Vanguard Announces Next Day Support For DoD DISA STIG 6.4

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Vanguard Integrity Professionals, the leading independent provider of large enterprise security software, announced today full support for its customers to achieve compliance of the Federal Government's newest and most advanced IT security requirements.

"Vanguard's DISA STIG configuration control checklist is fully-compliant with DoD DISA STIG 6.4 for IBM z/OS mainframes," says Ronn Bailey, CEO - Vanguard. "The checklist provides organizations with the necessary procedures for conducting a Security Readiness Review (SRR) prior to, or as part of, a formal security audit."

Last Friday the DoD Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) released the newest version of its Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG). This is widely accepted as the 'Gold Standard' among Federal Agencies, civilian partners and highly recommended by Gartner (Gartner Research ID G00172909 dated January 20, 2010). The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) endorses the DISA STIG as the security configuration control standard for FISMA compliance for large enterprise computer systems (mainframes).

The Vanguard checklist is available on Vanguard's website www.go2vanguard.com in Text or XML formats, and supports versions 5.2, 6.3 and now the newest version 6.4 of the DISA STIG. "The federally required compliance reporting can be a lengthy and complex process for some organizations," says Brian Marshall, Senior Technical Advisor - Vanguard. "Our checklist contains step-by-step instructions customers use to ensure secure, efficient, and cost-effective information security that is fully-compliant with the nation's leading mainframe security standards."

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