Lumension underlines the need for proactive endpoint security

June 9, 2011 - PRLog -- Lumension Security ®, a global leader in operational endpoint security along with its distributor Secureway Network Distributors held a successful joint seminar for customers and partners in Dubai on June 7, 2011.  Addressing the ‘Move to a Proactive Security Model’ with Lumension ® Intelligent Whitelisting, the seminar was well represented by CIO’s, IT Managers and senior officials of some of the most prominent organizations from the UAE.

Comprehensive topics covered by the speakers Maik Bockelmann, Lumension, VP EMEA, Amer Sharkaw, Lumension, Regional Director – MEA, and, Bahi Hour, Lumension Technical Consultant – Secureway, highlighted relevant areas of endpoint security that included, Key Security Issues in Today’s World, Reducing Endpoint Security Complexity, Integrating the best of both Blacklisting and Whitelisting and Reducing Operational Costs Associated with Endpoint Management. Attendees were also given a live demonstration of the Lumension® Intelligent Whitelisting.
Speaking at the seminar, Maik Bockelmann, said, “As threats continue to increase in both magnitude and ‘mal-itude’, traditional reactive approaches are consuming the energy and resources of the enterprise security organization, without success.  The impact is evident in weakened strategy, rising help desk calls, and lost productivity. The seminar provided us the right platform to address these issues and offer the attendees in-depth information on the appropriate proactive solutions and that we provide with Lumension ® Intelligent Whitelisting.”
As a global leader in endpoint management and security, Lumension has developed the  industry’s first integrated application whitelisting solution that brings together the combined strengths of patch management, application control, anti-virus, and trust based change management into a single solution with a unified workflow that dramatically improves endpoint security effectiveness, without impacting organizational productivity. Lumension ® Intelligent Whitelisting enables organizations to:
•   Increase endpoint security effectiveness through a robust, defense-in-depth security approach centered around application control, which eliminates un-trusted or unwanted change to endpoints and allows only trusted and known executable files to run.
•   It provides a flexible, effective and easy-to-use Application Control / Whitelisting. Lumension has reengineered application control technology to overcome the traditional challenges associated with standalone point products. The solution provides increased flexibility by enabling IT to effectively and efficiently manage change within a dynamic endpoint environment while still maintaining effective endpoint security.

Zafar Shabdiz, Managing Director,  Secureway Network Distributors, said,”The increasing IT risk environment with sophisticated malware adds to rising costs of managing endpoints. Our efforts to highlight these issues through regular seminars across the region with Lumension help IT professionals to position themselves to combat the threats and manage endpoint risks in a cost effective manner.”

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About Lumension

Lumension Security, Inc., a global leader in endpoint management and security, develops, integrates and markets security software solutions that help businesses protect their vital information and manage critical risk across network and endpoint assets. Lumension enables more than 5,100 customers worldwide to achieve optimal security and IT success by delivering a proven and award-winning solution portfolio that includes Vulnerability Management, Endpoint Protection, Data Protection, Antivirus and Reporting and Compliance offerings. Lumension is known for providing world-class customer support and services 24x7, 365 days a year. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Lumension has operations worldwide, including Virginia, Texas, Utah, Florida, Ireland, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore. Lumension: IT Secured. Success Optimized.™ More information can be found at www.lumension.com