Activeworx Version 3.0 From CrossTec Enables IT Organizations To Quickly And Easily Identify Security Problems

New Correlation Engine Adds Intelligent Automation to Cost-Effective Security Event Management Solution

BOCA RATON, Fla. (April 4, 2006) –CrossTec Corp. announced today the availability of the latest version of Activeworx Security Center event management software. Activeworx Security Center version 3.0 offers information technology security managers a variety of new features including a quicker and more reliable way to verify if a security event is a genuine system threat.

The new correlation engine in Activeworx 3.0 adds intelligent automation to the Activeworx Event Framework. It does this by using simple flow chart symbols to create complex rules that have the ability to correlate against existing data and additional events. When a suspect event is detected in one device’s log file, the software takes action based on those rules to check other security information in the system making sure that the event is a real threat. It also has the ability to group events with commonalities, such as those involved in Brute Force attacks, into a single event with more in-depth information.

“This added intelligence saves information security personnel time making it easier to determine if they need to take immediate action,” according to Jeff Richards, vice president of security sales at CrossTec Corp.

“Previously, the end-user would have to manually go through the process of verifying the system threat,” said Richards. “Now the correlation engine goes through those steps automatically. It can even save an information security technician from being called out in the middle of the night to check on an alert that turns out to be nothing.”

The graphical flow chart format and new desktop setting make version 3.0 intuitive and easy to use. Version 3.0 also offers additional device support for multiple new security applications and devices.

“We offer some of the most complete device support available in security event management software,” said Richards. “Part of our product service includes providing ongoing device support. If a customer has a device that Activeworx can’t currently read, in most cases we can provide them with the solution in a matter of hours.”

The price for Activeworx Security Center software starts at $2,500 providing a cost-effective security information management (SIM) software solution. Add on modules collect, normalize, correlate and analyzes data from virtually any security device. The Activeworx Event Framework recognizes event data from a wide variety of vendor devices including firewalls, IDS, IPS, Syslog, SNMP, vulnerability scanners, antivirus, routers, switches, VPNs and Windows-event logs. Activeworx supplies detailed security alerts, necessary reports for investigations and regulatory compliance and forensics tools.

Activeworx Security Center was first released in 2004 by Activeworx Inc. and is distributed, marketed and supported by CrossTec Corp.

About CrossTec
CrossTec Corporation, founded in 1996, is the source in North America for the Activeworx Security Center, a security information management solution, and the CrossTec brand of remote management, training and security software products. CrossTec Corporation, based in Boca Raton, Fla., provides sales and support to corporations, organizations, government agencies and educational institutions. As a service to its customers, CrossTec offers free pre- and post-sale technical support, offering one-on-one, professional assistance from certified technical engineers.