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| BigFix Provides a Centralized Security Configuration Management
Platform That Enables Enterprises to Have Real-Time Visibility,
Remediation, and Continuous Control across Their Entire Organizations
EMERYVILLE, Calif.--BigFix® Inc., the only real-time IT service delivery platform that automates and optimizes enterprise computer security and management, announced its support for the White House directive and associated certification program for common secure configurations for Federal IT systems. Providing fine-grained endpoint security configuration management and continuous policy enforcement, BigFix enables large-scale enterprises running the secure version (SSLF) of Windows Vista, and the secure configuration of Windows XP to comply today by using the BigFix platform and the IT Policy Enforcement solution pack.The White House directive stated that all federal organizations beginning June 30, 2007 must use a common secure configuration for all new IT system acquisitions and, that software vendors certify that their products operate effectively using these secure configurations. This initiative bolsters the "comply or don't connect" program of the US Air Force, and applies to both Windows Vista and XP applications. "This is a good direction for the government to standardize on a secure configuration management model and will help to reduce the vulnerability of federal systems to cyber attack and intrusion," said Howard A. Schmidt, BigFix Executive Advisory Council Chairman, and former Vice Chair of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board and Special Adviser for Cyberspace Security to the White House. "And the work of the Air Force will make government solutions safer by providing real-time management of the technology. These are the kinds of proactive steps that all enterprises should take to reduce their risks." "Security configuration management is an essential step in establishing a security baseline developed by organizations like NIST or the NSA," said Amrit Williams, CTO for BigFix Inc. "Establishing a common secure configuration baseline, and then auditing the environment against that baseline to identify assets that deviate so that remediation actions can be taken, is an essential step towards improving organizational security and dramatically reducing the likelihood of successful attacks. BigFix, because of its real-time operation and continuous endpoint policy enforcement, is the ideal solution for federal agencies to automate configuration management, eliminate policy drift, and ensure compliance with the White House directive." The initiative leverages the $65 billion in federal IT spending to make systems safer for every user inside government, but will quickly be adopted by organizations outside government. The federal mandate will make security configuration much more effective and IT user support much less expensive. About BigFix Founded in 1997, BigFix offers the only intelligent IT operations platform that continuously discovers, assesses, remediates and reports on the health and security of global enterprise computing infrastructures in real time. Designed for highly distributed and complex IT infrastructures, BigFix delivers real-time endpoint visibility and control through its single agent, multi-function architecture. Its award-winning technology is proven in production at more than 600 companies, government agencies and public sector institutions worldwide and currently manages over 7,000,000 desktop and mobile clients, workstations, and servers. More information can be found at www.bigfix.com. © 2007 BigFix, Inc. All rights reserved. All company and product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
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