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Intellitactics™ Security Manager Selected by WestJet to Reduce Risk by Enforcing Information Security Policy
Intellitactics’ enterprise security management solution automates processes for security operations, accelerates incident resolution, simplifies reporting for audit and decision supportReston, VA, July 11, 2006—Intellitactics, Inc. announced that Calgary-based WestJet, Canada's leading low-fare airline offering scheduled service throughout North America, has expanded its business relationship with MTS Allstream by selecting Intellitactics™ Security Manager along with Intellitactics™ SAM (security dashboard that works with Security Manager) as the centerpiece of its enterprise security management strategy. WestJet delivers a broad range of security services to the enterprise and Security Manager will be used to automate processes for security operations to accelerate security incident resolution and simplify reporting for audit and decision support.
Intellitactics will be partnering with the Allstream Enterprise Solutions Group to implement Security Manager and SAM for WestJet. Security Manager and SAM will be integrated with WestJet’s security management architecture to specifically centralize logging of network activity and automate the monitoring and analysis of events from security devices to stop attacks and protect information assets. With the solution’s real-time access to prioritized security alerts, WestJet will be able to take immediate action on incidents posing the greatest risk to the organization.
Intellitactics SAM will be configured to display practical security assurance metrics™ reflecting WestJet’s operational costs, risks, and security control performance. With these metrics, WestJet will be able to measure the value of security investments and provide key performance indicators to justify security budgets, assign accountability, and provide business context for decision making.
WestJet, celebrating its tenth anniversary, has grown to quickly become the second largest airline in Canada. WestJet deploys 61 Boeing next-generation aircraft supported by 5,000 employees to offer scheduled service to 33 cities in Canada and the United States, as well as charter operations to more than 20 cities in the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean.
“WestJet has been experiencing tremendous growth, which has driven the need for increased investments in security technology,” explains Bruce Elliott, WestJet’s senior manager of IT Security. “We spent the last five years building out our infrastructure, installing multi-layer firewalls, and bringing our anti-virus, anti-spam, and intrusion detection software up-to-date. We are now running in the region of 700 servers in three different locations. Between our security applications, e-mail, Windows applications, servers, and network traffic, we can easily generate between 60 to 80 MB of data a day. Ninety percent of data generated is what we call noise. What I worry about is the 10 percent that has the potential to cause tremendous damage to the business. Without an automated solution, it’s impossible to collect this data from the various sources, analyze the events, and then escalate the high-impact alerts – the important 10 percent - in order to take action.”
“In seeking a security information and event management solution, we had certain requirements that the system had to meet,” continued Elliott. “Because we have a layered, diverse, and complex security architecture, the solution had to work with existing systems and deliver information in real-time without adding more complexity. We selected Security Manager because its real-time event monitoring and ability to quickly make sense of alerts and incidents provided the value we were looking for. With Security Manager we can meet our security challenges head-on and dramatically simplify the complexity of running our security operations.”
Pamela Casale, chief marketing officer for Intellitactics, commented on WestJet’s selection process: “Today’s buyer wants the value that a security information and event management solution provides without a long and expensive implementation. Plus, they want to be able to adapt the solution to reflect their unique enterprise security policy. With Intellitactics Security Manager, WestJet has the best of both worlds – simplified implementation and administration of best-of-breed SIEM features with the unequaled adaptability and flexibility to adapt to enterprise-specific requirements.”
Intellitactics Security Manager is a comprehensive security management solution for security operations and corporate risk officers that combines security event management with security information management to increase the effectiveness of security operations in stopping attacks, responding to incidents and enforcing policy. Security Manager consolidates security events, correlates events as alerts and then ranks actionable alerts to accelerate response. Security Manager provides reports to validate controls put in place to enforce policy are working and delivers security assurance metrics for executive decision making.
Intellitactics SAM is a security dashboard that features security assurance metrics used to measure security value. SAM visualizes key performance indicators and other information used to make decisions, create policy, and define strategy. SAM’s security assurance metrics are derived dynamically from information managed by Intellitactics’ Security Manager, user provided enterprise variables, and other sources of information like physical security devices. This organic library of metrics is delivered with the product, while customers have access to new metrics that can be downloaded from the web-accessible, password Metrics Gallery. These practical metrics are developed in cooperation with and used by companies worldwide to characterize the state of enterprise security.
About WestJet
Marking its tenth anniversary this year, WestJet (www.westjet.com) is Canada's leading low-fare airline offering scheduled service throughout its 33-city North American network. Named Canada's most respected corporation for customer service in 2005, WestJet pioneered low-cost high-value flying in Canada. With increased legroom and leather seats on its modern fleet of Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft, and live seatback television provided by Bell ExpressVu on the majority of its fleet, WestJet strives to be the number one choice for travelers.
About Intellitactics, Inc.
Headquartered in Reston, VA, Intellitactics provides the world’s leading enterprise security management solution used by security analysts, operations, and risk officers to achieve cost-effective regulatory compliance; mitigate risk by automating security operations; and accelerate incident resolution to ensure the availability of critical business services. Intellitactics' industry leading Security Manager empowers organizations to simplify the complex mandate to be secure and compliant with just one solution. Security Manager combines event, alert, and incident management to mitigate exposure to cybercrime, with extensive automated analysis and reporting. A strong complement to Security Manager is Intellitactics™ SAM, which measures security value and features security assurance metrics™ on a configurable dashboard. Intellitactics was awarded Common Criteria Certification in December 2004, making it the first software provider to earn this certification as a security information and event management solution. Founded in 1996, Intellitactics is backed by JMI Equity Fund LP and Lazard Technology Partners and is ranked by well-known industry analysts as a market leader known for innovative solutions and a commitment to customer success. Visit us at www.intellitactics.com.
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