CA offers unified threat management solution

ISLANDIA: Computer Associates (CA) has announced CA Integrated Threat Management r8, an integrated solution that provides comprehensive, scalable protection against malware, spyware, rootkits, blended threats, and other forms of malicious code across the enterprises, enabling customers to effectively minimize risk and downtime while reducing security workloads.

This solution unifies new versions of CA PestPatrol Anti-Spyware Corporate Edition and CA Antivirus through a centralized web-based console that enables administrators to find and resolve threats from anywhere on the network.

"With new virus and spyware strains emerging every day and spreading with increased rapidity, the vigilant defense of desktops with immediate distribution of up-to-date signatures is essential to the security of the enterprise," said Sam Curry, vice president of threat management at CA.

"By unifying malware and spyware protection, our new threat management suite in conjunction with the global CA Security Advisor Team enables customers to maintain this defense without putting undue strain on their overburdened security and desktop management staffs."

Besides, the administrators can easily and automatically update protection on systems with any necessary version updates, patches, virus signatures and files across the enterprise -prioritizing updates according to business needs.

Some of its additional capabilities include, improved agent communications that provide real-time visibility into enterprise computing assets and expanded spyware detection and removal and automated bandwidth-saving signature updates that provide fast protection from the latest threats to every desktop. A new "phone home" feature that helps ensure all desktops are updated by enabling PCs to broadcast their status to a central management console.

This integration solution is available through authorized partners and through CA in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese, with pricing starting at US $60 MSRP.