BindView Offers Free Compliance Assessment Download to Evaluate Audit Readiness; Software Provides Quick and Easy Snapshot View
October 05 2005 - 12:45PM
Business Wire
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.
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