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

Product SaaS Overview

Policy Commander Software is a straight forward and intuitive software application which if purchased and installed directly on your network will provide you an almost immediate overview of your pc/server security compliance status,

However NetWorld UK understand the time and resource restrictions within any business, Not only do you have your day to day workload with all the pressures that entails but to implement, install, gain the policy expertise, and administer yet another necessary application in order to achieve a regulation/law/compliance status can mean employing and training new personnel, purchasing new hardware etc etc.

This is where NetWorld UK can help. Having created a Managed Service Model (SaaS) for the Policy Commander Software we feel that some organisations will benefit over and above purchasing, implementing and administering the Policy Commander application for themselves and instead allowing NetWorld to take the strain!

Benefits of the Managed SaaS Service for our customers

No internal personnel/resources required *1

No training required *2

No expertise required

No software implementation project*1

No Expensive Hardware required.

24/7/365 Data Access and Reporting.

Security login restrictions can be applied to each authorised user.

Dedicated Service Software per customer.

Backups scheduled on your behalf. (daily)

Experts on hand for policy advice.

One flat fee invoiced annually.

Expenditure can be allocated from services budget not capital budget?

Implementation and results almost immediate.

Policy Commander Software is owned by your organisation, so should you want to take it in house at a later date No Problem*3

Information/Data and Security Policy compliance status is completely confidential. We would be happy to sign a none disclosure/confidentially agreement should your organisation require.

Set and forget let NetWorld UK take the strain.

Notes:

*1 Initial resource may be required for discussions regarding the client deployment and technical details regarding your site/s

*2 Training will be provided for the use of the Policy Commander Console

*3 Terms and conditions apply

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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 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 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. NetWorld UK also now offer Policy Commander as Managed Service based solution (SaaS) More Information

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 agent less 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,Windows XP. Windows Vista 32bit (64 Bit June 2008)

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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/compliance mandates. The Security Policy Knowledge Base utilised 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 call our Policy Team to arrange a 30-day trial. Contact us

Please click here for Policy Knowledgebase

Policy Commander SaaS Free Demonstration

Want to see Policy Commander SaaS in action!

NetWorld UK would be pleased to create a Trial instance on our servers where we could demonstrate the ease of use of our Service.

The Trial is run on your PC's in either a live/test environment. All actions on PC's committed can be rolled back to their original state prior to the Trial period so have no fear of leaving residual policies on your tested PC's

Contact us today to arrange your free trial.

Policy Commander SaaS Pricing Models:

Price Per Managed PC (includes software, hardware, backups, standard client and policy deployment)
Invoiced annually on acceptance of terms.

Contact us to discuss your requirements and personal quotation.

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Policy Commander Literature/Resources

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Case Studies/Testimonials

Evaluation Material

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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.

New Boundary Technologies in conjunction with statutory regulation organisations have created some guides to assist you in gaining compliance to various standards such as PCI or XP lockdown processes please use the link below to review these documents

Please click here for Compliance Guides