Retina CS Receives 2012 North American Frost & Sullivan Product Leadership Award for Vulnerability Management

RetinaCSReceives2012NorthAmericanFrost&SullivanProductLeadershipAwardfor
VulnerabilityManagement
(1888PressRelease)BeyondTrusttodayannouncedthatFrost&SullivanhasrecognizedRetinaCS3.0asthe
productleaderinthevulnerabilitymanagementmarket.
BasedonthefindingsofFrost&Sullivan'sBestPracticesresearch,thecompanybestidentifiesthekey
securitychallengesthataremostpertinenttomodernenterpriseITorganizations.Thisisreflectedinthenew
functionalityinRetinaCS3.0thatallowsbusinessestosecureemergingtechnologiessuchasvirtualization,
cloudcomputing,andmobiledevices.
"WearehonoredtoberecognizedastheproductleaderinvulnerabilitymanagementbyFrost&Sullivan,"
saidJohnMutch,CEOatBeyondTrust."ThecapabilitiesprovidedbyRetinaCSwereakeydriverofour
acquisitionofeEyeDigitalSecurityandwecontinuetoplaceatremendousamountoffocusaroundproduct
developmentwithRetinaCStoensurethatweareprovidingthebestvulnerabilitymanagementcapabilities
toaddressthreatsfacedbytoday'sdynamicITorganizations."
Accordingtothereport,whileenterpriseITorganizationsareincreasinglyinterestedinthevalueand
efficienciesofferingbytheseadvancedtechnologiesandpractices,fewsecurityproductshavebeenableto
addresstheuniquethreatspresentedbysuchashift.TheRetinaCS3.0vulnerabilitymanagementsuiteoffers
numerousvaluablefeaturesandanarrayofsecurityaddonstoensurethattheproductmatchesthe
customer'suniquesecurityandcompliancerequirements.
"WithRetinaCS,BeyondTrustprovidestherequisitesecurityfunctionalitytoensurethatcustomerscansafely
embracenewtechnologiesandbusinesspracticesthatwillbeessentialtoremaincompetitiveinthefuture,"
saidFrost&SullivanIndustryAnalystChrisRodriguez."Additionalnewfeaturessuchasthreatanalyzersand
smartruleswillincreasetheefficiencyandeffectivenessofcustomers'securityprograms."
Inadditiontonewfunctionalitysuchascloudconnectors,vulnerabilitymanagementforvirtualized
environments,andagentlessscanningformobiledevices,RetinaCSnowsupportsmobiledevicesonthe
enterprisenetworkincludingBlackberry,Android,andActiveSyncmanageddevices.RetinaCScanscan
assetsinprivateandpubliccloudenvironmentstohelpbusinessesidentifyandcorrectvulnerabilitiesintheir
virtualinfrastructurewiththesameprocessthattheyusetomanagephysicalassets.TheRetinaCS3.0can
alsobeusedtodiscoverandscanvirtualizedapplicationsandreporttheresultsinthecentralized
managementconsole.Traditionally,securityproductshavehadlittlevisibilityintothesetypesofdynamic
environments.
"RetinaCSenhancestheefficiencyofcustomers'securityprogramsandprovidesmeasurablereturnon
investmentbyreducingthetimeandresourcesspentonvulnerabilitymanagement,"addedRodriguez.
"Furthermore,theRetinaCSlicenseincludesRetinaInsight,BeyondTrust'sadvancedanalytics,intelligence,
andreportingcapabilitiesallofwhichalloweEyecustomerstoidentifyadvancedthreatsandadjusttheir
securitystrategyaccordingly."
BeyondTrustproductsofferthescalabilityandreliabilitynecessaryfordeploymentincommercialbusinesses
andfederalagenciesincludinghighprofileorganizationssuchastheDepartmentofDefense(DoD),which
hasreliedontheRetinaproductlinetoprotectitsmostsensitiveinformationforeightyears.
InMay2012,eEyeDigitalSecurity,thecompanywhooriginallybroughtRetinaCStomarket,wasacquired
byBeyondTrust,aproviderofprivilegedidentitymanagementsolutions.AccordingtoFrost&Sullivan's
findings,thecombinationoftheseproducts'capabilitieswillenablecustomerstoprioritizesecurityand
vulnerabilitymanagementprocessesbasedonabroadersetofavailablecontextualdataincludingprivileges,
dataflow,anddatasensitivity.Asaresult,theacquisitionwillenableBeyondTrusttodelivervaluablecontext
drivenandintelligentsecurityandcompliancesolutions.

---

Frost&SullivanBestPracticesAwardsrecognizecompaniesinavarietyofregionalandglobalmarketsfor
demonstratingoutstandingachievementandsuperiorperformanceinareassuchasleadership,technological
innovation,customerservice,andstrategicproductdevelopment.Industryanalystscomparemarket
participantsandmeasureperformancethroughindepthinterviews,analysis,andextensivesecondary
researchinordertoidentifybestpracticesintheindustry.
Toaccessthefullreport,pleasevisit:http://www.beyondtrust.com/FrostandSullivan2012/
AboutBeyondTrust
BeyondTrustistheonlysecuritysolutionvendorprovidingContextAwareSecurityIntelligence,giving
customersthevisibilityandcontrolsnecessarytoreducetheirITsecurityrisks,whileatthesametime
simplifyingtheircompliancereporting.
BeyondTrustoffersconsistentpolicydrivenvulnerabilityandprivilegemanagement,rolebasedaccess
control,monitoring,logging,auditingandreportingtoprotectinternalassetsfromtheinsideout.The
company'sproductsempowerITgovernancetostrengthensecurity,improveproductivity,drivecompliance,
andreduceexpenseacrossphysical,virtual,mobileandcloudenvironments.
Withmorethan25yearsofglobalsuccess,BeyondTrustisthepioneerofbothThreatManagementand
PrivilegedIdentityManagement(PIM)solutionsforheterogeneousITenvironments.Morethanhalfofthe
companieslistedontheDowJonesIndustrialAveragerelyonBeyondTrusttosecuretheirenterprises.
Customersincludeeightoftheworld's10largestbanks,eightoftheworld's10largestaerospaceanddefense
firms,and7ofthe10largestU.S.pharmaceuticalcompanies,aswellasrenowneduniversitiesacrossthe
globe.
FollowBeyondTrust
Twitter:http://twitter.com/beyondtrust
Blog:http://blog.beyondtrust.com
LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/companies/beyondtrust
Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/beyondtrust
http://www.beyondtrust.com
###

---