4FrontSecurity

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4FrontSecurity
Type Subsidiary of Symantec
Industry Computers
Founded Reston, Virginia, United States
Headquarters Reston, Virginia, United States
Area served Worldwide
Parent Symantec
Website 4FrontSecurity

4FrontSecurity is an information security infrastructure provider and services firm in the United States. On October 15, 2002, it released its Information Management System (IMS) software.[1] It was acquired by Symantec on February 23, 2007.[2][3][4]

The 4FrontSecurity Assessment Manager is now part of Symantec's CCS Suite, called Response Assessment module (RAM). It helps organizations by building questionnaires that relate to security standards such as Sarbanes-Oxley, ISO, HIPAA, GLBA, and other compliance standards. It gives a graphical representation of user responses to questionnaires that are weighted with different severity colors to locate problem areas in an organization.

References

  1. "4FrontSecurity Announces Information Security Management Software System for Enterprises.". Business Wire. 2002-10-15. Retrieved 2008-04-15. 
  2. "4FrontSecurity acquired by Symantec Corp.". Symantec. 2007-02-23. Retrieved 2008-04-15. 
  3. Naraine, Ryan (2007-03-08). "Larry Dignan and Nate McFeters". ZDNet. Retrieved 2008-04-15. 
  4. Hart, Kim (2007-03-08). "Software Giant Symantec Buys Reston-Based Security Firm". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-04-15. 


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