Core Security Extends IMPACT Product Line to Address Universal Demand for Comprehensive Security Testing
To Proactively Expose Vulnerabilities, Measure Operational Risk
and Assure Security Effectiveness, Core Security Now Offers IMPACT Pro
and IMPACT Essential
BOSTON--(Business Wire)--
Core Security Technologies today announced a major milestone in
its corporate and product strategy, positioning its proactive
vulnerability management solutions to best serve the growing demand
for security testing across the full range of organizational models
and enterprise computing environments. To give users the greatest
breadth and depth of testing options, Core Security has diversified
its product line by introducing CORE IMPACT Essential. As part of this
extension of its software solutions, Core is also announcing version
7.6 of its flagship product henceforth to be known as CORE IMPACT Pro,
which will be delivered in September.
Collectively, the two products will now support a comprehensive
set of enterprises and computing environments, delivering on the need
for organizations to proactively expose vulnerabilities, measure
operational risk and gain visibility into the efficacy of security
mechanisms throughout their infrastructure.
"It's clear that organizations have embraced security testing as a
critical process for measuring the effectiveness of their security
infrastructure and improving their ability to manage risk," said Mark
Hatton, CEO, Core Security Technologies. "Our ability to continue to
adapt our solutions to the diverse needs of the marketplace and help
companies stay ahead of threats in a proactive manner remains the
strength of our company and our dedicated CoreLabs researchers."
Charles Kolodgy, research director for secure content and threat
management products at analyst firm IDC, anticipates that companies of
all sizes and architectures are going to be actively assessing their
overall security posture and proactive testing is one of the most
effective methods to do so. He said, "Organizations need to be more
aggressive about isolating their most significant risks and
prioritizing their efforts around those problems, and testing allows
you to do this quickly. CORE IMPACT Essential provides all
organizations with a tool to assist them in effectively managing their
vulnerabilities."
One Size Does Not Fit All: Introducing CORE IMPACT Essential
With threats increasingly being tailored specifically to exploit
the range of defensive mechanisms, the need for proactive security
testing has likewise expanded to include every example of
organizational structure.
While the CORE IMPACT Pro solution provides a fully comprehensive,
customizable package of testing capabilities to address an
organization's entire IT and networking infrastructure across the
broadest range of assets, CORE IMPACT Essential offers a strategic
combination of simplified testing capabilities and automation designed
to meet a targeted subset of testing needs.
CORE IMPACT Essential is the perfect security testing product to
address the requirements of:
-- Large enterprises seeking to extend testing capabilities to
branch offices.
-- Distributed enterprises with remote operations.
-- Smaller enterprises seeking to maximize vulnerability scanner
results.
-- Computing environments with limited onsite IT expertise.
-- Organizations seeking to extend departmental testing
capabilities.
"As a long time CORE IMPACT customer we're excited to bring
Essential onboard to augment our implementation of Pro and expand our
use of proactive security testing to branch offices statewide," said
Robert Maley, chief information security officer, Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. "As with many organizations today, we have a broad range
of IT assets distributed across a number of locations, and the
combination of the two products will allow us to administer tests
quickly and easily throughout all our different operations. Until now
we've had to rely on the use of network scanners in many distributed
locations, but they simply do not provide the same level of specific,
actionable information that allows us to isolate and address pressing
areas of risk that need to be addressed immediately."
Maintaining Leadership: Introducing CORE IMPACT Pro v7.6
Along with adding CORE IMPACT Essential to its product line, Core
Security is proud to announce the latest version of its flagship
security testing software, CORE IMPACT Pro v7.6. Continuing in its
predecessors' footsteps as the most powerful, comprehensive security
testing and vulnerability assessment package on the market today, and
leveraging the industry's only commercial-grade capability to analyze
and measure exploitable risks across a broad range of platforms and
potential threat vectors, v7.6 offers enhancements including:
-- IPv6 network support for organizations required to meet the
June 30, 2008 deadline to have an IPv6-capable backbone.
-- A new Module Wizard that guides users through the process of
creating templates for launching their own customized exploit
modules.
-- Added support for the use of Pro's open Python debugging tools
to make the creation of complex custom modules easier and more
efficient.
Other significant enhancements in v7.6 address the product's web
application testing capabilities including:
-- Detection of additional critical vulnerabilities that make
possible the take-over of underlying server operating systems.
-- Improved management and presentation of discovered
vulnerabilities for more efficient and thorough testing.
-- Improved cookie handling for easier testing of web
applications that involve user authentication.
CORE IMPACT Essential is available immediately and CORE IMPACT Pro
v7.6 will be available in September.
About Core Security Technologies
Core Security Technologies is the leader in comprehensive security
testing software solutions that IT executives rely on to expose
vulnerabilities, measure operational risk and assure security
effectiveness. The company's CORE IMPACT product family offers a
comprehensive approach to assessing the security of network systems,
endpoint systems, email users and web applications against complex
threats. All CORE IMPACT security testing solutions are backed by
trusted vulnerability research and leading-edge threat expertise from
the company's Security Consulting Services, CoreLabs and Engineering
groups. Based in Boston, MA and Buenos Aires, Argentina, Core Security
Technologies can be reached at 617-399-6980 or on the Web at
http://www.coresecurity.com.
Schwartz Communications
Tim Whitman or Justin Drake, 781-684-0770
coresecurity@schwartz-pr.com
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