Incentra Solutions, Inc. introduced GridManage Security, the newest member of its family of IT and storage management solutions targeted to mid-tier enterprises.

GridManage Security is a complete security program that combines professional and managed services to protect critical IT resources and data from pervasive threats such as resource consumption and data exposure liabilities associated with malware, as well as, accidental outages introduced through improperly managed configuration changes to security devices. Incentra developed the comprehensive service offering in partnership with Perimeter eSecurity, the market leader in on demand security services.

“GridManage Security extends Incentra’s portfolio to include the critical and complex arena of IT security,” commented John Richardson, Incentra’s Senior Vice President of Services. “Mid-tier companies now have access to a broad range of security expertise regularly, proactively, and affordably,” Richardson added.

Every organization needs to protect its vital information and IT resources. But few mid-tier companies have the staff, time or budget to adequately manage IT security, a complicated endeavor that like storage management requires specialized skills and significant capital investment.  Incentra’s GridManage Security responds to this need, freeing companies to focus on their core business.

The GridManage Security program begins with a vulnerability assessment to identify perimeter threats such as exposed edge devices, network and denial of service attacks, and known and Zero Day malware. The initial assessment also evaluates how effectively an organization’s internal policies and procedures are protecting data inside the firewall, for example, by revealing data leakage liabilities associated with employees receiving email viruses that can infect the internal network.
 
Incentra security specialists document the results of the assessment and formulate a detailed plan to address and remediate any vulnerabilities. Once an IT environment is secure, GridManage Security monitoring keeps an “electronic eye’ on the IT infrastructure to ensure that data and resources remain safe. Real-time monitoring is accomplished via a unique security portal, a feature that is offered only to GridManage Security subscribers.

One of the most powerful features of Incentra’s new offering, the security portal, gives users full visibility into their IT infrastructure’s security through a single, easy-to- use dashboard that spans all activity – across firewalls and virtual private networks, intrusion detection and prevention services, web browsing and email anti-virus, and email spam and web content filtering services. It enables subscribers to see on one screen on a 24 x 7 basis, the status of their IT protection, and to identify threats that have been detected and resolved.
 
Integral to the GridManage Security service are monthly reviews and quarterly reports that further ensure information and resources are being proactively protected.  Periodic  ‘ad hoc’ vulnerability assessments are another vehicle by which the GridManage Security program validates the security of a company’s IT environment after significant events, such as infrastructure and application changes, office relocations or key personnel changes have occurred. 
 
GridManage Security is the result of a joint development effort between Incentra Solutions and Perimeter eSecurity. The partnership enabled the companies to leverage Incentra’s expertise in storage management and Perimeter’s in IT security to bring value added to their shared, mid-tier target audience.  “With our partnership with Incentra Solutions,  mid-tier enterprises now have the full range of services they need to manage and protect all aspects of their IT infrastructure, no matter what the operational environment,” said Brent Duncan , VP of Channel Sales at Perimeter eSecurity.

 

Incentra Solutions, Inc.

Perimeter eSecurity