FISMA Scout Compliance and Remediation System Released

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

September 19, 2006

CONTACT:

Marc Enger

ThreatGuard, Inc.

(210) 490-4018

ThreatGuard RELEASES FISMA SCOUT Compliance & remediation system

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. – September 19, 2006 – Today ThreatGuard, Inc. released the FISMA Scout compliance and remediation system. FISMA Scout becomes the first product to consume the automated checklist content from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and perform compliance assessments, remediation activities, and scoring.

Key features of FISMA Scout include:

Consumption of NISTs eXtensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF) content
Consumption of NIST's Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL) version 5.0 content
Proprietary XCCDF and OVAL parsing and assessment engines perform assessments using the raw content
Performs security patch compliance checks using ThreatGuard-created OVAL patch checklist content
Includes representative remediation system to automatically bring computers into compliance
Detailed references for each rule including NIST, DISA, NSA, Common Configuration Enumeration (CCE) and others
Search capability with quick navigation to appropriate rules
Includes several report including a comprehensive Benchmark report, user reports, and services reports

"FISMA Scout represents years of dedicated effort to create advanced technology that supports emerging security-industry standards," said Randal Taylor, ThreatGuard's Chief Technology Officer. "NISTs adoption of XCCDF and OVAL for their checklist content dramatically shifts the industry in a way that is good for the end-user. We are very excited to release FISMA Scout."

About ThreatGuard, Inc.

ThreatGuard, Inc. develops security products that enable organizations to assess, audit, prioritize, remediate and manage their security posture. ThreatGuard products can operate in the most complex, heterogeneous environments as well as provide cost-effective security to very small operations. ThreatGuard is a privately-held company based in San Antonio, Texas with an office in Concord, New Hampshire. For more information about ThreatGuard, visit their Web site at www.threatguard.com.