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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Computer Sciences Corporation today announced that it has teamed with Citadel Security Software Inc. to offer an enterprise vulnerability and compliance management service to clients worldwide. The alliance combines Citadel's award-winning Hercules Enterprise Vulnerability Management Suite with CSC's own extensive capabilities and experience delivering and integrating security solutions to meet unique customer requirements.
The service includes the entire life cycle of enterprise vulnerability and compliance management -- from threat intelligence, device configuration/compliance problem identification and automated remediation to policy enforcement, patch management and reporting. CSC will deliver initial consulting (to determine service requirements), implementation, systems integration, testing, and roll-out across a client's environment and administration.
"This approach to policy enforcement dramatically reduces the risk of cyber attacks by rapidly eliminating vulnerabilities before they can be exploited," said Chris Steinbach, vice president of CSC's Global Security Solutions organization. "This combination of proven technology and CSC's own experience provides an efficient, cost-effective option to help clients protect their information and technology assets, and achieve operational results."
"Combining Citadel's powerful automation tools for policy compliance, vulnerability remediation and patch management with CSC's proven security capabilities provides complete end-to-end security management," said Steve Solomon, founder and CEO of Citadel Security Software Inc. "Working with CSC helps raise the standard for the service and solutions we can provide our customers."
A leader in comprehensive security solutions, CSC offers total protection -- from facilities and systems to people and information. As a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies and prominent U.S. Federal agencies, CSC's global security solutions enable clients to achieve regulatory compliance, ensure business continuity and limit enterprise and executive liability.
About Citadel
Citadel Security Software delivers security solutions that enable organizations to manage risk, reduce threats and enforce compliance with security policies and regulations. Citadel's proven architecture provides a business process to manage the increasing volume, frequency and complexity of cyber security attacks. Citadel combines the world's largest active library of remediations spanning all classes of vulnerabilities with a proven delivery methodology to dramatically streamline vulnerability management and security compliance and provide ROI from the first use. Citadel solutions are used across the Department of Defense, at the Veterans Administration, and within other government and commercial organizations. For more information on Citadel, visit http://www.citadel.com/, or call 888-8CITADEL.
About CSC
Founded in 1959, Computer Sciences Corporation is a leading global information technology (IT) services company. CSC's mission is to provide customers in industry and government with solutions crafted to meet their specific challenges and enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology.
With approximately 80,000 employees, CSC provides innovative solutions for customers around the world by applying leading technologies and CSC's own advanced capabilities. These include systems design and integration; IT and business process outsourcing; applications software development; Web and application hosting; and management consulting. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., CSC reported revenue of $14.6 billion for the 12 months ended Dec. 30, 2005. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.csc.com/.
CONTACT: Chuck H. Taylor, Director, Communications & Marketing, Federal Sector, +1-703-641-3430, ctaylor26@csc.com, or Mike Dickerson, Director, Media Relations, Corporate, +1-310-615-1647, mdickers@csc.com, both of Computer Sciences Corporation