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NEEDHAM, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/12/13 -- Promisec, a leading provider of actionable endpoint management solutions, today announced that Israel's leading insurance, pension and financial services group, Clal Insurance, has deployed Promisec Endpoint Manager to automate the security and management of more than 7,000 endpoints. As a result, the company has cut down implementation time on new security and IT policies from days to minutes and has reduced the number of errors in those policies, such as critical patches gaps, by 71 percent.

Clal first selected Promisec in 2007 when the company's endpoint environment reached a point of complexity that could no longer be effectively managed with existing solutions. The company learned that gaps in its IT and security policies were not being properly reported by traditional tools, an issue that exposed the company not only to cyber threats and internal risks, but also jeopardized compliance with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley and standards set forth by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). They needed a tool that could fill these gaps on an ongoing basis across the company's more than 4,000 employees and 2,000 insurance agents operating across multiple locations.

Promisec Endpoint Manager (formerly INNERSpace) was initially implemented as a security monitoring tool, enabling Clal to address those policy gaps, as well as provide greater endpoint visibility and detection of risks. Realizing the solution could meet a much wider range of needs and eliminate the need to oversee multiple, disparate tools, Clal extended its use of Promisec Endpoint Manager in 2012. As a result, the solution not only monitors the company's daily security and IT operations, but is now also automating IT processes and interacting with other management systems.

"With Promisec Endpoint Manager in place, we have taken a very challenging IT environment and created a united configuration that is automated, reliably meets compliance regulation, and quickly delivered ROI," said Haim Inger, vice president of IT at Clal. "The technology and resulting processes we were able to put in place with Promisec ensure that all of our endpoints are properly managed, all of the time, and that gives the entire IT team great peace of mind."

Promisec Endpoint Manager has helped Clal realize additional benefits, including:

• Integration - Clal has integrated Promisec Endpoint Manager with existing solutions, such as its NAC system and Arcsight SIEM to ensure any station or laptop that accesses the network is managed and secured during the entire time.
• Streamlined reporting - Because pulling and gathering reports from multiple tools can be challenging, Clal uses Promisec Endpoint Manager to get a single, accurate view on critical reports and instant insight into policy bypassing attempts, unauthorized hardware, and more.
• Crisis management - Automation has enabled the company to quickly respond to and fix systemic information security events, dramatically reducing both risk exposure and required staff resources compared to the company's manual processes.

"Large financial services organizations bear the brunt of a lot of IT headaches -- from complex financial applications and distributed environments to many of the strictest regulations and reporting requirements," said Dan Ross, CEO, Promisec. "Promisec Endpoint Manager relieves much of this burden and we're pleased to see how much Clal has benefited since deploying five years ago. As we continue to improve the product and innovate along with the changing IT landscape, we are confident they will continue to see even greater value."

About Promisec
Promisec (www.promisec.com) transforms how global companies manage and control their endpoints. Through actionable endpoint intelligence, Promisec makes managing complex IT operations simpler and more efficient for millions of endpoints. Promisec's patented agentless technology provides full visibility of enterprise environments, often detecting previously invisible vulnerabilities. Our solution can enforce security and corporate policies and rapidly remediate discrepancies with minimal impact to users and the network. Promisec is headquartered in Needham, Mass., with offices and clients throughout the world.