SecureData, a member of the JSE-listed ERP.com Group, and the southern African distributor for Trend security software, today announced the introduction of the latest version of Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition, v6.5, which integrates Trend Micro's award-winning corporate desktop virus protection with other key security technologies to deliver broad protection to the enterprise desktop under a single management console.
E-mail, Internet access and enhanced mobility in computing have allowed corporate desktops to become tools for greater business productivity, but have also made them prime targets for today's malicious code attacks. Efforts to coordinate multiple, disparate solutions to thwart such attacks may prove difficult to integrate and manage, and cannot ensure all clients are consistently protected. A single non-compliant desktop could open the corporate gateway to attack.
Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition v6.5 is an integrated client/server security solution that is designed to simplify the challenge of securing network clients by focusing on the concerns that have the greatest potential for loss or disruption for businesses today - virus outbreaks, intruders/hackers, unwanted or unproductive Internet materials, and non-compliant systems.
Through a flexible and centralised management console, IT administrators can manage a broad range of security tasks for enterprise clients according to departments, work groups, or IP range. The integrated enterprise client firewall in Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition v6.5 monitors inbound and outbound communications between the client and suspicious Web sites, and is designed to block their unauthorised attempts to access corporate desktops. Detection for unwanted spyware, adware, dialer, and hacking/cracking or password stealing applications helps maintain privacy and productivity in the workplace. Network traffic passing between client machines is also monitored for suspicious behaviour, and data packets can be scanned to mitigate the potential for outbreaks within a corporate network.
"OfficeScan 6.5 had the best working firewall we have ever seen in a desktop security system. Hotfix installations were not required, and default settings were already useable and our systems were safe," said Norman Coker, System Administrator for igus, an international provider of plastic bearings and other components, committed to increasing the longevity of machines worldwide. "In no less than three hours we installed the new OfficeScan including the whole roll-out."
"In today's complex world of security threats, the protection provided by the high performance Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition 6.5 product is comprehensive and powerful," commented George Proussalis, Partner of The iSGroup. "OfficeScan encompasses enterprise-class technologies, including robust scalability requirements with centralised management, policies for easy deployment, updates, and status indicators for our enterprise client environment. We find it to be an important release that eases the security burden in challenging times."
Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition v6.5 will also include the Cisco Trust Agent (CTA), the Cisco technology delivered through the Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) program, and help customers enforce anti-virus security policies. It will also help ensure that only clients with the latest anti-virus updates can connect to the network. As part of a comprehensive network security program, Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition and technology available through the Cisco NAC program can be used in conjunction with other Trend Micro solutions and services to enhance outbreak prevention and management. Multiple Trend Micro products and outbreak-related services, like Outbreak Prevention Services and Damage Cleanup Services can be managed alongside Trend Micro OfficeScan through Trend Micro Control Manager 3.0.
For further information, please contact Dean Brazier at telephone (011) 257 8600; fax (011) 257 8699; e-mail deanb@sd.co.za.
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Trend Micro, Inc is a leader in network anti-virus and Internet content security software and services. The Tokyo-based corporation has business units worldwide. Trend Micro products are sold through corporate and value-added resellers.
SecureData
SecureData, an ERP.com company, is Africa's premier IT security solution provider. SecureData's solutions incorporate anti-virus and content security, network security, intrusion detection software and network asset management. SecureData's comprehensive "Managed Security Services" include design, audit, implementation, outsourcing and hosting. SecureData distributes, sells and supports category leading IT security products to the public, corporate and SME sectors throughout Africa as well as products and services to the SOHO and consumer markets through partnerships with ISPs.
As well as being the sole distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa for and Trend Micro, SecureData is the African distributor for US-based TippingPoint Technologies and the southern African distributor for US-based BorderWare, US-based RSA Security and UK-based Centennial. For more information, visit SecureData at www.sd.co.za.
ERP.com
ERP.com is a JSE-listed company focused on the implementation, integration and management of enterprise applications in an e-business environment. For more information, visit ERP.com at www.erpcom.co.za.
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