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IBM Releases Tivoli Security Operations Manager

IBM has announced new security software that would help corporate IT departments, telecom service providers and IT outsourcing companies keep their computer networks and systems up and running despite security attacks by malicious outsiders, employees or contractors.

IBM said that its new Tivoli Security Operations Manager secures networks by automatically detecting and managing security threats as they happen, rather than after the damage is done.

Using the new software IBM said that organisations can react quickly when their networks are struck by denial-of-service attacks or hackers. It can also spot insider attacks, such as when a former employee with lingering company access tries to access sensitive company information, such as financial or customer data, which can lead to compliance violations.

The new software will be the company's first product to incorporate technology from IBM's acquisition of Micromuse.

The new IBM software automates how security data is collected and analysed across an IT infrastructure and prioritizes security incidents via a real-time dashboard. This cuts a company's response time from minutes to milliseconds and can make it less expensive for IT outsourcers, ISPs and corporations to maintain secure, available networks.

Tivoli Security Operations Manager integrates with network and systems management from Netcool Omnibus and Tivoli Enterprise Console -- especially to simplify workflow and communications between security and the rest of the IT organization. The software's ability to pull security data from Netcool Omnibus enables companies to monitor security incidents tied to the growing adoption of voice, video and data over IP being delivered by service providers.

Tivoli Security Operations Manager derives other security features from Tivoli Identity Manager and Tivoli Access Manager. Insider attacks such as identity theft, whether perpetrated by employees or contractors, typically require access to sensitive systems. This user account and access information is managed by Tivoli Access Manager and Tivoli Identity Manager, and leveraged by Tivoli Security Operations Manager for proactive assessment of security threats.


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