AlertEnterprise COTS Software Perfect for DHS, DoD, Military and Intel.

AlertEnterprise delivers secure prevention and real-time detection of cross-enterprise threats in multiple systems and locations. The solutions are purpose built to minimize the threat of theft, fraud, and malicious behavior – by offering simultaneous analysis and correlation of IT, physical and control system access events. AlertEnterprise reduces the potential for economic and social disruption in critical infrastructure sectors, consistent with the mandates of Homeland Security and other regulatory agencies.

AlertEnterprise is well-aligned with requirements for managing IT security risk and compliance efforts required by the US Federal Government in all bodies of the government. Through its multi-regulatory compliance framework, AlertEnterprise supports the FISMA requirements such as NIST SP800-53A for Certification & Accreditation of systems for civilian agencies as well as DIACAP (DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process) requirements. Additional requirements based on DISA STIGS can be implemented and deployed as add-ons to the existing software products.

AlertEnterprise participates in a number of standards bodies to drive thought leadership in the area of security convergence including the ANSI/ISA99 Standards for Securing Industrial Automation and Control Systems. AlertEnterprise supports the development of dual-use technologies and was recently awarded the Most Innovative Cyber Security product of the year at the 6th Annual “The Security Summit” in San Diego. Additionally AlertEnterprise was recognized as the Most Innovative company by RSA Security Conference 2009 during its innovation Sandbox competition.

AlertEnterprise wins Most Innovative Cyber Security Product Award

AlertEnterprise™, Inc., won the coveted Most Innovative Product award in the Information Assurance, Cyber Security and Security Software category at the 6th Annual Security Summit held May 20-21, 2009 in San Diego, California. In addition to landing the top slot in its category, AlertEnterprise delighted attendees and judges in all categories and was also named runner up for the Best in Show award.

The Security Network serves as the organizer and lead sponsor of the annual Security Summit and on-going events, including working groups and other regularly scheduled meetings. The Security Network is a non-profit public-private partnership consisting of industry, government, and academic institutions combining together to promote the development of dual usage security technologies needed by both public and private sectors. Across the board, this year’s group of dual-use technologies were extremely impressive,” said Michael B. Jones, President of The Security Network. “Being selected as the winning product among such a high level of competition is testament to AlertEnterprise’s focus on innovation and effectiveness that will impact the security market for many years.”

AlertEnterprise bridges the single most overlooked gap in enterprise security - the true prevention and detection of cross-enterprise threats by linking physical access and IT security to ensure compliance with regulations and standards like NIST SP800-xx, NERC CIP, CFATS, HSPD, C-TPATS, MTSA, FISMA and most DoD regulations. Additionally there is support for Sox, HIPAA, CobiT and other commercial regulations. AlertEnterprise delivers unprecedented capabilities to visualize previously undetectable threats and assists managers in remediating security risk across the enterprise. Real Time risk monitoring, geo-spatial visualization and actionable risk remediation can stop any potential theft, sabotage or act of terrorism right in their tracks.

For further information please contact me at pan.kamal@alertenterprise.com

The Hidden Cost of Downsizing

There is a hidden cost to downsizing that companies are starting to come to grips with. According to a recent story in CSO Magazine, an auditor formerly employed at a major water distribution company used his electronic key card which was still active following his separation from the company, to get into secured facilities and wire himself $9 Million dollars before being discovered. The fraud really only got detected because he tried to deposit a stolen check as well. While the transaction was reversed in time, the perpetrator remains at large.

Based on a February 2009 study conducted by the Ponemon Institute on data loss following downsizing, 32% respondents polled had authentication credentials that still worked following their termination. Of this number 15% had access continue for a few hours after their termination, whereas a whopping 35% had access that continued for a week or longer! These risks are too large to ignore, the manual processes reconciling IT access and physical access cannot scale and something has to be done now.

What about critical corporate assets - laptops, Blackberries (is that the plural?), USB thumb drives, SD cards etc. All these things carry critical information. According to the Ponemon Institute study on data loss following downsizing, the corporate assets and information that was taken by departing employees:
· 92% of employees took CDs/DVDs;
· 73% took USB memory sticks;
· 17% took PDAs;
· 9% kept their Blackberry; and
· 3% kept their laptops.

“AlertEnterprise delivers a complete risk management approach by detecting blended threats based on access to IT Systems, Physical Access Control and applications automating specialized processes. No other security solution, not even much touted Identity and Access Management can match this”. -Jasvir Gill, Founder & CEO AlertEnterprise, former CEO Virsa Systems.

For more information on this or other security convergence issues please email me at pan.kamal@alertenterprise.com