SecurityExpressions

Are you really secure? What does a construction helmet, gas mask, taser or stop sign have to do with Altiris?

Altiris' Client Security is an enterprise-class security solution (SearchSecurity.com 2007 Readers' Choice Award winner) that's tightly integrated with the entire suite of Altiris offerings. Here are some pretty cool demos where you can learn more in a hurry.

NOW HEAR THIS! SecurityExpressions functionality is now in the Notification server. The release of the Audit Integration Component allows your organization to leverage SecurityExpressions auditing for compliance and configuration drift through your NS. You can download the Audit Integration in the Solution center in the NS. This solution will also install Task Server for you (which is free) and will give you pre-canned tasks for auditing. Very cool.

Did you know that there are tons of out-of-the-box SecurityExpressions policies? They cover all flavors of operating systems and applications leveraging best practices. I have uploaded the new guide that contains a comprehensive list of all the policies we have to date.

It is very easy to start auditing against your Group Policies -- just create a SecurityExpressions Policy File (SIF) from an .INF file!

To get the most out of SecurityExpressions, whether you're using it stand alone or as a part of the Audit Integration Component, you should be customizing policy files and rules that meet your organization's unique auditing needs. Here's an article that will get you started. This article assumes you're familiar with SecurityExpressions and auditing for security compliance, but haven't taken the plunge into policy and rule writing.

Altiris' security-and-compliance solutions let you find systems that deviate from a defined system security policy, fix identified anomalies, and defend your network against unsecure devices seeking network access. This guide gives an overview of the solutions and shows how they work together to ensure that computers, and all other devices that connect to the network, comply with your organization's security policies.