Attachmate (formerly NetIQ) - NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager 5.7
In November 2007, NetIQ, now a part of Attachmate, released a point update to its security policy management product, Secure Configuration Manager. (1/2/2008)

Price: $495

BindView Control Compliance Suite 8.6
Symantec released CCS 8.6 in December 2007. (2/15/2008)

Price: $495

IBM/Tivoli Security Compliance Manager 5.1.1
IBM Tivoli Security Compliance Manager 5.1.1 is an aggressively priced security policy compliance product, which complements existing Tivoli products. IBM did not release a new version of the product in the second half of 2007. (1/2/2008)

Price: $495

Symantec Enterprise Security Manager 6.5.3
Symantec continues to enhance the ESM with additional platform support, new security checks, and support for policy standards. (2/22/2007)

Price: $495

Symantec SecurityExpressions 4.0
Symantec has acquired Altiris. It is expected that Symantec will continue to support the Altiris security policy management offerings as standalone products and eventually integrateAltiris functionality into its policymanagement solution. (2/15/2008)

Price: $495

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• Buying Criteria
  • Policy Compliance and Vulnerability Assessment
    • ...including compliance with security policy, best practice policies, and security configuration management.
  • Management
    • ...including reports, customized reports, and patch management.
  • Configuration
    • ...including integration, installation requirements, pricing and operating systems support.
  • Security Checks
    • ...including content updates, regularly scheduled reports, vendor and channel support

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• Product Metrics
  • Core Capabilities
    • Policy Mgmt Integration
    • Third-party Integration Mgmt
    • Baseline Snapshots
    • Vulnerability Assess Integration
    • Identify Vulnerabilities/Safeguards
    • Identity Exposures
    • Vulnerability Database Integration
    • Agents Required on Audited Systems
    • Priviledged Access for Scanner
    • Non-priviledged Access for Scanner
    • Scripts on Remote Systems
    • Patch Management
    • Non-compliance/Vulnerability Fixes
    • Separation of Duties
    • Remediation Beyond Patch Mgmt
    • Integration with SEM
    • Workflow Integration
    • Remedy HelpDesk Integration
    • Other Workflow Integration
    • Threat Alert System Integration
    • Readable Policy, Audit Capability
    • Policies Organized Hierarchically
    • Additional Policies
    • Logical Checks
    • Non-logical Checks
    • Admin and End Users Included
    • Survey of End Users and Admin
    • Acceptable Use Topics/Templates
    • Appliance Version
    • Security Functionality in Appliance
    • Additional Services
    • Maintenance Requirements
    • Features Included with Maintenance
  • Functional Capabilities
    • Backup of Security Policies
    • Security Policies Distribution
    • SANS/CERT/CVE Integration
    • Integration with Known Attacks
    • Dashboard Feature
    • Configuration Management via SDK
    • Notification Support
    • Script Installations
    • Remote Installation of Agent
    • CLI
    • Separation of Duties
    • Granular User Roles
    • User-defined Checks/Patches
    • Policy Non-compliance Waived
    • Waiver Expiration Data
    • Platform Console
    • Platform Manager
    • Platform Agents
    • Database Platform Support
    • Directory Platforms
  • Application Security
    • WebServers
    • Databases
    • Groupware
    • Firewalls
    • Routers
    • ERP/CRM
  • Antivirus
    • Host-based IDS
    • Network-based IDS
    • OS logs
    • Management Framework
  • Security Features
    • Encryption
    • SSL
    • Audit Logging
    • Severity Levels for Audit Results
    • Identity Management
    • Provisioning
    • Threat Identification
    • Standards Policies
    • Regulatory Policies
  • Reporting
    • Executive Reporting
    • Manager Reporting
    • Technical Reporting
    • Custom Reporting
    • Crystal Report
    • Enterprise Class Report
    • Scheduling
    • Ad-hoc Queries
    • Number of Default Reports
    • Report Format
    • Report Distribution
  • Deployment & Updates
    • Remote Agent Installation
    • Remote Agent Upgrades/Updates
    • Silent Installation
    • Remote Content Updates
  • Security Checks
    • Number of Security Checks
    • Account Information
    • Account Integrity
    • Backup Integrity
    • Discovery
    • Disk Quota
    • Encrypted File System
    • File Access
    • File Attributes
    • File Find/Log Files
    • File Information
    • File Watch/Baselines
    • Custom Checks on Scripts
    • Login Parameters
    • Network Integrity
    • Network Devices
    • Object Integrity
    • OS Patches
    • Database/Application Patches
    • Password Strength
    • Registry/Baselines
    • Startup/Services
    • System Auditing
    • System Mail
    • System Queues
    • User Files
    • Other

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