4FrontSecurity

Infobox Company
type = Subsidiary of Symantec
foundation = Reston, Virginia, United States
location = Reston, Virginia, United States
industry = Computers
parent = Symantec
homepage = [http://www.4frontsecurity.com/ 4FrontSecurity]
area_served = Worldwide

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) solution. [cite web|accessdate=2008-04-15|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/4FrontSecurity+Announces+Information+Security+Management+Software...-a092843885|title=4FrontSecurity Announces Information Security Management Software System for Enterprises. |publisher=Business Wire|date=2002-10-15 ] It was acquired by Symantec on February 23, 2007. [cite web|accessdate=2008-04-15|url=http://www.symantec.com/business/theme.jsp?themeid=4frontsecurity|title=4FrontSecurity acquired by Symantec Corp.|publisher=Symantec|date=2007-02-23] [cite web|accessdate=2008-04-15|url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=115|title=Larry Dignan and Nate McFeters |publisher=ZDNet|date=2007-03-08|author=Naraine, Ryan ] [cite web|accessdate=2008-04-15|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/07/AR2007030700877.html|title=Software Giant Symantec Buys Reston-Based Security Firm |publisher=The Washington Post|date=2007-03-08|author=Hart, Kim ]

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, HIPPA, 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.

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