Perimeter eSecurity Acquires Edgeos, Improves SaaS Platform

Perimeter eSecurity has acquired Edgeos, Inc., a provider of on demand, managed vulnerability services that enable carriers, Value Added Resellers, and other partner organizations to provide security services to their customers through their software as a service (SaaS) security services platform.

The Edgeos managed vulnerability service suite has been fully integrated with Perimeter’s Vulnerability Management Solution Suite that includes server and desktop AV, Patch and Configuration Management, as well as a number of network-based and CPE-based security services. This enhanced internal and external scanning technology, combined with the online PCI questionnaire and optional consulting, provides significant enhancements to Perimeter’s PCI Compliance Solution Suite.

Downloadable SaaS Module

In addition to supporting Level 1, 2 and 3 Retail Merchants, the suite now enables merchant banks to manage their Level 4 Merchants through a consolidated reporting and management console, rather than manually distributing policies, collecting scans, and reviewing questionnaires. It also allows merchant banks to comply with the recent clarifications issued by the PCI Security Standards Council, and Healthcare companies to demonstrate HIPAA compliance.

“Edgeos’ notable advances in automated vulnerability assessment and its software as a service delivery model enhances our PCI Compliance Solution Suite and joins our menu of complete compliance solutions for financial institutions, brokers and traders, and healthcare companies,” said Doug Howard, chief strategy officer for Perimeter eSecurity.

With this integrated suite of products, customers will now be able to perform unlimited internal and external vulnerability scans. An added feature allows for performing internal scans through a downloadable SaaS module on a subscription basis.

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