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Many companies debate whether a strong firewall, anti-virus program or authentication technique is the place to start when the focus is effective IT security. These all have their role in building IT security infrastructure, yet there is one other area of IT security that must be the cornerstone. This is the area of IT security policy management. No other part of a security program touches all the major requirements such as data integrity, confidentiality, access control, administration, monitoring and privacy. Effective security policy management not only serves to train and communicate expectations, but it's the basis for defining more detailed standards and procedures on a platform and application level. Good policy management begins withhaving the right content to create policies, dissemination and revision capabilities, user acceptance and understanding, assessment and audit of compliance and finally, enforcement. There are different approaches to achieving the results, but the key to remember is good policy sets the stage for making the right decisions about the appropriate usage of other security technologies.
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BindView Corporation, the worldwide leader in providing host-based vulnerability assessment software, delivers proactive security management solutions to help safeguard computer systems and networks from security breaches before they occur. Unlike traditional approaches, the company's solutions work from the inside out to help protect business systems from both internal and external threats, thus reducing business risks. BindView's suite of cross-platform software and associated services help secure,automate and reduce the costs of managing information technology infrastructures. More than 20 million licenses of our solutions have been shipped worldwide to approximately 5,000 companies, including more than 80 of the Fortune 100 and 24 of the largest 25 U.S. banks. Contact BindView via e-mail at info@bindview.com or visit BindView's World Wide Web Site at http://www.bindview.com. BindView can also be reached at (800) 749-8439 or at (713) 561-4000.
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