05/05/2004

IPLocks, a provider of database vulnerability assessment and continuous risk monitoring systems,says BMC Software, the provider of enterprise management solutions, selected the IPLocks database security and auditing analysis technology to complement its SmartDBATM data management solutions.

IPLocks provided the following details:

BMC Software will resell the IPLocks technology under the name Database Security Management by IPLocks as an integral part of its SmartDBA offering to provide customers around the world, including the Americas, EMEA and most of Asia, with a comprehensive database security management solution.

BMC’s SmartDBA data management solutions play a central role in the Company’s Business Service Management strategy for enabling companies to manage their business critical services from both an IT and business perspective. SmartDBA products intelligently and proactively manage enterprise data, so customers can achieve high data availability levels at a low cost.

The combined BMC Software/IPLocks solution will enable customers to:

--Meet the data privacy and data integrity requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, HIPAA, 21 CRF 11, Basel II, CA 1386, FISMA and other regulations

--Identify security holes in the database environment and access remediation tools

--Fulfill audit requirements by maintaining a history of database security-related changes and provide detailed reports to internal and external auditors

--Identify suspicious activity and data misuse

--Monitor outsource providers

“For the last seven years, BMC Software data management solutions have maintained a worldwide leadership position in the Data Management Facilities market. With this partnership, BMC Software will now offer our customers the additional ability to address key business issues such as regulatory concerns and outsourcing,” said Sean Duclaux, Director, Product Management, Enterprise Service Management at BMC Software. “IPLocks extends our data protection offering, making it easy for our customers to protect against database security threats in a proactive, non-intrusive, scalable and cost effective manner.”

The combined SmartDBA and IPLocks Database Security Management solution provides comprehensive data protection. SmartDBA data management solutions simplify complex environments, increase DBA productivity and lower total cost of ownership. Designed specifically for high volume transactions, IPLocks- Database Security Management provides a non-intrusive, “agent-less”, cross-platform database vulnerability assessment and monitoring system that addresses all key database security layers and can be implemented on a customer’s existing infrastructure to provide unprecedented levels of database protection.

“BMC Software and IPLocks are aligned in the vision to provide customers with security solutions that ensure uninterrupted business operations,” Akio Sakamoto, President and CEO at IPLocks. “We are pleased to partner with an industry leader like BMC Software to leverage our database solution while expanding market presence and providing the best available solutions to our worldwide joint customer base.”