Upcoming PacketMotion Webinar Series: Virtual Segmentation, Citrix & IT Administrator Controls

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- PacketMotion, the leading provider of User Activity Management (UAM) solutions, today announced an open registration period for a three-part IT Compliance and Security webinar series beginning August 24th at 11AM (Pacific)  / 2PM (Eastern).

8/24 - Virtual Segmentation - Beyond the Firewall:

The key to lowering the total cost of implementing PCI DSS is to limit the number of "in-scope" systems to the absolute minimum, which is done by separating these systems from the rest of the network. Internal network segmentation is also needed to separate development teams from production systems; prevent "leapfrogging" by 3rd party and internal IT support, and other applications.

Traditional approaches to network segmentation (e.g. firewalls) present significant challenges with respect to network architecture, policy management, and cost.  PacketSentry Virtual Segmentation offers a superior approach: no in-line appliances and policies based on Active Directory group membership.

This webinar will explain how Virtual Segmentation works and why it is both low-risk and operationally efficient. We will also review the results of an ROI study by analyst firm Frost and Sullivan, which showed dramatic costs savings by implementing PacketSentry for internal network segmentation instead of firewalls.

Tuesday, August 24th at 11:00AM - 12:00PM PDT Click Here to Register

9/1 - Monitoring and Controlling IT Admin Activity:

One of the most difficult compliance and audit controls to implement is managing the use of IT administrator (superuser) accounts. These accounts create serious risks, mainly due to the potential for unauthorized data access or alteration, or for corruption of system integrity. All compliance architectures, including PCI DSS and SOX emphasize the need to reliably monitor the use of such accounts. This webinar will cover how PacketSentry meets the challenge with a broad range of unique capabilities in a way that is operationally efficient to deploy.

Wednesday, September 1st at 11:00AM - 11:30PM PDT Click Here to Register

9/9 - Granular Citrix and WTS User Activity Auditing with PacketSentry:

Citrix XenApp and Windows Terminal Server are great solutions, but they do not provide a granular audit trail of user activity. This creates a challenge for compliance, audit, and security. PacketSentry solves this problem by providing a complete identity-correlated record of activity for Citrix/WTS users. User-centric compliance and policy reporting, security investigations, and application usage monitoring are all available seamlessly with other access methods, all without any extra effort or operational overhead.

Benefits:

• Detailed audit trail: database activity; Windows file sharing and SharePoint; file transfers, web-based email, application usage
• Automate audit, investigation, and compliance reporting
• Track network bandwidth usage by identity
• No client PC agents required – simple, low-risk integration

Thursday, September 9th at 10:00AM - 10:30PM PDT Click Here to Register

About PacketMotion

PacketMotion's User Activity Management (UAM) solutions enable organizations of all sizes to simplify and lower the cost of meeting their compliance/audit requirements (PCI DSS, SOX, HIPAA, etc.) while delivering security functionality such as the ability to immediately stop user behavior that violates internal policies. A Gartner "Cool Vendor" company, PacketMotion  combines patent-pending software with massive computing power to monitor individual user activity at the application level. The PacketSentry™ appliance operates out of band with no impact on network performance, and it installs in less than one day, typically reducing compliance-related capital and operating costs by as much as 80% compared to a suite of silo'ed tools.

PacketMotion™ and PacketSentry™ are registered trademarks of PacketMotion. All other trademarks are registered to their respective companies. Copyright © PacketMotion 2010.

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