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An innovative tool to enforce network security policies and automatically isolate vulnerabilities within your network

Concord, N.H. – Bradford Networks, developer of Security and Policy Enforcement Solutions for Enterprise Networks, today announced a powerful new Security Management Application that will detect and isolate security risks in a network.

In today’s Information Technology environment, addressing security is one of the biggest challenges facing every IT staff. Threats from both inside and outside the network are a continuous concern. Security issues are often responsible for network outages, lost productivity, high usage of network support resources, and most critically, the potential for compromised data.

Bradford Networks has developed a multi-tiered security management application that will help fight against the spread of viruses, malicious attacks, and security vulnerabilities at the source. Our goal is to protect the network at the edge, from the time a user connects to the network. By checking every device to ensure that it meets your minimum security policy your network will be safer and more secure.

The solution consists of a three-step process:

1. Every device is scanned before being allowed to connect to the production network.
2. Non-compliant ‘at risk’ devices are isolated in a Quarantine VLAN for remediation.
3. Remediation provides ‘self-help’ to resolve issues without helpdesk intervention.

If a device is validated as meeting your security requirements and does not pose a security concern, then it is allowed to connect to the appropriate VLAN according to policy and roles of the user. If the device is ‘at risk’ then it is directed to a secure Quarantine VLAN where the user must remediate the issues. The remediation process is web browser based and incorporates a self-help structure, ideally not requiring the involvement of technical support resources to resolve their issues.

“Our new software application can bring instant security benefits to every network, regardless of the vertical market,” said Mike Gadoury, Founder and CEO of Bradford Networks. “Whether you need security protection in a higher education student network or you are enforcing policies in a HIPAA compliant healthcare environment, the security management application will help you maintain security.”

The Security Management Application is comprised of two key components:

• Client Validation Assessment: This application will validate that the device meets your minimum security policy requirements by verifying specific security software is installed, such as: anti-virus software, anti-spyware software, and operating system levels.
• Client Vulnerability Assessment: This application will check for vulnerabilities using an integrated open-source Nessus scanning engine and/or specific agent-based scans independently developed.

The Security Management Application runs on the Network Sentry server appliance and is available today.