Monday, 14 August 2006

New IT Policy Compliance Offering Launched

Symantec has announced Symantec Control Compliance Suite, an upgrade to the bv-Control portfolio of products that helps customers reduce the cost and complexity of IT policy compliance through automated assessment of policies against industry regulations, standards and best practices.

More than 4,000 customers worldwide currently have Symantec Control Compliance Suite components installed, relying on these automated tools to govern their IT compliance posture by detecting drift from secure baselines, identifying accounts with blank passwords, and notifying the organization when administrative accounts receive new members.

"As organizations continue to face stringent IT policy compliance requirements, Symantec is committed to helping customers define what they would like to be compliant to, control their IT environment to achieve compliance, and help them govern that compliance posture over time," said Arshad Matin, vice president, compliance and security management, Symantec "Symantec Control Compliance Suite reduces costs associated with compliance by automating the management of deviations from technical standards"