AlienVault Professional SIEM Version 2.3 Released
AlienVault Inc - the leading global provider of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions - announce the immediate availability of the AlienVault Open Source and Professional SIEM version 2.3.
Silicon Valley, CA - July 20, 2010 – Among the enhancements delivered with version 2.3 is the ability to create customized views in the SIEM analyzer. The policy engine has been rebuilt to provide even greater ease of use and the remote distributed scanning has been improved. As well, database upgrades are now done automatically without any need of user management. The Report Wizard in the Professional SIEM version provides greatly improved reporting capabilities with more than 1,800 new canned reports and dramatically simplified custom report generation.
For more detailed information about the enhancements to the AlienVault SIEM family, please follow the link below to view content created to illustrate these new capabilities available in version 2.3: Online Presentation: What's New in OSSIM 2.3?
You can upgrade your system as usual in order to get it from 2.2 to 2.3. You may be required to install patches during your upgrade, please read the release notes carefully. The upgrade is straightforward but there are a couple of important things to be aware of, as described in the release notes. Keep in mind, you will need to perform an apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade even after a fresh install.
"This release is significant in the depth and flexibility of the reporting it provides our customers", said Dominique Karg, CTO of AlienVault and inventor of the Open Source SIEM (OSSIM) technology which the company's products are based on. "In the three years since the company was founded the Professional SIEM product has advanced leaps and bounds beyond what we could accomplish with the Open Source version. This release builds on all the other enterprise-focused functionality our team has built into the Professional SIEM, increasing our customers' ability to address the mounting challenges of compliance and operations."
Version 2.3 of the AlienVault Professional SIEM provides customer with the new Report Wizard which allows for easy creation of rich reports for compliance analysis and operations, as well as executive reports for management oversight and auditing. "We have to be able to see what is happening in our environment and we have to be able to demonstrate that visibility to auditors, management and other governance bodies," said Enrique Ramirez Palacin, IT Manager for ChronoExpres. "We rely on AlienVault Professional SIEM as a key resource in managing our security operations. The reporting capabilities in this release make it much easier for us to demonstrate our effectiveness to those we are responsible to and to justify our security budget requests."
Andrew Hay, Senior Analyst at The 451 Group, observed "AlienVault has brought the potential of Open Source to bear in the ESIM market (Enterprise Security Information Management, encompassing SIEM/SIM/SEM, and Log Management). Competitors can no longer dismiss AlienVault as a simple science project concocted by a loose fraternity of programmers aimed at solving an isolated problem. The Professional SIEM product combines the breadth and flexibility of Open Source software with the features and functionality present in any of AlienVault's competition in the ESIM space."
With over 10,000 organizations using AlienVault technology to manage their security operations, improvements to the Professional SIEM family provides an increased array of options to an enormous segment of the market. "We started with the Open Source SIEM because it fit our environment at the time. As we grew the usage of the tool we upgraded to the Professional SIEM for the support, reliability and performance. This advance in reporting further confirms our choice," said Mr. Palacin.
About AlienVault
AlienVault is the leading global provider of Security Information and Event Management solutions, providing the technology for more than half of all SIEM installations in the world. The creators of the Open Source SIEM (OSSIM), the company provides the AlienVault Professional SIEM family of products through channels worldwide along with training and support services. For more information, visit www.alienvault.com.
About ChronoExpres
Chronoexpres, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Spanish national postal company, specializes in express shipment of documents and parcels. ChronoExpres has a history of over 20 years in the express shipping industry, an extensive operational network of 57 branches, a team of professionals 3500 strong and 2500 vehicles.
Adara primarily targets Spain and Portugal-based ventures - as well as ventures based elsewhere in Europe that are committed to developing significant operations in these markets - and has already recorded one successful exit, in a Germany-based venture.
About The 451 Group
The 451 Group is an independent technology-industry analyst company focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation. The company's analysts provide critical and timely insight into the market and competitive dynamics of innovation in emerging technology segments. Clients of the company-at vendor, investor, service-provider and end-user organizations-rely on The 451 Group's insight to support both strategic and tactical decision-making for competitive advantage.
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