Department of Energy awards netForensics enterprise-wide security information management contract

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor, July 19, 2004

netForensics, Inc., the pioneer and recognized market leader in Security Information Management (SIM), has announced that the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Information Assurance Response Center (IARC) has selected netForensics nFX. The netForensics solution will monitor approximately 400 security devices across the NNSA enterprise to provide cyber security and IT personnel with the information required to understand risks and make informed decisions.

Following months of reviewing various SIM products, the NNSA IARC selected netForensics nFX based upon scalability, performance and stability. netForensics capabilities were evaluated and tested against other SIM vendors including ArcSight, GuardedNet and eSecurity. According to the IARC and based upon their required features and functions, netForensics best provides a true enterprise-class SIM solution.

"We are looking forward to a long-term partnership with netForensics and expect great things will come from our work together to strengthen the computer security posture of the NNSA enterprise," said Michael Sanders of NCI Information Systems, contractor to the NNSA and IARC Center Director. "Managing the vast amounts of security data and being able to act upon it to make intelligent decisions is critical for us to ensure our assets are protected across the enterprise. netForensics SIM solution will empower us to manage our overall security environment while simultaneously protecting our organization against potential threats."

netForensics nFX provides customers with support for a SANS-based, predefined, security process, ensuring that Security Information Management goes beyond gathering information to enable issue resolution. It enables customers to gather high volumes of security information and intelligently interpret the meaning and importance of the data in order to take action. Additionally, netForensics' unique methodology to perform security posture analysis enables security analysts to not only monitor and respond to their company's overall security threat score in real time but also, through multi- dimensional correlation of threats, vulnerabilities and predetermined asset values, to pinpoint immediately the target of the most serious attacks. netForensics real-time, intuitive platform makes threat easy to identify and supplies all the integrated tools needed to stop and prevent them.

"This award follows on the heels of several other significant commercial and government wins as well as recent accolades that include being listed as a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant and a Red Herring Top 100 Private Company," said Bob Cariddi, vice president of worldwide sales. "At the end of the day, if organizations are willing to take the time to evaluate Security Information Management solutions side-by-side, like NNSA has done, we are able to demonstrate the depth and breadth our technology provides in a real-word enterprise environment. We offer an end-to-end solution that helps organizations prepare, identify and respond to threats. Bottom line--netForensics delivers real value to the enterprise today."