BindView Expands Directory Administration Solutions to Help Organizations Meet Regulatory Compliance and Auditing Standards

[June 22, 2004]

BindView Expands Directory Administration Solutions to Help Organizations Meet Regulatory Compliance and Auditing Standards

HOUSTON --(Business Wire)-- June 22, 2004 -- New Release Features Enhanced Identity Management and Workflow

Helping customers make policy-based administration a reality, BindView Corp. (Nasdaq:BVEW) today unveiled significant enhancements to its Directory Administration portfolio, including an industry-first centralized audit capability for Microsoft(R) Active Directory(R). BindView Directory Administration products provide organizations with advanced management software to ensure regulatory compliance while automating the deployment and optimization of enterprise directories, which control systems, user access and profiles. New product releases from the Directory Administration portfolio improve centralized provisioning, workflow and auditing capabilities, allowing organizations to elevate security best practices for meeting regulatory compliance and auditing standards.

"The growing roster of audit and regulatory mandates places an onerous burden of responsibility on the shoulders of C-level executives and IT personnel," said Arshad Matin, executive vice president for Product & Technology Operations with BindView. "To meet due care requirements, executives are looking to their IT departments to help provide a foundation for compliance with mandates like Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, GLBA and FISMA. Key to this process is maintaining consistent identity data, and then enforcing security policies, rights and access controls for users and systems. BindView Directory Administration solutions provide the capabilities to lower risk levels at reduced costs by automating processes and using role-based administration, provisioning and workflow functionality to safeguard systems, and meet audit and compliance standards."

Today's announcement includes two new releases: bv-Admin for Windows 7.20 and Password Self Service 7.20.

bv-Admin for Windows 7.20

bv-Admin for Windows is a comprehensive, enterprise-scalable application that helps IT administrators meet compliance requirements by centrally automating the control of Microsoft Active Directory operations, and unlocking the advanced cost-saving and security features of Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. BindView combines delegation, workflow, provisioning, cross-platform support, scripting integration, group policy management and help desk tools into a single suite, designed specifically to help maximize the Windows investment. With bv-Admin, BindView also provides bundled Plus Packs for the administration of Exchange, Group Policy and Novell NDS.

New enhancements in bv-Admin for Windows 7.20 include:

-- Audit and Regulatory Compliance: To help meet security auditing requirements for regulatory compliance, bv-Admin provides an industry-first centralized auditing capability for Microsoft Active Directory, enabling data consolidation across multiple domains from a single location.

-- Real-Time System and User Administration: IT administrators can automatically update Organization Unit and Site Locations, significantly reducing the time and complexity of managing Active Directory, and resulting in improved customer service levels.

Password Self Service 7.20

BindView Password Self Service is an enterprise-scalable automated password reset application that offers organizations an immediate increase in user service levels while significantly decreasing help desk expenses. Users are able to reset passwords directly from their workstations, without network authentication or help desk assistance.

New enhancements in Password Self Service 7.20 include:

-- Extensible Architecture: Allows plug-ins for any LDAP-based application

-- Expanded Platform Support: Now includes Sun iPlanet, in addition to Windows, SAP, UNIX and Linux. Users are able to reset passwords directly from their own workstation, without network authentication.

Availability

bv-Admin for Windows 7.20 and Password Self Service 7.20 are now available. More information on the products can be found at www.bindview.com/Products/DirAdminMig/.

About BindView

BindView Corporation is a leading provider of proactive business policy, IT security and directory management software worldwide. BindView solutions and services enable customers to centralize and automate policy compliance, vulnerability assessment, directory administration and migration across the entire organization. With BindView insight at work(TM), customers benefit from reduced risk and improved operational efficiencies with a verifiable return on investment. More than 20 million licenses have shipped to 5,000 companies worldwide, spanning all major business segments and the public sector. Contact BindView via e-mail at info@bindview.com or visit BindView's Web site at http://www.bindview.com. BindView can also be reached at 800-749-8439 or at 713-561-4000.

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