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CA eTrust Security Solutions and Services Support Network Access Protection Technology From Microsoft

Posted on: Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 06:00 CDT

ISLANDIA, N.Y., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Associates International, Inc. today announced that its eTrust Antivirus and eTrust Vulnerability Manager will support Microsoft's new Network Access Protection (NAP) technology, an extensible standards-based solution for enabling users to securely access corporate networks. CA made the announcement at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, where it is providing software and services to help ensure successful security of the conference infrastructure.

Network Access Protection technology allows IT professionals to monitor and control network access based upon validation of a computer's compliance to pre-established policies. Network access policies are defined and managed by network administrators and managed by a central "policy coordination server."

"Microsoft's new Network Access Protection technology provides an attractive, open solution for automatically evaluating the health of remote clients before they start interacting with the enterprise network," said Toby Weiss, senior vice president of eTrust security management at CA. "CA's solutions and services enable IT organizations to fully leverage that model by telling it exactly what it needs to look for."

One of the major security challenges facing IT organizations is effectively managing the tremendous amount of information relating to new viruses and worms, recent discoveries of vulnerabilities in commercial software, and current recommendations for remediation. By providing a comprehensive and automated way of managing and applying that information, CA optimizes both the effectiveness and the operational efficiency of IT security teams.

* CA's eTrust Antivirus will integrate with Network Access Protection to

ensure that clients connecting to the network are using the correct

version of antivirus software and that virus signature files are up-to-

date. This verification is vital for establishing appropriate trust

levels for corporate networks and for eliminating a significant

potential infection vector.

* CA's eTrust Vulnerability Manager will integrate with Network Access

Protection to ensure that clients connecting to the network meet

required configuration standards and have all appropriate

patches/updates installed. This will ensure that insufficiently secure

systems are effectively isolated.

* In addition, CA customers will be able to leverage the global, round-

the-clock research of CA's Security Advisory Team to ensure that the

security policies implemented though Network Access Protection fully

address new and emerging vulnerabilities as they are discovered. This

up-to-the-minute information is particularly critical for protecting

the enterprise environment from today's rapidly proliferating malware

threats.

This unique combination of virus protection, configuration assessment and threat tracking make CA's eTrust solutions and services ideal for organizations seeking to fully leverage Microsoft's new Network Access Protection technology as a means of enabling secure remote access -- while reducing the IT administration costs associated with providing secure access.

"Microsoft welcomes CA's broad support for Network Access Protection," said Steve Anderson, director in the Windows Server Group at Microsoft Corp. "CA's eTrust technology and Security Advisory Team will help our mutual customers get maximum value from Network Access Protection as they seek to ensure the integrity of their enterprise environments and enable users to easily connect with corporate IT resources on an anytime/anywhere basis."

Microsoft selected CA to provide the same comprehensive security and infrastructure management at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference that the company provided for Microsoft's recent Tech-Ed conference. Built on CA's eTrust and Unicenter management software and supported by CA Technology Services, the state-of-the-art Security Network Operations Center for Tech-Ed 2004 successfully fended off a diverse range of assaults and achieved 99% uptime -- despite the unique challenges presented by the complexity of the event's computing environment, the speed of deployment, diversity of user needs and the intensity of the attacks it attracted.

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About CA

Computer Associates International, Inc. , the world's largest management software company, delivers software and services across operations, security, storage, life cycle and service management to optimize the performance, reliability and efficiency of enterprise IT environments. Founded in 1976, CA is headquartered in Islandia, N.Y., and operates in more than 100 countries. For more information, please visit http://ca.com/.

Computer Associates International, Inc. One Computer Associates Plaza, Islandia, N.Y. 11749. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.

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