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Wednesday: March 9, 2005 |
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Ecora Corporation Ecora Offers Free SQL Worm Prevention Kit to Protect Companies from "SQL Slammer" Ecora kit identifies all vulnerable SQL Server machines and includes necessary Microsoft patch to secure servers PORTSMOUTH, NH January 27, 2003 Ecora, the leader in IT risk management software, is offering a free SQL Worm Prevention kit so organizations can fortify their infrastructures against the SQL Slammer worm and other Microsoft security vulnerabilities. The free kit can be downloaded at www.ecora.com/worm and includes Ecora PatchLite, the industry's most intuitive tool for Microsoft patch analysis, the re-released Microsoft patch to close the "Slammer" worm, recommended CERT guidelines, and step-by-step instructions on how to apply the patch. The way to solve this problem is to apply the patch, says Ecora founder and CEO Alex Bakman. The patch has been available for months, yet the complexity of the patching process and the lack of easily understood tools has kept many companies from initiating proactive patch management. Ecora's patch management products not only help protect your system against SQL Slammer, but also assess patch levels across your Microsoft environment to address immediate and ongoing needs"¨ The SQL Slammer worm, sent Friday, January 24, enters networks via the Internet, looks for unpatched SQL Server 2000 databases, replicates itself rapidly, and starts sending out data, resulting in denial-of-service (DOS) failures. The worm temporarily crippled systems at major organizations on three continents, including Bank of America, the Department of Agriculture, the Associated Press, newspapers including the Philadelphia Inquirer, Korea Telecom, and Canada's Imperial Bank of Commerce. About Ecora Software: Ecora provides risk management software to automatically document, analyze, and fortify your IT infrastructure. Ecora's cost-effective solutions enhance efficiency associated with IT compliance, business continuity, and vulnerability assessment while providing the means to monitor change and plan for recovery. Ecora supports enterprise platforms from Cisco Systems, IBM/Lotus, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems. Novell is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. Cisco is a registered trademark of Cisco Systems. Solaris is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Microsoft, MS-SQL, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. Lotus and Domino are trademarks of Lotus Corporation. Ecora is a registered trademark of Ecora Software Corporation. Contact: Andrew Leibs Ecora Software 603.334.3144 [email protected] |