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CrossTec Ships Activeworx 3.5
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 23, 2006
CrossTec Corp. announced it is shipping an updated version of its Activeworx
security event management software.
Version 3.5 of Activeworx Security Center adds new features for complying with
federal regulations, as well as for analyzing and sharing real-time security
data, according to a statement by Boca Raton, Florida-based CrossTec.
Activeworx Security Center ties in logs and data from all of an organization's
security devices to provide critical alerts, out-of-the-box reports for compliance
and built-in forensics tools designed to help quickly drill-down into events
of interest.
The upgrade includes a new embedded reporting center that lets users control
parameters and schedule automated reporting tasks. Additionally, Activeworx
3.5 is bundled with over 200 new Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard,
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLBA) and Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA) reports.
Activeworx 3.5's new internal reporting center replaces previous versions'
Crystal Reports tool, although it will remain as an option for users.
Other new features also include a customizable dashboard console and event
viewer, and an enhanced correlation engine. The system's correlation engine
is faster, handles more data, generates more detailed reports and uses less
memory, CrossTec claims.
Activeworx Security Center runs on a Pentium 4 or higher with 512MB of RAM;
100MB of free disk space; Windows 2000, 2003 or XP; and .NET Framework version
2.x. The database server requires a Pentium 4 or higher with 512MB RAM, 500MB
of free disk space and MySQL 4.x or higher, or Microsoft SQL Server. Activeworx
starts at $2,500.
About the Author
Stuart J. Johnston has covered technology, especially Microsoft, since February 1988 for InfoWorld, Computerworld, Information Week, and PC World, as well as for Enterprise Developer, XML & Web Services, and .NET magazines.