Akibia's Vulnerability Assessment Solutions

Akibia Network & Security Solutions provides customized assessment solutions to Fortune 1000 companies to help them manage their security posture by identifying and prioritizing threats and vulnerabilities.

Akibia's Wireless Security Assessment identifies the risks and vulnerabilities associated with a wireless network infrastructure. By analyzing your organization's wireless business requirements and examining your network architecture, configurations, and standards, Akibia discovers vulnerabilities that would enable unauthorized users to gain access to privileged networks or resources.

Akibia has been selected by MasterCard to provide a Payment Card Vulnerability Assessment that was developed to meet the exacting requirements defined by the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standard. The assessment is performed by experienced, certified security specialists who work with our clients to ensure they understand their risk exposure and effective mitigation strategies so they are successful in complying with the PCI security standards.

Akibia's Regulatory Gap Analysis is a thorough assessment of an organization's current security posture in comparison to pertinent regulatory security standards such as SOX, GLBA, and HIPAA. Akibia has designed the assessment to detect and verify security vulnerabilities, identify weaknesses in security countermeasures, and detail best practice recommendations that will help the organization align IT practices with regulatory requirements.

Our Product Security Assessment (PSA) is a structured security analysis of a firm's commercially available products to evaluate its security stance. Whether the product is an appliance, software, or a complex integrated solution, the PSA uses advanced discovery techniques that uncover security vulnerabilities and variances from best practices.

Vulnerability assessments encompass more than a technical assessment of an IT infrastructure - they incorporate the policies, procedures, and personnel that use and manage the resources. Akibia's assessments are designed to solve the unique challenges presented by our clients.

New Akibia Partnership with Aruba Networks

Akibia Network & Security Solutions is pleased to announce a new partnership with Aruba Networks. This innovative company builds high-performance mobility and security systems that allow enterprises to seamlessly introduce and manage wireless, security and mobility services over their existing wired networks.

Aruba's next generation enterprise-class systems enable corporations to address and master the new management and security issues caused by wireless technology and user mobility. Its switches and grid controllers integrate VPN termination, user-aware firewalling, RF management, and intrusion prevention within a centralized system.

Aruba's centralized security and policy management allows enterprises to define and enforce network policy for both wired and wireless users from a single point. Aruba's solution leverages a unique combination of hardware and software that integrates high performance processing engines with state-of-the-art RF management and security software. Combined, these WLAN switches and grid controllers provide corporations with the ability to build scalable grids that deliver on-demand wireless, security and mobility services.

Virtualization and High-Availability Solutions

In addition to providing Network & Security Solutions, Akibia is also a provider of customized and integrated support solutions for data center environments. Akibia invites you to a complimentary breakfast seminar on "Open Source Virtualization and High-Availability," featuring VP Distinguished Gartner Analyst, George Weiss, on March 9, 2006 in New York City.

Learn more about how open source virtualization, when combined with high-availability best practices, will enable your IT organization to maximize uptime and deliver more efficient and reliable IT services. The upcoming seminar will focus on:

• The notable differences between virtualization technologies.

• How to determine which virtualization solution is the best fit for your data center application - and where you should deploy it.

• Support options available to maximize the value of your investment in open source.

For more information or to register for the seminar, contact Karen Ertmann at 1-866-4-AKIBIA x4907 or kertmann@akibia.com.