OVERLAND PARK, KS — (Marketwired) — 06/06/13 — , the leading provider of security management and risk analysis solutions, today announced that , the nation-s leading provider of official government websites, online services and secure payment processing solutions, will deliver a case study session at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, taking place June 10-13 at the Gaylord National in National Harbor, MD.
On Monday, June 10 at 7:35 p.m. EDT, Leo Walsh, Security Operations Manager at NIC, will present “Automating Firewall Management at NIC with FireMon.” Mr. Walsh will explore how NIC leveraged FireMon to simplify its large and complex firewall rule base, monitor detailed traffic flows, and automate manual compliance checks and audit processes. This significantly increased performance, reduced risk and simplified compliance. These best practices are particularly useful for public sector cybersecurity professionals who are challenged by the fiscal realities of the recent budget sequestration.
During the Summit, FireMon will be showcasing Security Manager 7.0 in Booth #39. This upcoming version of the company-s highly scalable, high-performance policy and risk management solution offers best practice-driven capabilities. This provides users with real-time security posture “reality checks” and helps government organizations address the Department of Homeland Security-s requirements for . Additionally, Version 7.0 features best practice modeling and business process standardization, and is the first policy and risk management platform to support the OMG-s BPMN 2.0 standard for easy integration with leading enterprise workflow solutions.
“Understanding the real-world approaches that are effective in securing large, complex networks can help other enterprises and agencies address similar challenges,” said Jerry Skurla, Vice President of Marketing at FireMon. “We are proud to partner with NIC, and for this innovative organization to share its successes in achieving better firewall management, performance and compliance with FireMon.”
(NASDAQ: EGOV) is the nation-s leading provider of , online services, and . The company-s innovative help reduce costs and increase efficiencies for government agencies, citizens, and businesses across the country. NIC provides eGovernment solutions for more than 3,500 federal, state, and local agencies in the United States. Additional information is available at .
FireMon is the industry leader in providing enterprises, government and managed services providers with advanced security management solutions that deliver deeper visibility and tighter control over their network security infrastructure. The integrated FireMon solution suite — Security Manager, Policy Planner and Risk Analyzer — enables customers to identify network risk, proactively prevent access to vulnerable assets, clean up firewall policies, automate compliance, strengthen security throughout the organization, and reduce the cost of security operations. For more information, visit .
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