Bit9, Inc., the leading provider of application control and device control solutions, today announced The University of West Florida in Pensacola as a new customer in 2007. UWF is using Bit9’s Parity™ software to lock down its servers throughout the campus.
Bit9 was the only product that gave us zero-day protection while automating the maintenance of our whitelist for our servers,” said Geissler Golding, Infrastructure Systems and Security Manager, University of West Florida. “We saw Bit9 Parity as a great insurance policy and the ‘final defense’ in halting threats when our other layers fail. We were confident that Parity would perform as advertised, and it has.”
“Application whitelisting is more practical than trying to stop the infinite list of malware,” said Tom Murphy, Vice President of Products and Services and Chief Marketing Officer, Bit9. “Bit9 customers, such as the University of West Florida, leverage Bit9 for a more reliable and proactive defense against unknown threats and future attacks.”
Bit9 Parity application control and device control has been designed to be the easiest and most efficient way to control what software and devices can and can not operate. By making it simple to define and enforce policies, Parity provides IT staff with an entirely new approach to application control and device control for easily and effectively achieving user-friendly Windows lockdown and business-friendly whitelisting for servers, desktops, and laptops.
About the University of West Florida
The University of West Florida (UWF), located in Pensacola, Florida, serves nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students across eight campuses and online programs. Students come from 49 states and 91 countries. As a public university, UWF meets the needs of the Northwest Florida region, the state, and the nation through research, creative activities, and public service. UWF is one of 11 members of the State University System of Florida.
About Bit9, Inc.
Bit9, Inc. is the leading provider of application control and device control solutions. The company’s award-winning, patent-pending whitelisting technology prevents malicious software and data leakage by centrally controlling which applications and devices can and cannot operate.
Unlike other application and device control alternatives, Bit9 leverages the world’s largest knowledgebase of application intelligence to achieve Windows lockdown and business-friendly whitelisting, enabling IT professionals to realize the highest levels of desktop security, compliance, and manageability.
Founded in 2002 by the founders of Okena (acquired by Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO)) and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Bit9 is a privately held company. For more information, visit http://www.bit9.com