McAfee and BMC Software are partnering to integrate BMC BladeLogic Client Automation with McAfee's security management products. The joint solution, the companies say, will help deliver proactive policy remediation to enterprises.McAfee and
BMCSoftware have agreed to work together to integrate
BMC's BladeLogic Client Automation with McAfees policy and security management products.
The idea behind the partnership is to bring enterprise IT operations and security management
together to eliminate communication gaps, reduce IT costs and remediate
client security violations. As part of the alliance, the companies will
bring BladeLogic Client Automation together with McAfees Policy
Auditor, ePolicy Orchestrator and security and remediation content from
McAfee Labs.
By bringing IT operations and security together
in a single, integrated solution, we are removing the element of
conflict and ensuring both IT and security are aligned based on the
needs of the business, said Dev Ittycheria,
BMCs president of Enterprise Service Management, in a statement. In
addition to increasing compliance and speed to remediation, the
integration can also drive down IT costs by reducing the amount of
resources required to maintain systems integrity.
BMCBladeLogic Client
Automation configures and automates the rollout of software, patches,
power settings and security policies available through McAfee Policy
Auditorw policy remediation library. By streamlining and automating
client configuration management, remediation and patches can be rolled
out much faster than with previous disconnected processes, officials
at McAfee and
BMCcontend.
This
alliance represents a significant step forward in providing customers
with a complete solution for continuous compliance, said George Kurtz,
senior vice president and general manager of McAfees risk and
compliance business unit, in a statement. Our joint customers
especially those required to meet stringent compliance guidelines such
as SCAP,
FDCCand
HIPAA can feel confident that this integration will enable faster,
more consistent remediation, achieve operational efficiencies and
reduce risk.
The joint solution is slated to be available in the fourth quarter.