LONDON, October 29 /PRNewswire/ --
WHO: Mario Vuksan, Director of Research WHEN: October 29, 2008, 9:00 a.m. WHERE: RSA Conference Europe ExCeL, London TOPIC: White is Hot: Approaches to Application Whitelisting (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080204/BIT9LOGO )
The proliferation of unapproved applications and devices onto corporate desktops and computer systems is creating costly management and security issues for IT professionals. Faced with the ever present need to monitor download activity and maintain secure networks, IT and security professionals are seeking alternative approaches to manage and control their endpoints.
This session will address how whitelisting is being used by traditional antivirus vendors as well as newer pure play security vendors. Bit9's Director of Research, Mario Vuksan, will address the different definitions and interpretations of whitelisting and how it is being used on today's corporate endpoints.
ABOUT Bit9, Inc.
Bit9 is the pioneer and leader in enterprise application whitelisting. The company's patented solutions ensure only trusted and authorized applications are allowed to run, eliminating the risk caused by malicious, illegal and non-authorized software.
Unlike traditional, reactive controls that scan and try to prevent the never-ending list of unauthorized software, Bit9 leverages the Bit9 Global Software Registry(TM) -- the world's largest database of software intelligence -- to ensure only authorized applications can run, delivering the highest levels of desktop security, compliance, and manageability.
Bit9 customers include companies in a wide variety of industries, such as retail, financial services, healthcare, e-commerce, telecommunications, as well as government agencies. Founded in 2002, Bit9 is privately held and based in Waltham, Massachusetts. For more information, visit http://www.bit9.com or call +1-617-393-7400.
Greg Sabey of Text 100 for Bit9, Inc. +1-617-399-4909, gregs@text100.com
Web site: http://www.bit9.com
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