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nCircle Extends Leading Agentless Configuration Compliance Solution With Nine New CIS-Certified Configuration Policies

(May 22, 2008)-- nCircle, provider of agentless security risk and compliance management solutions, announced the release of nine new configuration policies certified by the Center for Internet Security (CIS). The new policies are included in nCircle Configuration Compliance Manager(CCM), and extend nCircle's coverage of common operating system and platform configurations. The policies help enterprises benchmark the configuration state of their critical systems based on CIS standards, and enable proactive compliance monitoring and alerting.

nCircle CCM automates configuration auditing and compliance processes including file integrity monitoring, providing visibility into system configurations and the compliance impact of changes to servers, workstations and network infrastructure devices. Uniquely using agentless technology, CCM enables enterprises to audit the configurations of more types of devices, operating systems, and applications than any competing solution.

CIS benchmarks are technical controls designed to improve the security configuration of enterprise systems and devices. The benchmarks are widely accepted by U.S. government agencies for FISMA compliance, and by auditors for compliance with PCI, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, and other the information security-centric regulatory requirements.

"Enterprises constantly struggle to ensure the security and accepted configuration of their various critical systems and applications. Proactive monitoring, baselining and alerting helps ensure systems are secure and compliant," said Clint Kreitner, president and CEO of CIS. "nCircle's addition of these nine new CIS-certified policies will help their customers achieve and maintain a known, trusted state compliant with these widely accepted benchmarks."

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