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Security:
Tangram OverSight Blocks Unwanted
Software From IT Networks
Tangram Enterprise Solutions, Inc, a global leader for unified IT asset
management solutions, announced the commercial availability of OverSight, a
proprietary, patent-pending software that marries IT asset management with a
powerful new enforcement application that can reach across IT networks of any
size to deny access to any program or file.
OverSight allows the management of a company to construct and deploy
policies
that deny access to any given file or application, at any level. If a user
attempts to copy, rename or otherwise alter a targeted file, OverSight will
not allow it. Even if a file is already running on a targeted desktop,
OverSight instantly kills it, wiping it from memory. For the first time, an IT
asset management application offers highly granular control over which
desktops are subject to a given policy, by geography, business unit,
individual desktops or throughout the entire enterprise.
"Tangram has created a new class of software by marrying IT asset
management
and security with the introduction of OverSight," said Ron Nabors, Tangram's
senior vice president and chief marketing officer. "Businesses today are faced
with an overwhelming array of attacks on their networks, from outside and
inside, and OverSight is a powerful new weapon in the IT Security arsenal.
Tangram users can now significantly reduce business and security risks, legal
exposure, and downtime by exploiting OverSight's unique capabilities to block
any and all unwanted software files and applications from their entire
network, regardless of the size or geography or complexity."
OverSight was designed to deny access and permanently disarm execution of
every type of software file or application, regardless of the source,
including: viruses and worms; file sharing programs and spyware; unmonitored
or unapproved instant messaging applications; and illegal music and movie
players, as well as any unapproved, illegal software that violates corporate
desktop or network standards. OverSight utilizes Tangram's proprietary
technology to stop these programs, as well as any other specified computer
file, from running in your enterprise-ever. This powerful new solution allows
you to deploy policies that deny access to any given file or application, at
any level.
OverSight runs as part of either Asset Insight or the unified Insight
solution, Tangram's IT asset management software. To block access to a
particular file or program, the organization's designated manager works with a
powerful Policy Management Console and selects a predefined "policy" (rule) or
defines a new policy, which includes control options over execution, rename,
copy, delete and read access. The IT manager can then identify the target
computers, and create customizable end-user and system messages. Finally, the
manager pushes the policies throughout the enterprise with a click of a button
and monitors the progress of distribution from any secure enterprise location
worldwide.
Policies are sent out to the appropriate desktops, either immediately or on
schedule, via Asset Insight's software distribution methodology, where
OverSight's Compliance Monitor uses the patent-pending technology to monitor
for and deny access to any file defined in the policies. If the undesirable
file or application is already open on the desktop, it will instantly
disappear and the administrator's custom message will be displayed.
"Whether you're responsible for help desk support, software license
management
and compliance, or corporate security, OverSight offers exciting new options
for taking control of your enterprise," added Mr. Nabors. "OverSight users
also have the advantages of Asset Insight for best-of-breed auto-discovery and
tracking of hardware, software, configuration files and software usage from
mainframes to PDAs, scalable across even the largest enterprise. And, of
course, organizations with OverSight and the unified Insight solution combine
auto-discovery and access control with a deep repository of financial and
contractual data for comprehensive IT asset management."
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