New Cloakware Whitepaper Addresses FERC Compliance Issues

2008-07-25 16:09:06 -

- Cloakware, Inc. Heather MacIntosh, +1 866-465-4517 X. 227 heather.macintosh@cloakware.com or Schwartz Communications, Inc. Avi Dines/Caitlin Hunt, 781-684-0770 cloakware@schwartz-pr.com Cloakware Inc., the security solutions provider that makes security inseparable from software, today announced the availability of its newest whitepaper, Raising the Security Bar: Cloakware CSPM's Contribution to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission CIP Reliability Standards.

The free whitepaper addresses the regulatory requirements for managing datacenter passwords, as mandated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In order to comply with FERC, organizations must meet specific Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards that call for comprehensive security within the computer and network infrastructure, including managing the thousands of unattended passwords found in the datacenter. Far too often, organizations fail to regularly update the privileged and application-to-application (A2A) passwords residing in their servers.

Cloakware's Server Password Manager (CSPM), the first enterprise-grade Shared Account Password Management (SAPM) platform designed to support multi-site, heterogeneous and high-volume datacenters, automates the password management process, thus ensuring compliance with FERC. CSPM eliminates the complexity of password management, while streamlining overall datacenter operations and minimizing cost.

"As federal regulations such as FERC continue to mandate regular password updates, the ability to automate the process becomes increasingly more evident," said Robert Grapes, chief technologist for Cloakware Datacenter Solutions. "Organizations attempting to comply with CIP Reliability Standards would greatly benefit from an automated password management system. CSPM delivers the levels of compliance the federal government requires with the added levels of security organizations seek as outlined in this paper."

To download Raising the Security Bar: Cloakware CSPM's Contribution to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission CIP Reliability Standards, visit the Cloakware Web site at www.cloakware.com/whitepapers/wp_ferc/.

About Cloakware

Cloakware, an Irdeto subsidiary and part of the Naspers group, is the security solutions provider that makes security inseparable from the software it protects. From applications and databases in corporate datacenters, to PCs and consumer devices such as mobile phones and set-top boxes, software applications need to protect themselves from unauthorized user access and tampering. Cloakware's patented, layered, and compliance-driven approach to software self-protection delivers the trusted environment that the government, enterprise and consumer markets require. Cloakware's software security solutions protect more than one billion shipped applications and the assets of some of the world's largest, most recognizable and technologically advanced companies. The company is headquartered in Vienna, VA with offices in Ottawa, Canada and the UK, and regional sales offices throughout the US. For more information, please go to www.cloakware.com.

"Raising the Security Bar: Cloakware CSPM's Contribution to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission CIP Reliability Standards" Solves
Problem of Managing Unattended Passwords