptive protection, tightly integrated with existing IT business processes.
Proventia ESP contributes to business process optimisation by maintaining a delicate balance between IT performance, availability and risk - ultimately stopping cyber threats before they impact operations.
The platform encompasses Internet Security Systems` vision for enterprise security, representing the unified family of ISS products and services available today, and providing a framework for future offerings and enhancements.
"Today`s organisations are focusing on business process optimisation to ensure business continuity and maximise profitability," said Tom Noonan, chairman, president and chief executive officer at Internet Security Systems. "Proventia ESP recognises that enterprise optimisation can`t be fully realised as long as security remains `reactive` and falls outside of structured business processes."
Unlike traditional approaches to security which focus on improving reaction times, Proventia ESP enables organisations to avoid security incidents altogether and makes security a practical component of IT operations. Proventia ESP combines continuous vulnerability assessment and threat prevention with enterprise-wide information management and reporting capabilities. This combination enables organisations to immediately shield security vulnerabilities across their entire IT infrastructure - before attacks are released.
"Increasingly, corporate management recognises the need for pre-emptive security - security driven by vulnerability research that protects every network device and IT asset before a cyber attack is released," said Chris Rouland, chief technology officer at Internet Security Systems. "ISS is the only company to deliver a truly end-to-end security technology that not only spans threat assessment and prevention, but supports IT processes to aid in network uptime, asset management, security control analysis, system availability and protection and patching remediation."
The culmination of 10 years of research and product development at ISS, Proventia ESP is the industry`s only pre-emptive enterprise security platform. Proventia ESP`s core capabilities include:
* Vulnerability mapping (what is at risk?): Continuously assesses vulnerabilities - noting when new assets join the network, and when new vulnerabilities are discovered. Active and passive scanning provides a real-time picture of security risk.
* Protection prioritisation (what do I protect first?): Based on asset importance, network configuration criteria and ISS research, determines the most critical areas to protect first.
* Virtual patching and remediation (how do I protect?): Shields vulnerabilities and prevents threats, or addresses policy exceptions. Intrusion prevention technology and remediation methods map to existing IT processes for a common enterprise security view and collaboration across IT units.
* Reporting and benchmarking (how do I measure the strategic value of security?): Customisable reporting options show incremental progress in risk reduction, or business-based reports provide the detail needed to pass audits and maintain compliance standards.
"Today`s enterprises are asking for relief from the overhead burdens associated with security uncertainty," said Rouland. "Proventia ESP has been developed in direct response to customer feedback and is built on a decade of experience. With Proventia ESP, we`re providing practical value by mapping pre-emptive security directly to existing business processes."
For additional information on Proventia ESP, please visit http://www.iss.net. For more information: Please contact andre@condyn.net or jan@condyn.net.
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Attention existing ISS customers - This is a request to existing customers to provide some feedback on current satisfaction levels regarding installation and support.
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Internet Security Systems, Inc (ISS) is the trusted expert to global enterprises and world governments, providing products and services that protect against Internet threats. An established world leader in security since 1994, ISS delivers proven cost efficiencies and reduces regulatory and business risk across the enterprise for more than 11 000 customers worldwide. ISS products and services are based on the proactive security intelligence conducted by ISS` X-Force research and development team - the unequivocal world authority in vulnerability and threat research. Headquartered in Atlanta, Internet Security Systems has additional operations throughout the Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Middle East. For more information, visit the Internet Security Systems Web site at www.iss.net or call 800-776-2362.
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