nCircle Announces Support For CyberScope Continuous Monitoring Requirements And Report Formats

PRESS RELEASE

SAN FRANCISCO—January 12, 2011—nCircle, the leader in security and compliance auditing solutions today announced support for the US Federal government’s CyberScope continuous monitoring and reporting requirements. With this new functionality, nCircle customers can automatically produce CyberScope-formatted reports and automate the FISMA submission process. nCircle’s CyberScope support is delivered in advance of the monthly submission deadline of January 31, 2011.

CyberScope is a US Federal government collection tool designed to automate the way government agencies submit their FISMA audit results to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). CyberScope standardizes report formats and improves security over the previously manual paper and email-driven methods. CyberScope also creates a central repository for the report results, enabling in-depth data mining.

Government agencies using the nCircle IP360 vulnerability management solution and nCircle Configuration Compliance Manager can now export CyberScope formatted reports for configuration, vulnerability and inventory purposes. The new functionality enables agencies to automate the reports and make it easy to upload them to CyberScope monthly or as often as necessary, which helps agencies meet OMB’s requests for continuous monitoring and more frequent reporting.

“OMB is driving agencies to achieve a more continuous view of their security risk and compliance challenges through the requirement for monthly reports. Automating the submission process via Cyberscope will undoubtedly help make the FISMA reporting process more automated and less burdensome for agencies who are ready to comply,” noted Keren Cummins, nCircle's Director, Federal Market. “nCircle is committed to comprehensive and ongoing support for OMB’s security and compliance efforts and our new CyberScope report and automation capabilities are a clear reflection of that support.”

About nCircle Suite360 nCircle's solutions includes IP360™ for vulnerability management and risk management, WebApp360™ for web application vulnerability auditing, Configuration Compliance Manager™ (CCM) for configuration auditing of servers, desktops and network devices and file integrity monitoring, and Suite360 Intelligence Hub™ for IT governance, risk and compliance (ITGRC) reporting and analytics. nCircle Suite360 includes policies for NIST, CIS benchmarks, Microsoft, Oracle, VMware, HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, FDCC, DISA STIG, ISO 27001 and more, enabling organizations to efficiently determine the security and compliance of their networks.

About nCircle nCircle is the leading provider of automated security and compliance auditing solutions. More than 4,500 enterprises, government agencies and service providers around the world rely on nCircle's proactive solutions to manage and reduce security risk and achieve compliance on their networks. nCircle has won numerous awards for growth, innovation, customer satisfaction and technology leadership. nCircle is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with regional offices throughout the United States and in London and Toronto. Additional information about nCircle is available at www.ncircle.com.