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Privacyware Endpoint
Security Console 2.0 Defends Enterprise Desktops and
Servers from Known and New Threats
― Latest Version Enhances
Threat Prevention and Endpoint Control with Expanded
Behavioral Technology and Layered Security Model ―
Red Bank, NJ – December 14, 2006 – Privacyware, an
innovative provider of desktop and host defense and
enterprise security analytics solutions, today announced
the availability of Endpoint Security Console 2.0 (ESC),
the administrative console for centralized deployment
and management of Privacyware’s popular Personal
Firewall and Host Intrusion Prevention Software -
Privatefirewall.
Privacyware’s Endpoint Security Console (ESC) enables
system administrators to install, monitor, and configure
Privatefirewall endpoint defense solution on any Windows
workstation, laptop or host within a server domain.
Settings can be customized for individual computers or
for Users/Groups defined and configured within Active
Directory.
Key enhancements in version
2.0 include:
• Workstation installation
is completely automated, requiring no action from users.
• Using Group Policy
Extensions, network access and rules for acceptable
application use can be configured for Active Directory
Users and Groups.
• Centralized alert
management enables network access and application rules
to be defined based on specific alerts and distributed
to Users and Groups.
• Process Detection:
Prevents viruses, trojans, worms and other malware by
tracking all trusted processes and providing alerts when
any potentially malicious process attempts to run.
• System Anomaly Detection:
Behavioral modeling technology baselines normal usage
based on system variables such as CPU utilization,
thread count, and others. Normal use patterns of running
applications are monitored and alerts are generated as
unusual activity is detected.
• Redesigned Tray Alerts:
Compact, user-friendly tray alerts provide basic
activity information. More detailed information alerts
and web search can be invoked with a single mouse-click.
• Stealth Mode: "Cloaks"
computer’s IP address, making PC invisible to the
Internet and potential intruders.
• Port tracking and
reporting: Tracks all ports and blocks unauthorized port
scanning or any other type of system intrusion. Detailed
reports list all port scan attempts and display
instantaneous on-screen alerts.
• Email Anomaly Detection:
Mitigates the impact of attacks targeting email clients
by tracking the volume and frequency of outbound emails.
Alerts you and blocks unacceptable deviations from
normal email activity.
• Advanced packet
filtering: Layer-3 firewall uses proprietary stateful
packet inspection technology to detect and block
unauthorized access to your system. Provides simple
adjustment of security levels (High/Low/Custom) to
establish different degrees of security for Internet and
Local Network access.
• Comprehensive application
and inbound/outbound URL control.
• Detailed reports for
Internet, System, and Email traffic.
Privatefirewall uses
advanced behavioral technology to protect systems from
both known and unknown threats and was just named a
winner in the Firewall/Desktop category of the 2006
Windows IT Pro Readers’ Choice Awards. Endpoint Security
Console enables administrators to deploy and manage this
proactive desktop defense solution enterprise-wide and
improve the protection of vulnerable network endpoints
against known and new threats and enforce accepted use
policies.
“Threats to enterprise desktops, laptops and servers
continue to increase in sophistication, speed, and
ultimate threat to the extended enterprise,” said Chris
Iannicello, Product Manager for Privacyware. “We have
extended the behavioral capabilities of Privatefirewall
to address an even more comprehensive set of application
and system level criteria. The result delivers more
immediate, agile and accurate defense against virus,
spyware, phishing, worm, rootkit, and hacker threats for
which scanning technologies are not yet prepared or are
simply not designed to combat in the first place.“
Privatefirewall and the Endpoint Security Console are
available for purchase via the Privacyware web site:
http://www.privacyware.com/personal_firewall.html or
through an authorized Privacyware reseller. Endpoint
Security Console pricing starts at $135 for a 5 seat
license. Volume pricing is available by contacting
sales@privacyware.com or calling 732-212-8110 x235. To
locate a reseller, please visit Privacyware at
http://www.privacyware.com/sales.html.
About Privacyware
Privacyware is an innovative provider
of host and desktop threat prevention and enterprise
security analytics software. Our products increase the
level of protection from new and known malware and
intrusions in individual, small business and large
enterprise computing environments and enable IT
managers, security analysts, and security and compliance
officers to more thoroughly understand the environments
for which they are responsible and to more effectively
identify and comprehend malicious and/or deviant
activity.
CONTACT: Sales, Privacyware, +1-732-212-8110, x235.
Privacyware, Privatefirewall and
Endpoint Security Console are trademarks of Privacyware
in the United States and other countries. All other
trademarks mentioned are the property of their
respective owners.
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