Policy Commander Software - PC/Server Security Policy Management,UK, United Kingdom

Product Overview

When they ask is your Organisations Data Security Compliant, how will you answer? When they ask is your Organisation ICT environmentally PC, how will you answer?

In this era of heightened environmental accountability and security transparency, ensuring power reduction practices/compliance and electronic data information security /compliance inspires confidence from investors, customers, employees and other regulatory bodies such as the UK Government, FSA, SOX, ITIL PCI, THE LAW..

Save £1000's and dramatically cut your Carbon Footprint

Companies around the world – from large enterprises to SMBs – are implementing Green IT to save money, conserve energy, spearhead sustainability efforts, and extend IT asset lifecycles. Considering today’s high energy costs, and the fact that 60 percent or more of the energy used to power a PC full-time is wasted, it’s no surprise that interest in Green IT is higher than ever before.

Policy Commander is shipped with New Boundary Technologies PC Power Saving Policies as standard and will assist your organisation in reducing its Carbon Footprint and saves £1000s at the same time.

By managing your PC's Power Saving features in accordance with your policies Chief Executives and Administrators will know that all of the organisations enterprise and mobile PC devices are running at there most energy and cost efficient rate and at the same time not impairing your users whilst they need to work. What's more don't take our word for it. New Boundary Technologies and Policy Commander has been assigned the Energy Star official seal of approval , ensuring that our power saving polices have been confirmed and checked by an independent body.

Here the UK our Government has committed and recommended all Central Government Departments, Local Authorities, Educational Establishments and our National Health Service cut Carbon Emissions and reduce pollution by 12.5% 2010/11. With other action plans to further reduce Carbon Emissions by 30% over other periods prior 2020. There are some very simply ways in attaining these targets and reporting compliance to Power Saving using the Policy Commander PC Power Saving Policies which specifically adhere to recommendations made in the Greening Government ICT report - Appendix B - Points 1 - 4

See the UK Cabinet Office Recommendations Report and our sample Power Management Policies below.

UK Cabinet Office Recommendations - Greening Government ICT Report >>>

Sample Power Management Policies >>>

On-line Energy and Cost Saving Calculator >>> Requires Microsoft Silverlight Plugin Installed on your PC

Environment Protection Agency - Energy Star Compliance >>>

Policy Commander improves corporate accountability and secures your electronic data by automating the implementation and enforcement of computer security policies and Policy Commander significantly reduces the time and resources needed to create, test, and implement security policies.

When it comes to security compliance, building a network defence perimeter just isn’t enough any more. You also need to lock down your Windows systems, proactively maintain secure configurations, and demonstrate ongoing compliance to management and auditors. That’s exactly what Policy Commander will do for you.

Policy Commander automates Windows system compliance to maximise Windows system security and IT efficiency, and minimise organisational risk.

Automated Enforcement
Policy Commander starts by providing guidance and comprehensive libraries of security policies that you can customise to fit the unique compliance requirements of your organisation – from standardising desktops to meeting the IT security requirements of regulations like HIPAA, GLBA, Data Protection ACT, ITIL, SOX and PCI. Leveraging New Boundary Technologies’ innovative automated configuration technologies, Policy Commander helps you easily deploy security policies with pinpoint accuracy – in a fraction of the time it takes to lock down systems manually. Then Policy Commander actively monitors each managed system to ensure compliance with assigned policies. And if a computer drifts out of compliance, Policy Commander can automatically enforce policies and reconfigure the system to its desired security state.

Instant Insight
Policy Commander actively monitors Windows computers to deliver real-time insight into the state of compliance. With its administrative dashboard, you can get an instant snapshot of the current state of compliance for all of your managed Windows systems. You can even have Policy Commander notify an administrator the moment a system becomes non-compliant. And Policy Commander’s web reporting tool delivers the detailed reports like compliance history and audit trails that you need to satisfy management and auditors alike.

Comprehensive Content (Review our list of free Security and Power Saving Policy Templates)
Policy Commander delivers a growing knowledge base of security policies developed by New Boundary Technologies based on policy templates from Microsoft and leading IT security organisations like NIST and the NSA. With the integrated Policy Editor, you can create your own policies and easily customise existing ones.

Centralised Control
Policy Commander lets administrators define the role and security level of a computer, and automatically applies the appropriate security policies for its role and security level. Policies can be implemented in a trial mode to determine their impact on the network and critical applications, and then easily switched to a production mode in a single step. Policy Commander maintains your security policies in a central location and provides an easy-to-use, browser-based console for centralized administration.

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Product Features and Benefits

Threats to your network can come from inside or outside the firewall, from malicious attackers or careless end-users. Either way, making sure that every system on the network is securely configured is critical. Policy Commander™ makes the job easy by automating implementation, monitoring and enforcement of computer security policies.

With Policy Commander, you’ll always know when a computer doesn’t comply with your security policies, and you’ll always have the power to enforce compliance at your fingertips

What does Policy Commander do?

Policy Commander automates the monitoring and enforcement of security and power saving policies on Windows computers. Using either a browser-based or 32 bit console, Policy Commander provides both a graphical summary view of compliance across the entire enterprise, and a detailed-level view of security policies and computers. Policy Commander enables organizations to enforce policies automatically or manually. In addition, Policy Commander sends out alerts to notify the appropriate personnel when a computer is no longer in compliance with a policy.

Dynamic Security Policy Format

Our innovative policy format builds intelligence into every security policy. It enables the use of conditional logic, smart rules, software packages, and security template files. It defines which policies apply to which computers for pinpoint policy assignment, the parameters to achieve compliance, and the automated enforcement tasks required to maintain compliance.

Configuration Groups

Dynamically group computers for automated administration of security configurations based on any system characteristic you define.

Smart Update ™

Actively monitors Windows systems for configuration changes and automatically performs defined administrative tasks to maintain ongoing compliance.

Offline Enforcement

Protects Windows systems by continuously enforcing security policies even when computers leave the network.

Web Reporting

Delivers real-time information about the status of Windows system compliance from any Web browser. Export reports in Excel or Adobe Acrobat format for delivery to your desktop.

Security Roles

Enables delegation of different levels of permission to ensure secure administrative practices.

Console Reporting

Maintains audit trails and documents compliance for management and auditors. Export reports in Excel, HTML, XML or Text format. Drag and Drop filtering of all reports in supported. Create customised reports by adding or removing database fields.

Automated Assessment & Enforcement

Policy Commander lets you easily target computers for policy enforcement based on the computers’ configuration and role, security level, organization group and location.

Security Policy Knowledge Base - Policy Knowledgebase and Compliance Guides

Policy Commander delivers a growing knowledge base of security policies developed by New Boundary Technologies based on policy templates from Microsoft and leading IT security organizations like NIST and the NSA. These policies help you quickly and easily secure workstations and servers, protect sensitive electronic data, and assist with regulatory compliance.

Standard Components, Flexible Architecture

Policy Commander runs on Microsoft’s Windows 2000 (and later), and uses MS SQL Server and SQL 2005 Express. Policy Commander’s flexible architecture can easily scale to support your ever-expanding network of servers and workstations.

Powerful Policy Editor

Policy Commander includes a Policy Editor that allows administrators to modify existing security policies or create new ones. The New Boundary Technologies security policy format allows for the use of conditional logic, smart rules, packages and security template files, enabling administrators target specific computers with appropriate security policies, and to define policies by important characteristics such as applicability, compliance and enforcement.

What does Policy Commander do?

Policy Commander automates the monitoring and enforcement of security policies on Windows computers. Using either a browser-based or 32 bit console, Policy Commander provides both a graphical summary view of compliance across the entire enterprise, and a detailed-level view of security policies and computers. Policy Commander enables organizations to enforce policies automatically or manually. In addition, Policy Commander sends out alerts to notify the appropriate personnel when a computer is no longer in compliance with a policy.

What security policies are included with Policy Commander? Policy Knowledgebase and Compliance Guides

Policy Commander contains a library of approximately 70 security policies, which range from the very simple (e.g., disable automatic Windows update) to the complex security policies defined in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Security Guide. Because IT security is a vital component of regulatory compliance, New Boundary Technologies’ library of policies can be used to comply with a variety of regulatory mandates, including Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, and the Graham-Leach-Bliley Act. New Boundary Technologies is continually adding new security policies to the library.

How does Policy Commander support regulatory mandates such as Sarbanes-Oxley, ITIL, Data Protection Act, HIPAA, and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act:

Policy Commander provides a powerful security configuration foundation for organizations required to comply with regulatory measures like Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA. Our configuration and compliance solutions have helped administrators meet the IT control requirements for a variety of regulatory mandates. Policy Commander expands on our competencies by providing the following:
• Complete, centralized security policy management.
• Immediate, up-to-date security configuration information to help company executives and auditors make informed compliance decisions.
• Ease-to-understand, real-time status and view of an organization’s computer policy compliance state.
• Automated and continuous monitoring, remediation, and enforcement of all security policies.
• A library of “best practices” policies from New Boundary Technologies, Microsoft, NSA and NIST that can quickly be deployed and implemented.

How is Policy Commander licensed?

Policy Commander is licensed per managed computer for both workstations and servers.

Is Policy Commander an agent-based or agent-less application?

Policy Commander is an agent-based solution that requires the New Boundary Technologies client be installed on each managed workstation and server. Because agentless solutions require the use of remote procedure calls (RPC), remote registry access, file sharing, or some combination of these, they are inherently insecure because they rely on these insecure mechanisms. Managing a secure environment requires an agent-based solution. By leveraging the New Boundary Technologies client, Policy Commander can securely configure any managed computer regardless of its physical location, hardware or software firewalls in place, demilitarized zones, etc. In addition, because it is agent-based, Policy Commander can monitor and enforce security policies even when the system is not connected to the network.

What does Policy Commander do that I can not already do with MS Group Policy?

Policy Commander allows administrators to target specific computers or groups of computers based on their role, operating system and security level, while Group Policy is much less granular in its targeting capabilities. Group Policy requires the managed server and workstation to be authenticated to the network while Policy Commander can continuously monitor and enforce policies even when systems are offline. Group Policy does not manage complex security policies, such as those requiring conditional assessments.
In addition, Policy Commander also:
• Provides a graphical, high-level summary view of policy compliance.
• Automates alerts and notifications in cases of non-compliance.
• Delivers continuous security policy enforcement.
• Provides intuitive reports on computer and policy compliance status.

What software (and what versions of software) do I need to run Policy Commander?

The Policy Commander installation can be divided into component installations:
• You have the option of installing the Web Server and Communications Server on a single machine, or on separate machines.
• The Web Server, Communications Server and Client Computers require Windows 2000 or higher.
• The Web Server must be an IIS server and have the .NET 2.0 Framework installed. (Supplied)
• The Database Server requires Microsoft SQL 2005 Express (Supplied), or Full SQL 2005, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, SP3 or higher.

What operating systems does Policy Commander support?

Policy Commander supports Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 32 and 64Bit ,Windows XP 32 and 64Bit. Windows Vista 32 and 64Bit.

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Policy Knowledge Base

Policy Commander delivers powerful security policy management that improves the overall security state of your network, and helps you comply with data privacy and security provisions of regulatory mandates. The Security Policy Knowledge Base utilized by Policy Commander is a constantly growing online repository of security policies authored and validated by New Boundary Technologies. The following index provides a sample of the policies you will find in the Security Policy Knowledge Base.

If you’d like to see for yourself the power and simplicity of Policy Commander, we invite you to download a 30-day trial version. You can use the trial version to test Policy Commander on up to 20 workstations and servers. Click below to download your trial version of Policy Commander.

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Download the full Policy Commander product limited to a 30 Day Evaluation Key, see for yourself why so many large and small organisations rely on Policy Commander Software to control their distribution of Software assets.

The Evaluation Copy can be installed on a live or test environment allowing for full product review to take place.

If you have any difficulties downloading please contact our support department on support department or telephone 024 76 456174

Manuals:

Policy Commander Tutorial Guide

Prism Pricing Models:

Purchasing Licences -Options Technology Site Licences - Prism Pack Only

Support Contract Pricing On-Line Price Guides and Requests

New Boundary Software offers several pricing models. These models are designed to offer organisations the option of purchasing the Prism Software Range in the manner that best suits the organisations buying criteria or project requirement.

Purchasing Models Available:

Outright Purchase - with 12 months support contract.
Project Licences - 30 day minimum subscription period includes support for duration purchased (Subscriptions can be for any period above 30 days but must be a minimum value of £400.00) Project Licences can be upgraded to a full licence and will be reduced by 90% of the total cost of the projects licences paid for and the outright purchase price).
Volume Licensing - is available for organisations wishing to purchase licences over a specified period at a specified rate. This type of licensing agreement is useful for organisations wishing to do a staged implementation over many sites/countries (with 12 months support contract)
Educational Pricing is available for both outright purchase and volume licences.

* With the exception of Prism Pack Software where licences are sold as Technology Site Licence (see below), all Licences are Priced Per PC (Each PC that has the Prism Client Installed on it hard drive requires a licence). Licences are banded on the quantity purchased, the larger the quantity purchased there is a reduction in the licence costs each

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Support Contract Pricing:

12 Months full product support and maintenance is included Free of Charge with all licence purchases
additional 12 Months contract = 18%

Support and Maintenance costs are based on the current retail price per licence and are calculated using the above % rates.

Product Support Includes

Telephone Technical Support
E-mail Technical Support
Access to New Boundary On-Line Knowledge Base of Known Problems and Solutions
Full Provision of Product Version Upgrades
Full Provision of all Product Updates
Access to New Boundary Software User Group and Forum.

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Policy Commander Version History

Please read on for details on Policy Commander releases. In order to ensure the best results using Policy Commander, we encourage you to download and install the newest release.

If you have not yet begun evaluating Policy Commander, you may download an evaluation version now by clicking here

Current Customers: Version 2.0.2 requires a version 2 serial number. If you do not have a valid serial number, please contact us to purchase or upgrade today.

Version 2.0.2 – Release Date: November 10th, 2008
What’s New:	A combination of an enhanced New Boundary client and new Policy Commander policies can now control Windows power settings.
	All Policy Commander components support 64 bit Windows environments.
	Request polling allows administrators to select a computer from the Policy Commander Console and request the NBT client poll the server independent of its defined polling interval.
	Performance improvements in the console and reporting.
Availability:	Available on-line for immediate download. Requires a version 2 serial number.
Who Should Install:	All customers and evaluators.

Version 2.0.1 – Release Date: May 2nd, 2008
What’s New:	A web-based reporting engine improves report customization and access to provide more flexibility in reporting requirements
	The default database has been upgraded to SQL Server 2005
	Administrative Security Roles allow for delegation of administrative authority at different permission levels to improve security.
	Configuration Groups can leverage Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
	Ability to import configuration groups from other channels.
Availability:	Available on-line for immediate download. Requires a version 2 serial number.
Who Should Install:	All customers and evaluators.

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Version 2.0 – Release Date: January 17, 2008
What’s New:	An improved user interface based on the Prism .NET console that delivers easier navigation and more intuitive interaction with application features.
	Configuration Groups allow for enhanced automated remediation based on selectable parameters and improved, streamlined policy deployment.
	Administrative Security Roles allow for delegation of administrative authority at different permission levels to improve security.
	Improvements to the installation routine of the New Boundary client streamline Policy Commander deployment and administration.
	Policy Commander now supports Windows Vista.
	Policy Commander supports Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to ease administration and extend functionality of both policy content and Configuration Groups.
	The default database has been upgraded to SQL Express 2005 to improve performance and administration.

	An updated console that allows importing and exporting of security policies from the Knowledge Base and other user-defined channels.
	A Policy Editor enables users to create new security policies or modify existing policies.
	The on-line help system has been updated, and a tutorial has been added.
	A software installation package can now be used as a policy's enforcement step.
	There's a new "MEMBER_OF" Smart Update operator that targets policies based on the group membership of computers or users.
	Installation of Policy Commander now interacts with Prism Suite installation.
	You can now centrally control the clients' polling and enforcement intervals from the console.
	A Policy Commander tutorial is now available.
	The web console has improved compatibility with Firefox.
	Installation to a remote database computer is operational.
	Policy Commander now stops services at the same time it disables them.
	You can now give a policy "failure text" that causes a general description of any non-compliance condition to appear in the console.
	The installation successfully completes when attempting to download MSDE.
	Policies now support registry values of type REG_QWORD.
	Some improvements have been made to the web console's functionality.
Availability:	Available on-line for immediate download. Requires a version 1 serial number.
Who Should Install:	All customers and evaluators.

Version 1.0.2 – Release Date: May 10, 2005
What’s New:	The client installation program for Policy Commander version 1.0.1 inadvertently timed out causing the client to prematurely expire in early May, 2005. Although any clients installed prior to May, 2005 continued to work, the disabling function in version 1.0.1 prevented users from installing new clients.
	The client installation program in version 1.0.2 no longer expires.

Version 1.01 - Release Date: April 26, 2005
What’s New:	Policy Commander version 1.0 displayed an enforcement status that did not always match the compliance status displayed for a given policy. For example, upon enforcing a policy, the console might display "error.” This was because Policy Commander's first check of the policy after enforcing it still found it out of compliance. This has been fixed.
	Policy Commander's "dismiss" and "enforce" links have been improved and now work correctly in the Firefox browser.

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Compliance Guides

Policy Commander delivers powerful security policy management that improves the overall security state of your network, and helps you comply with data privacy and security provisions of regulatory mandates. The Security Policy Knowledge Base utilized by Policy Commander is a constantly growing online repository of security policies authored and validated by New Boundary Technologies. The following index provides a sample of the policies you will find in the Security Policy Knowledge Base.

If you’d like to see for yourself the power and simplicity of Policy Commander, we invite you to download a 30-day trial version. You can use the trial version to test Policy Commander on up to 20 workstations and servers. Click below to download your trial version of Policy Commander.

Please click here for Compliance Guides