SteelCloud Receives Broad Patent for STIG Policy Remediation Technology

ConfigOS Utilizes Patented Methodology to Automate Windows and Linux STIG Remediation

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Apr 02, 2015, 08:00 ET

WASHINGTON, April 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SteelCloud LLC ("SteelCloud") announced today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted SteelCloud Patent 8,990,559 "Automating the creation and maintenance of policy compliant environments." This patent was the culmination of SteelCloud's significant investment in the area of government security compliance such as the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) STIGs (Security Technical Information Guides). SteelCloud's ConfigOS automated policy and STIG remediation tool was developed using the methodology in this patent.

"It is gratifying that our important leading-edge work in the areas of policy compliance and remediation have been recognized by the USPTO," said Brian Hajost, SteelCloud President and CEO. "The speed in which this patent went through the patent process points to the genuine uniqueness of our technology in the marketplace. ConfigOS is unique in the simplicity in which SteelCloud has translated its patented methodology into a product that an IT security professional, within an hour, can create a baseline security policy that can be deployed consistently across any organization, no matter the system application or infrastructure type."

"In my twelve plus years of facilitating government cyber security and information assurance programs, I have never come across a solution such as ConfigOS that was this easy to implement and provide such a significant impact on time to deploy, program cost savings, and information assurance lifecycle," said David Simpson, Executive Director, The Center for Nonprofit Information Technology Hosting. "For organizational CIO, CTO, CISO, and security professionals in the information assurance world, ConfigOS is a game changer."

ConfigOS is a solution for automating the policy remediation of physical, virtualized and cloud environments. The product automates policy remediation for Windows and Linux operating environments. ConfigOS was developed to addresses the DoD's STIG mandates as well as other evolving government and commercial security requirements. ConfigOS has been deployed in several of the Company's Amazon AWS initiatives. SteelCloud's products are available on GSA Schedule 70 as well as other government contract vehicles.

About SteelCloud
SteelCloud develops security compliance solutions for government customers and those technology providers that support the government. Our products include "gold disks" for cloud and private infrastructures as well as automated policy and security remediation tools that reduce the complexity, effort, and expense of meeting government security mandates. SteelCloud has delivered security policy-compliant solutions to military components around the world which simplify implementation and ongoing support. SteelCloud can be reached at (703) 674-5500. Additional information is available at www.steelcloud.com or by email at [email protected].

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