nCircle Delivers the Next Generation of Vulnerability Management with IP360 Version 6.4
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - nCircle, the leading provider of enterprise-class vulnerability management solutions, today announced the release of version 6.4 of the nCircle IP360 Vulnerability Management System. IP360 is the next generation of vulnerability management solutions, providing enterprises with the ability to effectively measure, manage and reduce network security risk.
IP360 continuously profiles all IP-based network devices to proactively discover operating systems, services, applications, vulnerabilities and other end-point intelligence to help enterprises find and eliminate vulnerabilities before they can be exploited, and comply with internal and regulatory policies. The enhanced capabilities of IP360 version 6.4 include improved user management to meet the needs of globally distributed IT teams, new data formats for integrating IP360 into an enterprise's security ecosystem and more comprehensive reporting for nCircle's IDS nTellect product (announced in September 2004).
"nCircle is transforming vulnerability management into a solution for measuring, managing and reducing network security risk and driving compliance," said Abe Kleinfeld, president and CEO, nCircle. "IP360 version 6.4 also improves accessibility to IP360's end-point intelligence, enabling deeper integration with other security products and furthering our vision of an intelligence-based security ecosystem."
Key enhancements to the nCircle IP360 Vulnerability Management System v6.4 include:
Enhanced Reporting for IDS nTellect
Users can now leverage the reporting and analytical capabilities of nCircle's IP360 Vulnerability Management System with nCircle's IDS nTellect product. IDS nTellect dramatically reduces false positives by correlating Cisco IDS/IPS alerts with IP360's rich host information to identify real threats, reducing the occurrence of false alerts. This event reduction capability is highlighted in new metrics and reports that graphically illustrate and measure the false-alarm reduction capabilities of IDS nTellect.
Improved Administrative Features
IP360 v6.4 includes several new features designed to extend IP360's best-in-class management functionality. Users can now further segregate administrative functions, ensuring that enterprises can easily manage and administrate their globally distributed networks. IP360 v6.4 also includes additional methods for vulnerability signature and software updates, enabling ease of management for remote or air-gapped networks, as well as the ability to configure communication ports on appliances to eliminate the need for firewall rule changes.
Data Export Enhancements
IP360 v6.4 also includes expanded data export formats for more thorough integration with existing security products such as patch management, security information/event management (SIM/SEM) systems, ticketing systems, and external databases. Version 6.4 also provides customers with additional methods to export continuously updated intelligence data about their global network for use in compliance reporting databases and other systems. IP360 v6.4 gathers highly detailed actionable intelligence which can be leveraged throughout the security ecosystem to enhance the capabilities of existing investments.
About nCircle
nCircle is the leading provider of enterprise-class vulnerability management solutions. Global enterprises in the financial services, insurance, government, manufacturing and services industries rely on nCircle to protect their business critical networks. nCircle's complete lifecycle vulnerability management solutions enable enterprises to find and eliminate vulnerabilities before they can be exploited, ensure security policy compliance and meaningfully measure and manage business risk. The company, located in San Francisco, CA, is privately held and VC funded. Additional information about nCircleis available at www.ncircle.com.