HP expands enterprise security portfolio

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Enterprises need to manage risk with a balanced approach to systematically assess these security threats, says HP.

“Our objective is to reveal an expansive portfolio around security, take a more structured approach, which is different from other security vendors,” says Rebecca Lawson, director of Worldwide Security Initiatives at HP, reports eChannel Line.

“Of all the IT markets I've been involved in, security is the most fragmented I've seen. That's also reflected at customer sites. Everyone has a lot of vendors they are working with. We think they need to step back and look at a more holistic approach.”

ZDNet reports that in addition to the new products, HP has introduced an Enterprise Security Discovery Workshop, an expanded Secure Boardroom (an online portal that combines existing sources of security data into one central system), and has released a report from HP Digital Vaccine Labs on vulnerability, threat and attack data for the first half of 2011.

Cyber threats have become more sophisticated, persistent and unpredictable, says Lawson. Research conducted on behalf of HP demonstrates that the volume and complexity of security threats has continued to escalate.