Along with the features available through the green screen, additional features provided by the new GUI include: a robust event viewer; a new time-saving browser; export capabilities to enhance analysis of security data; and the ability to search and filter SQL statements, providing users with a new method for studying security on their system.

The new browse feature allows administrators to add users, IFS objects, database objects, programs, and commands using existing lists on the system, significantly cutting the time required to establish and maintain security policies.

Through the new event viewer users can reorder columns, set display colors, leverage advanced search technology, and export events in either CSV or TXT format. StandGuard Network Security’s export capabilities give System i administrators the ability to target specific events and analyze them more thoroughly, enhancing the effectiveness of security and aiding in investigation and regulatory compliance.

“We are very excited to be launching a graphical user interface for StandGuard Network Security that mirrors all the features accessible through our green-screen interface, as well as expanding further our extensive reporting and exit point security functionality, and multiple system management,” said Bytware President Christine Grant.

StandGuard Network Security is an object-based network and exit point security solution that is consistent with i5/OS object security design, providing a supplemental layer of public and private authorities to resources on System i. Its object-based approach reduces the time and effort required to create and manage authorities, reduces configuration errors, and provides a more usable audit trail compared to inferior, transaction-based designs.

The new StandGuard Network Security GUI is available now and is free of charge to existing StandGuard Network Security customers. To upgrade, contact Bytware at 800.932.5557. Comprehensive information about StandGuard Network Security and free trials are available on Bytware’s website at www.bytware.com.

An object-based approach to security reduces the time and effort required to create and manage authorities, reduces configuration errors, and provides a more usable audit trail compared to inferior, transaction-based designs. As Bytware CEO Michael Grant points out:

“Transaction-based security is time-intensive and prone to error. A big problem with the transaction security model is that any slight change to a previously ‘memorized’ transaction will result in a mismatch between what has been memorized and what is occurring. This requires constant review and adjustment to keep your access authorities working.”

The object-based security design of StandGuard Network Security 3.0 solves these problems by looking at the transactions and breaking them into the objects that are being accessed. Variations in the transactions such as upper/lower case or small differences in the SQL statement do not matter. The objects will remain the same and no reviewing is necessary.

StandGuard Network Security 3.0 is available now and works with i5/OS V5R3 and V5R4, and uses newer V5R3 exit point technology to implement true object-based security for SQL statements without parsing or memorizing every statement.

Additional features in StandGuard Network Security include: protection for all i5/OS exit points; support for public and private authorities; extensive reporting features with more that 16 different reports; automatic product updating; and a non-intrusive phased-in implementation.

Comprehensive information about StandGuard Network Security and free trials are available on Bytware’s website at http://www.bytware.com/products/ns/ or by calling 800.932.5557.

Reporting has also been enhanced in this new release with 16 different reports to choose from, most providing many types of selection criteria.

Keeping security technology up-to-date also becomes easier with the introduction of automated PTF updates. This popular feature from Bytware’s StandGuard Anti-Virus and Messenger solutions has been added to StandGuard Network Security 3.0.

StandGuard Network Security 3.0 helps organizations address one of the most critical security issues facing us today. Recent security studies show that financial losses due to computer system breaches have increased dramatically in the past several years, with nine out of ten large businesses and government agencies acknowledging system break-ins each year resulting in losses exceeding $200,000 per organization. Two categories—theft of proprietary information and financial fraud—are the most frequent and most damaging types of security failure. According to the studies, up to forty percent of the damage originates from the Internet, but surprisingly, about two-thirds of the attacks come from inside the firewall—by trusted insiders—operating within the corporation. StandGuard Network Security 3.0 provides state-of-the-art tools for guarding against this inside threat.

StandGuard Network Security 3.0 will be available in Q2 2006. For more information about StandGuard Network Security, visit http://www.bytware.com/products/ns/

As the pioneer of automated monitoring and notification technology in the 1980s and developer of state-of-the-art security and anti-virus solutions in the new century, Bytware has for nearly two decades brought innovative and reliable technology to iSeries users. This quality is echoed in the numerous awards received and in the ongoing ServerProven status enjoyed by Bytware solutions, which continue to offer benefits not available from any other iSeries vendor. As a further hallmark of their high standing, StandGuard Anti-Virus and StandGuard Recycle Bin both ship with i5/OS.

IBM ServerProven certification benefits the customer because it helps them choose solutions with added confidence by reducing the cycle of “guess and test.” ServerProven software solutions may also qualify the customer for a special rebate from IBM of up to $68,000 ($85,000 Canadian) towards the purchase or upgrade of eServer hardware. (View details of ServerProven rebate.)

Bytware’s comprehensive ServerProven coverage allows users to confidently implement a complete monitoring, notification, security, training, and anti-virus environment that is fully certified by IBM.

For more information on Bytware products, please visit http://www.bytware.com/products/

Additional offerings, including StandGuard Anti-Virus for iSeries and StandGuardAudit, can be combined to enhance overall protection to an extent not previously available on the platform. StandGuard Anti-Virus is the world’s first and only native virus protection solution for the iSeries. A fully-functional 15-day trial is now shipping with all i5/OS systems and upgrades. StandGuardAudit is a free assessment utility available directly from Bytware.

For details on the StandGuard Security Suite or for pricing information, visit www.bytware.com.

StandGuard is a real-time iSeries security solution that allows you to easily set up and enforce your security policies. It controls access to (and functionality in) network services and system commands to protect your system and data from accidental or intentional damage. StandGuard complements external firewall security, protects corporate assets on your iSeries servers, and prevents unauthorized access and deletion of corporate data.

StandGuard Anti-Virus is the first and only iSeries server-based virus detection product available today. StandGuard Anti-Virus is a native iSeries solution designed to protect your network servers from being infected by viruses that are hiding on the iSeries. StandGuard Anti-Virus scans the iSeries for viruses and performs advanced cleaning and notification procedures. StandGuard Anti-Virus incorporates the latest generation of McAfee’s scanning engine, in turn making StandGuard Anti-Virus a mature product backed by battle-tested technology, advanced heuristic analysis, and generic detection and cleaning.

With both products implemented, customers can be confident in knowing their systems, data, and networks are protected. The IBM ServerProven seal is proof of our commitment to you. For more information, on StandGuard products, visit http://www.bytware.com/products/ns/

About StandGuard
StandGuard is a real-time iSeries security solution that allows you to easily set up and enforce security policies. StandGuard controls access to (and functionality in) network services and system commands to protect your system and data from accidental or intentional damage. The latest version, 2.3 is now available.
For more information about and a free 30-day trial of StandGuard, visit http://www.bytware.com/products/ns/trial.html

About MessengerConsole
MessengerConsole provides centralized control for managing all activities across local and remote iSeries and eServer i5 systems, as well as across multiple partitions. From a single point of control, MessengerConsole helps organizations streamline monitoring, message management, paging/e-mail notification, and statistical reporting, which in-turn helps manage iSeries and eServer i5 systems in a more efficient and cost-effective way. The latest version, 5.56, has just been released.

For more information about and a free 30-day trial of MessengerConsole, visit http://www.bytware.com/products/mconsole.html

About StandGuard
StandGuard is a real-time iSeries security solution that allows you to easily set up and enforce security policies. StandGuard controls access to (and functionality in) network services and system commands to protect your system and data from accidental or intentional damage. The latest version, 2.3 is now available.

For more information about and a free 30-day trial of StandGuard, visit http://www.bytware.com/products/standguard.html

It’s commonly known that the iSeries server has unparalleled security protection if you are using application and/or menu-based security when the server is accessed from 5250 terminals. However, network-accessible tools such as FTP and ODBC bypass your application and menu-based security systems unless you have fully implemented the built-in object level security features of OS/400. When a PC user utilizes their 5250 user ID and password in an application such as Microsoft Excel, and FTP that is built-in to every Windows-based PC, they will have unlimited access to your company’s data.

StandGuard allows you to secure resources – objects (files, databases and programs, for example), network services (FTP, ODBC, DDM and Telnet) and CL command, on your iSeries that are being accessed by end users running client applications on your network such as common desktop products like Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access, IBM Client Access, and others. StandGuard controls access to (and functionality in) network services and system commands to protect your system and data from accidental or intentional damage or theft.

StandGuard provides many benefits:

• Complements External Firewall Security
• Protects Corporate Assets on Your iSeries Servers
• Tracks Authorized Data Access to Comply with Legal Requirements or Corporate Policies
• Logs Legitimate Activity as an Audit Trail
• Protects from Insider Malicious Intent

StandGuard Key Features include:

• Rules-based Security
• Monitors and secures FTP, ODBC/SQL, Telnet, DDM/DRDA, NetServer (Network Neighborhood), Integrated File System (IFS), and CL Command Keywords
• Services Monitoring and Security
• Audit Journal Monitoring
• CL Command Keyword Security
• Reporting
• Actions
• Alerts via an interface with Bytware’s MessengerPlus and MessengerConsole message management and paging alert solutions.

Security is complex enough, managing it doesn’t have to be! To learn more about StandGuard and our other related security products, please contact Bytware, Inc.,
775.851.2900, or visit the StandGuard product page.