StillSecure Safe Access Endpoint Device Security Los Angeles CA

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Originally published at Internet.com

Endpoint security is increasingly a concern for IT organizations that need to serve mobile workers whose intelligent devices might be communicating sensitive data to corporate applications.

Network security software vendor StillSecure is attempting to address this concern with the release of StillSecure Safe Access, software designed to ensure that any device accessing a company's network has been screened to remove known security threats and is in compliance with corporate security policy.

Safe Access protects against the latest worms and viruses, such as Blaster, SQL Slammer and SoBig, and it ensures that potentially damaging applications, such as peer-to-peer (P2P) or spyware, are not present on the network. The product secures endpoint devices used by remote employees using VPN or dial-up, devices logging onto the network directly, and devices connecting through wireless networks.

Safe Access is agentless and is infrastructure-agnostic.

"Many of today's current attacks are directed to end-user devices," says Mitchell Ashley, CTO and vice president of engineering for StillSecure. "Hackers have figured out that we are locking down the network, so they are going after the weakest link now."

Many customers of StillSecure's vulnerability management and intrusion detection/prevention products asked the company to produce an endpoint security product, he says.

Administrators use Safe Access by first defining usage policies, which can include tests for OS version, updates patches and hot fixes for known worms, viruses or other malicious code, and for PSP or spyware. The test collect is continuously updated by Still Secure as updates and patches become available. Devices attempting to access the network are tested for compliance with policy; results trigger the appropriate enforcement.

Devices meeting requirements are allowed entry to the network. Devices that fail can be denied access or let into a quarantined area. The devices is continually checked while on the network for system changes that violate policy. The product is priced for a perpetual software license at $5,000 for five concurrent users (approximately 50 end users), and at $60,000 for 100 concurrent users (approximately 1,000 end users). The product is also priced on a subscription model, priced at approximately $100 per user per year.