Q1 Labs Launches QRadar 6.0 to Provide First End-to-End Identity-Driven Network Security Management Solution

Business Wire, March 12, 2007

QRadar 6.0 Ties Security Threats and Compliance Violations to User Identity; Links To Access Control Solutions

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Q1 Labs, a leading network security management company, today unveiled QRadar[TM] 6.0, the company's latest strategic product release that ties an extensive list of identity sources to network activity, security threats and compliance violations. By offering historical records of user activity on corporate assets along with integration with network access control solutions, QRadar 6.0 delivers an industry-first identity driven end-to-end network security management solution.

QRadar 6.0: Knowing the Who Behind the What

Traditional security and network management products alarm administrators to 'incidents' that tie suspicious activity to IP addresses. While this method is sufficient for external threat monitoring, dynamic user activity inside corporations makes this approach unacceptable for distinguishing the source of internal threats. With QRadar 6.0 identity tracking, administrators rapidly understand the true source of insider threats, infections, and BOTs. For companies with strict compliancy issues, QRadar 6.0 provides a record of user activity over time and associates users, regulated assets and suspicious activities into one view.

"For a security threat or policy violation, IT wants to know who was responsible, what assets are impacted, where the problem originated, and when it began," said Tom Turner, vice president of Marketing for Q1 Labs. "By combining network, security and identity information - including explicit user names - into a single view, QRadar 6.0 is the only network security management solution that can answer these four questions."

Taking Action Based On User Identity

QRadar 6.0 also supports remediation to access control solutions in order to quarantine users acting suspiciously on the corporate infrastructure. Network Access Control solutions ensure that access is only allowed to the network if a user and an end system comply to certain corporate rules. But what happens if something goes wrong and the user is already on the Network? QRadar addresses this by detecting suspicious activity and communicating user violations to access control solutions that conform to the Trusted Computing Group's (TCG) Trusted Network Connect (TNC) open standards.

"The ability to thoroughly analyze suspicious activity on our network has been extremely valuable, said Alphonse Edouard, VP for Dune Capital Management LP. "QRadar 6.0's identity tracking capability has helped us to dramatically shorten the amount of investigation time it used to take for us to track down and resolve each issue."

About QRadar

QRadar goes beyond traditional security information/event management (SIEM) products or network behavior analysis (NBA) products to create a command-and-control center that can monitor, analyze and remediate threats. QRadar combines, analyzes and manages an unequalled set of surveillance data--network behavior, security events, vulnerability profiles and threat information--to empower enterprises to manage business operations on their networks efficiently from a single console. More information about QRadar is available at: http://www.q1labs.com/products/.> About Q1 Labs

Commanding a unique position at the nexus of security and networking, Q1 Labs is redefining network security management. Q1 Labs' flagship product, QRadar, integrates previously disparate network and security functions into one solution. This convergence ties the impact of security threats directly to specific business assets and services, reduces acquisition and operation costs and increases accuracy. Q1 Labs' installed customer base ranges from government agencies and financial institutions to universities and healthcare providers. Please visit http://www.q1labs.com/company/ or call (781) 250-5800 for more information.

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