McAfee Total Protection for Endpoint is the Industry's First Unified
Platform for Endpoint Security and Compliance Management
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McAfee, Inc.
(NYSE: MFE) announced enhancements to McAfee(R) Total Protection (ToPS) for
Endpoint, McAfee's flagship endpoint security solution. This release
provides new and updated compliance and security functions, including
powerful policy auditing, flexible network access control, rogue system
detection, enhanced Web security and improved anti-malware technology. The
integration of management capabilities between endpoint security and
compliance management enables customers to reduce costs, improve visibility
and comply with industry & security policy across their entire
infrastructure.
According to Research VP Paul Proctor, Gartner, Inc. "Companies today
realize that they need more than just good security controls, and that they
must also address compliance with internal security policies and industry
regulations. A combination of good security functions and compliance
management improves security operations efficiency and maturity."
New Power to Manage Today's Compliance Challenges
McAfee ToPS for Endpoint leverages ePolicy Orchestrator(R) (ePO(TM)),
using a unified Web-based platform to simplify management and lower the
cost of managing IT security and compliance. The addition of powerful
policy auditing capabilities to ToPS for Endpoint Advanced allows for
reduced management effort and ensures security compliance measures are met
and audited. Unlike other vendors who have multiple management consoles for
endpoint security and compliance auditing, ToPS for Endpoint Advanced uses
a single management platform to provide operational efficiencies and cost
savings.
Regulations and standards like Payment Card Industry Data Security
Standard, Sarbanes-Oxley, Data Protection Act and other data privacy laws
require organizations to deploy stronger security to safeguard their data
assets. Companies today must be able to:
-- Identify and report on vulnerabilities, service mis-configurations
and policy violations by mapping IT controls against pre-defined compliance
policies
-- Enforce that all endpoints are compliant with security policies
before allowing access to network and/or data stores
-- Prove compliance by consistently reporting on compliance for
industry regulations and internal security policies
Businesses benefit from stronger security and are able to reduce costs
and streamline security management with an integrated console that helps
achieve faster ROI and increased visibility.
"We can demonstrate that a single integrated solution like Total
Protection for Endpoint can save companies millions of dollars in
operational and security costs," said Vimal Solanki, vice president of
solutions marketing at McAfee. "The integration with ePolicy Orchestrator
plays a powerful role in reducing these costs. For example, a two billion
dollar enterprise running a 25% profit margin that needs 4,000
desktops/laptops and 1,000 servers protected can expect to see a three year
total return of more than a $2,000,000 and a payback period in months
instead of years(1)."
Key Product Enhancements:
* Powerful Policy Auditing -- As part of ToPS for Endpoint Advanced,
customers now have the ability to perform audits against internal security
policies or regulatory compliance standards across all endpoints using a
single integrated console -ePO. Powerful out-of-the box benchmarks or
imported from other authoritative sources enables comprehensive and
flexible policy auditing checks.
* Unified and Secure Network Access Control -- Available in Total
Protection for Endpoint -- Advanced, McAfee NAC 3.0 ensures endpoints are
protected and compliant with corporate policies prior to accessing network
resources. With its advanced ePO integration, MNAC 3.0 is the only solution
to unify Compliance Auditing and Network Access Control with a single set
of policies and a single management console. Also included in MNAC 3.0 is
deep integration with Microsoft's Network Access Protection (NAP)
technology, which enables customers to leverage existing infrastructure to
enforce security policies on unmanaged systems.
* Detection of Rogue Systems -- New enhancements have been made to
detect when new rogue systems attach to your network to stop unprotected
endpoints from introducing malware or other threats.
* Enhanced Web Security -- The SiteAdvisor Enterprise Plus technology
enhances the Total Protection for Endpoint solutions to proactively warn
and block end users from malicious websites with whitelists and blacklists.
Manageability with ePO 4.0 enables complete enterprise wide deployment to
stop malware, spam, downloaders, spyware, phishing attacks and other
web-borne attacks.
* Improved Anti-Malware Technology -- The strong anti-malware in Total
Protection for Endpoint solutions just got stronger with enhanced rootkit
detection improved scanning performance and protection for virtual
machines.
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.
(1) Based on McAfee's ROI Calculator developed by Forrester Research
SOURCE McAfee, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Erica Coleman of McAfee, Inc.,
+1-408-346-5624, erica_coleman@mcafee.com; or Ian Bain of Red
Consultancy, +1-415-618-8806, ian.bain@redconsultancy.com, for
McAfee, Inc.
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