World's Best Whitelisting Meets World's Most Powerful Distributed
Infrastructure Real-Time Visibility and Control Platform
EMERYVILLE, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ --
BigFix, Inc., a global leader in enterprise endpoint security and
management solutions, and Bit9 Inc., a pioneer and leader in enterprise
application whitelisting, have partnered to offer a version of the Bit9
application whitelisting solution to run on the BigFix Discovery 7
real-time platform. The BigFix -- Bit9 combination offers IT managers a
best-in-class approach to reducing and remediating endpoint security
vulnerabilities and the ability to seamlessly integrate Bit9 whitelisting
with BigFix's growing portfolio of endpoint security and system management
capabilities.
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Application whitelisting helps IT managers sharply reduce intrusion,
exploitation, data leakage, and regulatory and legal compliance risks by
restricting the kinds of applications that can be installed on an
enterprise computer. BigFix brings powerful visibility, reporting, and
management capabilities to Bit9 whitelisting functionality, significantly
adding customer value to both BigFix and Bit9 product lines. Customers can
now deploy whitelisting in ways that adapt instantly to changing conditions
and operate in harmony with allied security and system management services.
BigFix and Bit9 Management Discuss the Partnership
"We partnered with Bit9 because we recognize outstanding technology
when we see it," said Amrit Williams, Chief Technology Officer, BigFix,
Inc. "Bit9 whitelisting integrates beautifully with BigFix's policy-driven,
single agent architecture, and adds an important new capability in our
drive towards building the world's best distributed endpoint security and
system management life cycle solution set."
"BigFix is an ideal delivery vehicle for Bit9 enterprise application
whitelisting," said Doug Cahill, Vice President of Corporate Development
and Product Management, Bit9, Inc. "Customers can add an important new
security measure without adding to complexity or client-side tool clutter.
Even better, they can deliver whitelisting in the context of a complete
repertoire of security and system management solutions, cross-trained and
informed through BigFix real-time visibility capabilities."
Full Life-Cycle Security and System Management
The Bit9 Parity(TM) application whitelisting capability and the Bit9
Global Software Registry(TM), join BigFix's portfolio of policy-based
modules and extensions. The BigFix product line-up also covers anti-malware
defense, application virtualization, asset inventory and management, data
leak prevention, network access control, patch management, security
configuration management, software distribution, software inventory
management, and vulnerability management. BigFix customers can view and
manage all of these functions-and now Bit9 application whitelisting-through
the BigFix single agent, single infrastructure, single console, service
delivery platform. Through functional and process consolidation enabled by
the BigFix platform, customers lower IT costs of ownership while
significantly enhancing quality of service, reducing security risks, and
improving staff productivity.
The Bit9 and BigFix partnering agreement includes joint engineering and
integration work, co-marketing, and co-selling their respective solutions.
Both companies will present technology demonstrations and additional
information at the RSA Conference, April 8-11 in San Francisco, and
InfoSecurity Europe, April 22-24 in London.
About Bit9, Inc.
Bit9, Inc. is the pioneer and leader in enterprise application
whitelisting. The company's patented solutions ensure only trusted and
authorized applications are allowed to run, eliminating the risk caused by
malicious, illegal and non-authorized software. Unlike traditional,
reactive controls that try to scan and prevent the never-ending list of
unauthorized software, Bit9 leverages the Bit9 Global Software Registry(TM)
-- the world's largest database of software intelligence -- to ensure only
authorized applications can run delivering the highest levels of desktop
security, compliance, and manageability. Bit9 customers include companies
in a wide variety of industries, such as retail, financial services,
healthcare, e-commerce, telecommunications, as well as government agencies.
Founded in 2002, Bit9 is a privately held and based in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. For more information, visit http://www.bit9.com or call
617.393.7400.
About BigFix
BigFix(R), Inc. offers the only real-time converged PC and server
lifecycle configuration and endpoint protection framework that enables
organizations to see, change, and enforce IT policies in real-time at
global scale. Designed for highly distributed and complex IT
infrastructures, BigFix delivers real-time endpoint visibility and control
through its single-agent/single console, multi-function, on-demand
architecture. Its award-winning technology is proven in production in
top-ranked Wall Street financial firms; leading retailers; healthcare
delivery organizations; national, state/provincial and local governments;
and educational institutions. For more information visit
http://www.bigfix.com.
All company and product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of
their respective companies.
Editorial Contacts:
Kate Munro Greg Sabey
Director of Marketing, Bit9 Text 100 for Bit9
Phone: 617.393.7421 Phone: 617.399.4909
Email: kmunro@bit9.com Email: gregs@text100.com
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http://www.bit9.com
http://www.bigfix.com
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CONTACT:
Kate Munro, Director of Marketing of Bit9,
+1-617-393-7421, kmunro@bit9.com, or Greg Sabey of Text 100 for
Bit9, +1-617-399-4909, gregs@text100.com
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