Tripwire Announces New Data Integrity Product Rawlson King

📅 October 30, 2001 - Tripwire Inc. (tripwire.com), a leading provider of data and networking integrity solutions, announced Tripwire for Routers and Switches, a data and networking integrity product that provides real-time detection and restoration of router and switch misconfigurations and attacks.
Building on the success of its award-winning Tripwire for Routers, Tripwirefor Routers and Switches broadens network protection and change control toanother key infrastructure component - catalyst switches - instrumental indirecting the flow of network traffic. In addition to its current supportfor Sun's Solaris operating system, this product has expanded its supportedplatforms to include Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000.
"Unintended change to critical network infrastructure is becomingcommonplace as network complexity increases and IT resources dwindle. Theunfortunate consequence for many companies is widespread network outageresulting in a loss of revenue and productivity," said W. Wyatt Starnes,president and CEO of Tripwire. "Tripwire for Routers and Switches providesIT with a powerful tool to ensure that these increasing errors don'tcompromise critical resources, or a company's bottom line."
Designed to reduce the average amount of time network administrators spendisolating, diagnosing and restoring altered routers and switches from hoursto minutes, Tripwire for Routers and Switches monitors router and switchstartup and running configuration files, pinpoints changes, and manually orautomatically restores routers and switches to a known and trusted statereinforcing best network security practices. The software can monitorthousands of routers and switches from a single workstation.
Tripwire for Routers and Switches captures all router and switchconfiguration changes, enabling IT to establish a change control record forIT auditing or forensic investigation. The first version of Tripwire forRouters and Switches is designed for Cisco devices running IOS software. Thesoftware also provides an integral layer in networking securityinfrastructures. Its ability to conduct instant reporting and rapidremediation ensures confidence in the integrity of critical infrastructures,and increases the ability to quickly detect and recover from events that cancause router down time.
"Due to FDA requirements and government network audits on pharmaceuticalmanufacturing companies, it is essential for me to have the ability tocontrol and validate both our router and switch configurations at any time.Immediate accessibility to network configuration changes is even morecritical because our network is managed by a third party," said OzzieKuscan, network manager, Lonza Group Ltd. "Tripwire for Routers and Switchesprovides the level of control I need by enabling me to be proactive inknowing what is occurring on the network."
Tripwire for Routers and Switches key features include:
Integrity Check and RestoreDisplays router status and enables users to quickly restore routers andswitches to a trusted state.Configuration File Change TrackingCaptures router and switch configuration changes to assist in network auditsor forensics investigations. This is a core component to a cohesive securityand configuration management practice.Accessibility Check
Provides an alert message and can also use email messaging to facilitaterapid remediation, 24x7.Encrypted Pass Phrases and Privilege LevelsProvides application security with pass phrases that discourage hackingattempts.Simple InstallationEnables IT to begin monitoring routers and switches within an hour.
Tripwire for Routers and Switches runs on Microsoft Windows and Sun Solarisservers with simple CD-based installation. The software is availableimmediately for Cisco routers and switches utilizing IOS version 11.3, 12.0,and 12.1. Prices start, at $2900 for five licensed router connections, whichinclude Tripwire for Routers and Switches Software, and Standard Support andMaintenance in North America. Exact pricing is based on the number of routerand or switch connections. Customers can easily scale the software bypurchasing additional licenses over the Web for just $249 per Router orSwitch.