Taking compliance to the endpoint and beyond

In June McAfee acquired Solidcore, a leading provider of dynamic whitelisting technology. Today, under the McAfee name, we offer the industry’s first end-to-end compliance solution that includes dynamic whitelisting and application trust technology. In my opinion, this technology is one of the most disruptive that I have seen over the last 15 years. We are finally able to achieve our goal of providing DAT-less protection and enforce compliance across many different Windows, UNIX, and fixed function devices.
McAfee’s Application Control, Change Control, Change Reconciliation, Integrity Monitor, and PCI Pro will be added to our current line-up of risk and compliance offerings and system security offerings. The integration of Solidcore with McAfee provides customers with the highest level of system integrity and security across their physical and virtual environments, and allows customers to quickly and easily meet compliance requirements, like PCI. This is especially true for our retail customers struggling with how to protect their Point of Sale (POS) systems.
In addition, Solidcore’s portfolio adds the “enforcement” arm to McAfee’s current suite of risk and compliance offerings. Dynamic application whitelisting, coupled with our own Artemis in the cloud technology, will enable McAfee to move even further ahead of our competitors in protecting customers. The end result will be improved IT compliance, security and availability.
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