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PacketMotion Announces User Activity Management for IBM Mainframes

SAN JOSE, Calif. - 
      PacketMotion, pioneers of User Activity Management, today announced the 
      availability of new audit and compliance controls for the IBM mainframe 
      environment with the company’s low-risk, operationally efficient 
      PacketSentry® solution. IT teams responsible for mainf
Posted : Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:16:05 GMT
Author : PacketMotion, Inc.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. - (Business Wire) PacketMotion, pioneers of User Activity Management, today announced the availability of new audit and compliance controls for the IBM mainframe environment with the company’s low-risk, operationally efficient PacketSentry® solution. IT teams responsible for mainframe environments can now extract network/application transaction activity down to the user level directly from the network, bypassing the need for any changes to the mainframe applications.

"Enterprises are increasing required to apply audit controls to mainframe applications, but there are unwanted costs and risks associated with modifying these applications to add the required controls,” said Jonathan Gohstand, VP of Marketing, PacketMotion. “Our solution provides the detailed audit trail plus the reporting and policy enforcement required, with no software modifications or in-line appliances that affect performance or availability. The bottom line is cost-effective, application-level controls, rapidly deployed within one day and with no risk.”

PacketMotion’s PacketSentry solution creates an audit trail of every mainframe screen accessed via Telnet 3270 (TN3270) as well as what was entered on each screen by individual users. Crucially, the solution decodes mainframe user IDs, thereby reporting on specific mainframe user activities. For example, audit controls can be easily implemented to track activity of “elevated privilege” or superuser accounts normally used to modify applications or perform direct database updates. Furthermore, the audit trail is correlated with the Microsoft Windows domain IDs of the end users, so that mainframe account misuse or sharing is easily detected and stopped.

Real-time controls are also supported, for example, to block use of a mainframe administration account except from specified domain-authenticated PCs or approved locations. Multiple languages are supported, as is transparent decryption of secure TN3270 using the optional PacketSentry Transparent SSL Inspector. When combined with existing capabilities to audit database (DB2) and web services (MQ) transactions, the TN3270 option completes PacketMotion’s offering for mainframe activity management in a single solution.

The new PacketMotion audit and compliance controls will be most beneficial to industries with significant information resources within mainframes, such as insurance, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare and well as government agencies. These industries must conduct internal audits and fulfill compliance requirements such as SOX, HIPAA and PCI DSS.

PacketSentry TN3270 mainframe support is available now and is sold directly by PacketMotion and its authorized resellers in the US and internationally. Support for TN5250 (iSeries or AS/400) transactions is planned for an upcoming release. TN3270 mainframe support is available as an option to PacketSentry, with pricing starting at $50,000. For more product information, visit packetmotion.com.

About PacketMotion

PacketMotion, Inc. has pioneered the development of User Activity Management (UAM) to drive IT audit and compliance efficiency. Recognized by Gartner as a “Cool Vendor in Identity and Access Management, 2009”, PacketMotion’s unique approach to automating compliance and security avoids the use of agent software or in-line appliances, both of which can affect application availability or performance. IT and security teams are able to integrate the solution in less than a day, immediately lowering costs associated with complying with regulations such as PCI DSS, SOX and HIPAA. The solution also is simultaneously used to manage risks from insider fraud and protect sensitive data. For more information, visit www.packetmotion.com.

Press/Analyst Contacts:
K/F Communications for PacketMotion
Margaret Pereira, 925-989-8109
margaret@kfcomm.com
Dave Fonkalsrud, 415-255-6506
dave@kfcomm.com


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