NitroSecurity Unveils Industry`s First Content-Aware Security Information and Event Management Platform

NitroView ESM X5 Appliance Offers Granular Views into Application Content and
Sessions in Addition to Traditional Security Log Management
PORTSMOUTH, N.H.--(Business Wire)--
NitroSecurity, Inc., today unveiled the NitroView Enterprise Security Manager
(ESM) X5, the market`s first content-aware Security Information and Event
Management (SIEM) platform with the ability to peer deep into application
content and individual sessions for greatly enhanced network security forensics.
Boasting a massive memory capacity of 512 Gigabytes of high-speed DRAM, the
NitroView ESM X5 has broken the performance barrier that has commonly plagued
legacy SIEM`s by boosting speed and the ability to collect and report on
security events by a factor of ten.

"SIEM systems must evolve well beyond log management if they are to truly become
a critical element of the enterprise security contingency plan," said Michael
Leland, chief technology officer of NitroSecurity. "NitroView X5 gives security
managers the unprecedented ability to examine their infrastructure in full
granular detail, including application content and full session details. It`s
the difference between guessing that a security breach may have happened four
hours ago and knowing exactly which workstation, employee, and method was
implemented to illegally capture credit card information."

NitroView ESM X5 builds on the company`s flagship product NitroView ESM, a
robust security platform widely recognized as the marketplace`s highest
performing SIEM with the ability to collect, correlate and report on security
events from every device, application, and data source associated with an
enterprise network in real-time - a requirement for enterprises looking for an
immediate response capability.

At the core of a ten-fold jump in performance is a dedicated memory bank of 512
Gigabytes of high-speed DRAM, which allows NitroView to scale even higher
without losing performance. As a result, the X5 can support uncompressed
collection rates of up to 100,000 events and flows per second, and over 40
million events per second using event aggregation technology.

"When you`re managing thousands of servers, you can`t wait hours for the
information you need to investigate a threat, because a threat can propagate
quickly. If it`s a virus, every second increases the scope and cost of
disinfecting the network. If it`s a breach of sensitive data, that data is going
to move outside of your control very quickly. In any case, every second counts,
and every second costs real dollars," stated Leland. "NitroView was already
recognized as the highest-performance SIEM in the industry, but it`s a not a
question of being the fastest: it`s a question of being fast enough to support
content-aware correlation, especially in very large networks."

NitroSecurity`s quest for high-performance information management isn`t new. The
company`s core technology represents over 20 years of research and development,
with several patents around data collection, storage and analysis that have
allowed NitroView to distinguish itself into a new class of security information
management. This technology, called NitroEDB, is sufficient to improve data
management performance well beyond the capabilities of the traditional SQL or
flat-file database systems used by other SIEMs-and is already responsible for
earning NitroSecurity the leading position in SIEM performance.

About NitroView Enterprise Security Manager (ESM)

NitroView ESM is the first and only content-aware Security Information and Event
Management platform. Using patented data storage and management technology,
NitroView is able to collect and manage billions of events, logs, network
activity flows, and even application content-while maintaining the real-time
analytics that are required for rapid incident response. NitroView`s unique
capability to monitor and analyze application content along with typical
security events and logs provides unparalleled visibility into data usage,
provides unparalleled threat detection and fraud detection capabilities, and
ensures that compliance reports are accurate and complete. NitroView is Common
Criteria certified to EAL3, and is validated by the FIPS140-2 level 2, and is
able to support FISMA rapid response requirements as well as DOD and NIST
directives.

About NitroSecurity

NitroSecurity develops security information and compliance management solutions
that protect business information and infrastructure. NitroSecurity solutions
reduce business risk exposure and increase network and information availability
by removing the scalability and performance limitations of security information
management. Utilizing the industry`s fastest analytical tools, NitroSecurity
identifies, correlates and remediates threats in minutes instead of hours,
allowing organizations to quickly mitigate risks to the organization`s
information and infrastructure.

NitroSecurity serves more than 500 enterprises across many vertical markets,
including healthcare, education, financial services, government, retail,
hospitality and managed services. For more information, please visit
nitrosecurity.com.

NitroSecurity
Eric D Knapp, 603-570-3923
eknapp@nitrosecurity.com

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