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SecureWorks Revolutionizes Security Information Management With New, On-Demand Service

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 General News
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ATLANTA, May 13 SecureWorks(R), one of the market'sleading Security as a Service providers, announces a new service - SecurityInformation Management (SIM) On-Demand(TM)(http://www.secureworks.com/services/simondemand) - that will revolutionizehow organizations manage security information, meet regulatory requirementsand demonstrate compliance with PCI, SOX, GLBA, FFIEC, HIPAA, NERC CIP andother regulations. SecureWorks' new SIM On-Demand is a software-as-a-service(SaaS) offering that provides the first sustainable solution for collectingand analyzing logs and alerts from security devices and information assets inreal time without having to install and manage SIM software or hardware.Unlike traditional SIM product offerings, SecureWorks clients also haveinstant access to certified security experts at SecureWorks' SecurityOperations Center for 24x7x365 support should they have any questions.
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"Having a SIM solution with no deployment headaches or infrastructure tomanage gives organizations a valuable option that significantly improvessecurity for their organization in an easy-to-use, efficient manner," saidMike Cote, president & CEO at SecureWorks. "SIM On-Demand lets our clients beusers of SIM technology without having to be SIM managers."
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SIM On-Demand enables organizations to easily meet and exceed regulatoryrequirements for log monitoring and review. SIM On-Demand also simplifiesdemonstrating compliance to board members, management and examiners withpowerful, user-friendly reporting. "Our SIM lets clients painlessly generatecomprehensive reports that are aligned with regulatory requirements andguidelines, delivering them on-demand in a straightforward format that doesn'trequire hours of human data filtering," explained Cote.

Powered by SecureWorks' Sherlock(TM) Security Management Platform, SIMOn-Demand consolidates security data from across client organizations andperforms advanced correlation and analysis in real time, transforming log andevent data into actionable information. Supporting log and event data from awide array of sources such as intrusion detection and prevention systems,firewalls and anti-virus as well as servers, routers, applications and otherIT assets, SIM On-Demand alerts clients to potentially malicious activity sothey can appropriately address threats and reduce risk.

To counter malicious activity by external hackers and trusted insiders,SIM On-Demand is constantly updated with new correlation rules andintelligence gained from monitoring the networks of over 2,000 SecureWorksclients and developed by SecureWorks' Counter Threat Unit(TM) research team.

"This innovative new approach to Security Information Management makes iteasy for organizations to improve their security and monitor their log dataand alerts. It also gives clients flexibility to upgrade to our full breadthof services and have all of their devices - or just a select few - monitoredor managed 24x7 by our certified security experts," said Cote.

About SecureWorks

With over 2,000 clients, SecureWorks is one of the market's leadingSecurity as a Service providers. Organizations are protected from external andinternal cyber-threats through SecureWorks' On-Demand Security Information andEvent Management (SIEM) platform, the SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit(TM) andthree fully synchronous Security Operations Centers (SOCs) staffed with SANSGIAC certified analysts working 24x7 to safeguard client systems. SecureWorkshas won SC Magazine's "Best Managed Security Service" award for 2006, 2007 &2008, Best Intrusion Prevention 2006 and has been named to the Inc 500 andDeloitte lists of fastest-growing companies. www.secureworks.com.

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