Solidcore Systems
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Solidcore Systems, Inc. was a software company based in Cupertino, California
, that developed software to detect and prevent unwanted change. It was acquired by Mcafee
in June 2009.
Its products provide change management auditing, configuration control, PCI compliance and system lockdown used by enterprise IT organizations worldwide.
Solidcore competitors in change detection and configuration control domain include Lumension, Tripwire
, Cimcor
, Bladelogic and Ionx. Solidcore competitors in the security domain include Bit9, Coretrace and Symantec
.
Its product for change prevention and security is based on white-listing of executables, which effectively locks down the operating system (MS Windows variants/Linux variants/Solaris/HP-UX...) by denying any arbitrary executable from running.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, that developed software to detect and prevent unwanted change. It was acquired by Mcafee
McAfee
McAfee, Inc. is a computer security company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA. It markets software and services to home users, businesses and the public sector. On August 19, 2010, electronics company Intel agreed to purchase McAfee for $7.68 billion...
in June 2009.
Its products provide change management auditing, configuration control, PCI compliance and system lockdown used by enterprise IT organizations worldwide.
Solidcore competitors in change detection and configuration control domain include Lumension, Tripwire
Tripwire (company)
Tripwire, Inc. is a software company based in Portland, Oregon that develops, markets and sells information technology security and compliance automation solutions. The company's products provide organizations control over physical and virtual IT infrastructure...
, Cimcor
Cimcor
Cimcor, Inc. is a software company based in Merrillville, Indiana that develops security and integrity software. The company develops software to be used in corporate, government, and military initiatives to protect the nation's computer networks from unauthorized access...
, Bladelogic and Ionx. Solidcore competitors in the security domain include Bit9, Coretrace and Symantec
Symantec
Symantec Corporation is the largest maker of security software for computers. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock market index.-History:...
.
Its product for change prevention and security is based on white-listing of executables, which effectively locks down the operating system (MS Windows variants/Linux variants/Solaris/HP-UX...) by denying any arbitrary executable from running.