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World first for SIEM - simulate threats against data centres, networks in anticipation of advanced cyber attacks

By Zenith Systems
Johannesburg, 22 Apr 2010

Zenith Systems today announced QRadar Risk Manager, the first solution to successfully integrate risk management, SIEM, log management, and network behaviour analysis, providing IT departments with the ability to assess vulnerabilities pre, during, and post-exploit.

Murray Benadie, MD of Zenith Systems, says: “With this new product, IT managers will be able to simulate threats against their data centres and networks in anticipation of advanced cyber attacks; they will also be able to simulate the introduction of new applications, allowing them to see the impact of vulnerabilities that could arise before certain aspects of a network are changed. Simply stated, QRadar Risk Manager provides customers with the industry's most comprehensive level of threat, fraud and risk visibility.”

“This product has been four years in the making, having started as an advanced research project at the Security Centre of Excellence at The University of New Brunswick (UNB), followed by several years of development by our in-house engineers,” said Shaun McConnon, CEO of Q1 Labs. “QRadar Risk Manager is totally integrated with QRadar SIEM, providing enterprises with pre and post-exploit views and analysis in real-time, on a single console.”

QRadar Risk Manager provides automated risk intelligence through the delivery of:

* Extended compliance and policy verification, leveraging configuration data and out-of-the-box compliance libraries for more than 100 PCI, HIPAA, FISMA, NERC, CobiT, NIST, etc, mandates.
* Automated firewall configuration reports and audits to reduce operational complexity.
* Advanced predictive threat visualisation, assessment, modelling and impact analysis.
* Advanced risk policy monitoring and assessment, and highly intelligent network and security visualisations and vulnerability prioritisation.

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The product leverages and extends the value of a SIEM deployment to greatly improve an organisation's ability to automate risk management functions in mission-critical areas, including: network and security configuration, threat modelling and simulation, compliance management and vulnerability assessment.

Multi-vendor configuration audit:
Ensure consistency of device configuration and assess risk of configuration changes.

Automated risk-based compliance:
Assess information compliance risk leveraging the broadest set of risk indicators.

Advanced security modelling and simulation:
Know the risk impact of network changes, including new deployments.

Powerful network security visualisation:
Visibility into when traffic can and does occur on your network and monitor high risk networks.

QRadar Risk Manager's powerful security analytics, simulation and visualisation capabilities provide the opportunity for organisations to move away from day-to-day security fire-fighting and adopt a holistic risk-based methodology that greatly strengthens network and security offences, while minimising risk of exploit.

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Zenith Systems (www.zenithsystems.co.za)

Zenith Systems is a provider of high-end security and software development services to many of South Africa's corporate and government institutions.

Q1Labs (www.q1labs.com)

Q1 Labs is a global provider of high-value, cost-effective network security management products. The growing company's flagship offering, QRadar SIEM, integrates previously disparate functions - including log management, network behaviour analytics, and security event management - into a total security intelligence solution. QRadar SIEM provides users with crucial visibility into what is occurring with their networks, data centres, and applications to better protect IT assets and meet regulatory requirements. Q1 Labs is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, and the company's customers include healthcare providers, energy firms, retail organisations, utility companies, financial institutions, government agencies, and universities, among others.

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Taking place from 11 to 13 May 2010 at the Sandton Convention Centre, the 2010 ITWeb Security Summit brings together leading international and local security experts and industry innovators, as well as a blue-chip audience of IT and security professionals. Register at http://www.securitysummit.co.za.