Network Associates Releases New CyberCop Scanner 5.5 With Power
To Automatically Repair Network Security Holes
CyberCop Scanner's New ‘AutoFix' Technology, Enhanced Feature Set, Flexible
Licensing and Industry-Leading 700+ Vulnerability Database Provide Strongest
Intrusion Protection
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Network Associates, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETA) today announced the newest version of its CyberCop Scanner product with “AutoFix” technology, allowing security professionals to achieve an almost instant return on investment by enabling the immediate repair of security holes discovered during an audit. With an industry-best 720 vulnerability checks, unique firewall scanning capabilities, OS detection, improved performance and new flexible licensing, CyberCop Scanner 5.5 continues to lead its competitors in virtually every metric. Along with CyberCop Monitor for Solaris 2.0, also announced today, this next generation of intrusion detection tools from Network Associates confirms the company's leadership in providing comprehensive security for e-business together with enterprise-level manageability.
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“The new features in CyberCop Scanner will allow us to apply both
proactive and reactive security strategies to help automate the task of keeping our network secure,” said Cheryl Ann Costa, security engineer for Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems. “CyberCop Scanner is more flexible than ever, giving me the ability to easily design my own audits, and the standards-compliant database will allow us greater manageability of data.”
CyberCop Scanner 5.5 has a number of new features designed to give network administrators even more power to check their networks for known vulnerabilities. The new version of Scanner ships with the capability to test -- and the information to repair—over seven hundred network, protocol and application vulnerabilities. New vulnerabilities are discovered and documented on a regular basis by Network Associates' Vulnerability Research Team of white-hat hacker security experts. The VRT team employs over 100 researchers in 40 countries who constantly investigate new software and hardware while staying abreast of the latest hacking techniques. Their research supports CyberCop Scanner's AutoUpdate feature, which enables administrators to ascertain whether their networks are susceptible to newly discovered vulnerabilities days or even hours after their discovery.
“In CyberCop Scanner we have created a powerful tool for network administrators to police their networks, and with AutoFix we have added the capability to close holes the second they are found,” said Andrew Maguire, product marketing manager for Network Associates. “Regular network scanning can greatly increase the level of security an administrator can create and enforce on his or her particular network, offering powerful, customizable capabilities for security policy enforcement.”
Other features of CyberCop Scanner 5.5 include:
 Rapid Scan Architecture—CyberCop's new scan engine fully utilizes
Microsoft's 32-bit multi-threaded architecture for vastly improved scanning speed to provide complete control over bandwidth usage and scanning of up to 100 hosts simultaneously.
 OS Fingerprint Detection—CyberCop Scanner's new Operating System
(OS) fingerprint detection identifies the operating system type of hosts on a network. Once operating system types are identified, modules are then disabled that do not pertain to that device, greatly increasing scanning speed. In addition, CyberCop's new OS scan selection feature allows for specific group audits of devices by OS, enabling straightforward management within large, heterogeneous environments.
 Scanning Templates—Administrators can create a portfolio of scan configurations for multiple engagements, either by departments, network address range or module options (i.e. “Marketing Department scan,” “Quarterly No-Holds-Barred scan”) and save them as pre-configured scanning templates that can be run and rerun, further easing administrative load on regular tasks.
 Firewall Auditing Analysis—CyberCop Scanner is the only security auditing tool to offer the most comprehensive firewall checks that verify access control, password, packet, protocol, and port usage on firewalls and other packet filtering devices to greatly enhance perimeter security. Utilizing a unique “tracer packet” technology, CyberCop's new firewall sentry allows for ease of use and report generation that makes important firewall audits effortless.
 Flexible Licensing—While many vulnerability scanners will not work unless they have been licensed for the specific IP address being scanned, CyberCop Scanner is licensed for use on any network. This new flexible licensing scheme makes CyberCop Scanner the preferred tool of both security professionals who provide auditing services for multiple clients and network administrators whose networks grow and change daily.
 New Reporting and Redesigned Interface—CyberCop Scanner's new report generation features integrate with the Microsoft Management Console and Crystal Reports to allow for easier management, customization and presentation of scan results. CyberCop's new GUI and menu navigation simplify the ease of configuration, removing complexity normally associated with security auditing tools.
 Custom Scripting Capability—Security professionals can write testing scripts in either Visual Basic or CyberCop's Custom Audit Scripting Language (CASL) to create custom scanning tests for any IP device or protocol.
CyberCop Scanner is a core component of the CyberCop Intrusion Protection Suite, the industry's only complete product line to help network administrators scan, monitor and apprehend intruders. The suite is completed by CyberCop Monitor, a next-generation real-time intrusion detection system designed to thwart both network- and system-based attacks, as well as CyberCop Sting, a “decoy server” that silently traces and tracks hackers, recording and reporting all intrusive activity to security administrators. The full CyberCop Suite is integrated with Network Associates' Active Security framework, which allows products such as the intrusion detection system, firewall, antivirus and help desk operate in concert, actively communicating alerts and adapting security policies for real-time response when threats are detected. For more information or to download a free trial version of CyberCop Scanner or the full CyberCop Intrusion Protection Suite, visit nai.com.
Pricing and availability
The new version ships free of charge to current CyberCop users under the Network Associates subscription-pricing model. For new customers, CyberCop Scanner is priced per node scanned, and begins at $5,080 for 254 nodes. Pricing for the full CyberCop Intrusion Protection Suite begins at $9,398 for 254 nodes.
With headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Network Associates, Inc. is a leading supplier of enterprise network security and management software. Network Associates' Net Tools Secure and Net Tools Manager offer best-of-breed, suite-based network security and management solutions. Net Tools Secure and Net Tools Manager suites combine to create the Net Tools solution, which centralizes these point solutions within an easy-to-use, integrated systems management environment. For more information, Network Associates can be reached at 408-988-3832 or on the Internet at nai.com.
NOTE: Net Tools and CyberCop are registered trademarks of Network Associates, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. All other registered and unregistered trademarks in this document are the sole property of their respective owners.
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