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Opsware Inc. (NASDAQ:OPSW), the leading provider of Data Center
Automation software, today announced compatibility certification with
Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL), based on Opsware’s
ability to convert OVAL information alerts into actionable policies
distributed to customers by The Opsware Network, Opsware’s
compliance and vulnerability subscription service.
OVAL is an international information security community standard to
promote open and publicly available security content, and to standardize
the transfer of this information across the entire spectrum of security
tools and services. The Opsware Network supports and publishes OVAL
vulnerability definitions, and within 24 hours can generally translate
the vulnerability advisories into actionable policies that integrate
seamlessly into the Opsware Server Automation System. This powerful and
proactive approach to security enables customers to eliminate security
gaps within and protect servers from outside threats that could
potentially wreak havoc on a customer’s
business.
Opsware automates what has traditionally been a manual process for
managing vulnerabilities that impact today’s
IT organization and that is typically sourced by individual feeds from
multiple data sources. This effort is tedious, time-consuming, and can
often result in a costly and compromised IT environment. Through support
of the OVAL platform, Opsware leverages the power of the OVAL community
to ensure a thorough, complete and accurate understanding of emerging
threats and vulnerabilities that impact today’s
IT environments. Opsware currently supports 1,816 OVAL vulnerability
definitions which cover 1,145 vulnerabilities.
“OVAL is committed to providing security
experts with a common language to discuss the technical details of how
to maintain consistent, secure systems,” said
Andrew Buttner, MITRE Senior INFOSEC Engineer and OVAL Compatibility
Lead. “The OVAL Compatibility Program ensures
that a wide range of tools and services can seamlessly exchange security
data in OVAL’s standard formats. In becoming
certified OVAL Compatible, The Opsware Network and Server Automation
System are advancing the state of the art in information security
through transparent interoperability with other OVAL Compatible tools
and services.”
After downloading OVAL-based policies from The Opsware Network, the
Server Automation System immediately applies the policies, saving
valuable time and eliminating the need to manually build policies based
on vendor-specific alerts. If vulnerability definitions are not
available from the OVAL community, Opsware creates its own definitions
to ensure potential vulnerabilities are addressed. The end result is a
rapid assessment of vulnerability impact and a dramatic reduction in the
vulnerability window.
“Opsware is proud to support OVAL, the
leading open standard for security content,”
said Tim Howes, EVP of Research & Development and CTO at Opsware Inc. “With
our OVAL-certified automation products, customers can now leverage the
power of the open, community-based OVAL standard in protecting their IT
environments. OVAL-described vulnerabilities can now be detected,
audited, and remediated automatically, saving customers time and money,
and reducing the risk to their businesses.”
OVAL is one of several standards in The Security Content Automation
Protocol developed by several U.S. government organizations. For more
information on Opsware’s work with OVAL,
please visit: http://www.opsware.com/products/oval.php.
About OVAL™
Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL) is an international,
information security, community standard to promote open and publicly
available security content, and to standardize the transfer of this
information across the entire spectrum of security tools and services.
OVAL includes a language used to encode system details and an assortment
of content repositories held throughout the community. The language
standardizes the three main steps of the assessment process:
representing the configuration information systems for testing;
analyzing the system for the presence of the specified state; and
reporting the results of this assessment. The repositories are
collections of publicly available and open content that utilize the
language.
About Opsware Inc. (NASDAQ:OPSW)
Opsware, the world’s leading IT automation
company, unlocks the promise of technology by accelerating IT to zero
latency. The company’s software, the Opsware
System, automates the entire data center, from provisioning to patching,
configuration to compliance and discovery to deployment, turning data
center operations into a competitive advantage for business. Opsware’s
technology is used by hundreds of companies worldwide including banks,
service providers, retailers, manufacturers and Internet companies with
IT environments ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of servers,
network devices, storage devices and IT processes. For more information
on Opsware Inc., please visit our Web site at www.opsware.com.
Opsware is a service mark and trademark of Opsware Inc. All other
product names, service marks, and trademarks mentioned herein are
trademarks of their respective owners.