McAfee, Inc. Asks ‘Can You Prove It?’
Posted on June 4, 2008
Filed Under Software
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — McAfee, Inc.
(NYSE: MFE) today announced two new offerings, McAfee(R) Policy Auditor 5.0
and McAfee Encrypted USB, and significant enhancements to its two flagship
data protection offerings, McAfee Endpoint Encryption and McAfee Host Data
Loss Prevention (DLP). These offerings are designed to help companies prove
compliance with regulatory mandates and their own security policies. These
offerings combine enforcement of security policies with the ability to
quickly audit and report on the effectiveness of those policies and prove a
company’s level of compliance. This greatly eases audit, legal discovery,
or other regulatory processes. The key to these capabilities is the tight
integration with McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator(R) (ePO(TM)), McAfee’s
centralized management system, and support for open standards.
Enterprises are stretching themselves to prove compliance to industry
regulation and internal policies while also managing IT risk due to
security threats. Traditionally, these enterprises have deployed myriad
point products resulting in ad hoc processes. Proprietary standards have
further prolonged and complicated the audit process. The recent spate of
data security breaches has culminated in calls for stricter security
policies and compliance with data encryption procedures. Today’s
announcement empowers enterprises to pursue an optimized approach for
efficient compliance management.
“McAfee’s new compliance solutions improve operational efficiency by
reducing the number of hours spent on administrative tasks,” said Aram
Smith, Principal Analyst with Project Performance Corporation and the
Department of Energy. “With the tight integration into McAfee ePolicy
Orchestrator, we now have a single integrated console and agent which we
can use to deploy, manage and report on the compliance solutions. The
dashboard functionality of ePolicy Orechestrator also enables convenient
views of our compliance posture.”
Empowering Enterprises with an Optimized Approach
The new edition of McAfee Policy Auditor 5.0 leverages open security
standards such as XCCDF (Extensible Configuration Checklist Description
Format) and OVAL (Open Vulnerability Assessment Language). Both Policy
Auditor and McAfee Endpoint Encryption feature innovative audit
capabilities which enable organizations to automate the processes required
for internal and external audits and quickly provide the necessary proof,
when needed, to respond to regulatory inquiries. Integrated management
through McAfee ePO and reporting across multiple product lines provides a
unified platform for compliance and security management.
“Managing IT risk and meeting a variety of compliance mandates and
technical standards requires more then a patchwork of security
technologies,” said George Kurtz, senior vice president and general manager
of risk and compliance business unit at McAfee. “By centralizing the
management and enforcement of security policies, automating the assessment
of security configuration controls, and proactively measuring results
against policy, we are helping organizations reduce their time to
compliance, provide greater protection, and reduce costs.”
Security Both On and Off the Network
An essential part of protecting the corporate network includes ensuring
that devices that connect to it are secure both off and on the network. The
McAfee Standard Encrypted USB v.2 ensures the safety of data in transition.
This password-protected USB storage device provides a high standard of
encryption (AES 256) at an affordable price. The product features optional
data destruction following password authentication failure and
zero-footprint technology.
“This is encryption for everyone,” said Gerhard Watzinger, senior vice
president of data protection at McAfee. “From individuals to medium sized
businesses to large enterprises — everyone needs to protect what they
value. Today McAfee is ensuring that customer data will stay safe,
regardless of whether a USB device is lost or stolen.”
The McAfee Standard Encrypted USB ensures enforcement of company
password policies through the management of password rules. One of the key
benefits is to reduce the internal threat posed by employees who may not be
adhering to company security policies. If the device is lost, the company
is able to prove to the compliance authorities that the data was encrypted
and password protected.
For more information about McAfee’s compliance and data protection
solutions visit: http://www.mcafee.com/proving_compliance.com.
About McAfee,Inc.
McAfee, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is the world’s
largest dedicated security technology company. It delivers proactive and
proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the
world, allowing users to browse and shop the Web securely. With its
unmatched security expertise and commitment to innovation, McAfee empowers
home users, businesses, the public sector and service providers by enabling
them to comply with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions,
identify vulnerabilities and continuously monitor and improve their
security. http://www.mcafee.com.
McAfee, ePolicy Orchestrator, ePO and/or other noted McAfee related
products contained herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of
McAfee, Inc., and/or its affiliates in the US and/or other countries.
McAfee Red in connection with security is distinctive of McAfee brand
products. Any other non-McAfee related products, registered and/or
unregistered trademarks contained herein is only by reference and are the
sole property of their respective owners.(C) 2008 McAfee, Inc. All rights
reserved.
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