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Helping enterprise organizations to more quickly and
easily evaluate their state of audit readiness, BindView Corp.
(Nasdaq:BVEW) announced today the availability of a free downloadable
Compliance Assessment Tool (BVCAT). The new tool provides a snapshot
compliance evaluation by combining a question-based survey about
internal policies with automated assessments of technical
configuration criteria. Following completion of the BVCAT evaluation,
an assessment report outlines weaknesses in the organization's
compliance posture that could potentially lead to negative audit
findings.
BVCAT offers an initial measurement of an organization's
compliance audit readiness against major industry regulations
including Sarbanes-Oxley, FISMA, GLBA, Basel II and PCI. It also
provides a qualitative and quantitative picture of the environment,
along with an assessment of its compliance posture relative to
specific regulations.
The free download includes both survey and measurement components.
The 10-question, five-minute survey checks for policies and processes
commonly scrutinized by auditors that are outlined in prominent
frameworks including COBIT, FFIEC and NIST SP 800-53, among others.
The measurement examines more than 60 discrete configuration elements
or checks on a single representative system, evaluating IT controls
and providing a technical assessment into overall audit readiness.
"BVCAT is much like a home cholesterol test for compliance
professionals," said BindView Vice President of Field Marketing Chris
Smith. "It tests a small but significant set of indicators surrounding
the overall health of the IT infrastructure, which represents its
compliance posture. While poor test results may not necessarily
indicate poor health -- or non-compliance -- it's an excellent early
indicator of potential problems to come."
For more information or to run the compliance assessment please
visit: http://www.bindview.com/bvcat/.
Evaluating BVCAT Results
BVCAT uses more than 60 discrete configuration elements or checks
which divide baseline measurement criteria into three categories:
Log Auditing: Evaluates whether system logs are appropriately
enabled and configured to record information. Assesses if there is a
sufficient audit trail of account logon events so that each time a
user logs on the system there is a record entered into the log.
Restricted Access: Assesses user permissions to sensitive system
data and resources, evaluating whether appropriate approvals are
assigned for shutting down or changing system dates and times.
Dangerous Services: Reviews commonly exploited services including
Telnet, Messenger, SNMP, Alerter and ClipBook services and evaluates
whether these are either disabled or severely restricted.
About BindView
BindView Corporation is a global provider of IT security
compliance software. BindView solutions remove barriers that limit an
organization's ability to cost effectively demonstrate due care and
maintain compliance with IT security policies and regulatory mandates.
BindView policy compliance; vulnerability and configuration
management; and directory and access management software combine
best-practices knowledge with automated controls to reduce risk and
protect IT assets at the lowest cost across users, systems,
applications and databases in multi-platform environments. More than
20 million licenses have shipped to 5,000 companies worldwide,
spanning all major business segments and the public sector. Contact
BindView via e-mail at info@bindview.com, on the web at
http://www.bindview.com, and at 1-713-561-4000 or 1-800-749-8439.