For Immediate Release – January 12, 2011

SAINT Announces Official Support for Mac OS X

SAINT provides the first integrated security assessment tool for the Apple community providing vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and security checklist compliance.

Bethesda, MD – January 12, 2011 – SAINT Corporation, a global leader in vulnerability assessment and penetration testing solutions, today announced SAINT Professional version 7.6. This release introduces a native Mac OS X installer providing the industry's first integrated security assessment tool for the Apple community with vulnerability scanning, penetration testing and security checklist compliance. This edition includes the full functionality of the industry award-winning SAINTscanner, SAINTexploit, and SAINTwriter as one integrated user interface for administration. SAINT will be demonstrating the new release at the annual Macworld Conference in San Francisco, CA on January 27-29, 2011.

"SAINT Corporation is very proud to provide Apple support to the growing community of security and compliance professionals using the Mac. Now is a great time to be a SAINT customer on the Mac platform," says Billy Austin, SAINT's Chief Security Officer. Mac security compliance professionals can now take full advantage of SAINT's compliance checklists including templates for the following:

  • Payment Card Industry (PCI)
  • FISMA
  • HIPAA
  • USGCB
  • FDCC

In addition to the native Apple installer as a dmg file, the 7.6 product release features penetration testing coverage for Cisco network devices, SAP, and a new web application exploit for SQL Authentication bypass. The social engineering e-mail forgery template was enhanced to automatically determine the mail server of the targeted e-mail address. New vulnerability scanning features also now include authentication support for SSH public keys and SMB signing. A non-Windows Admin authentication field was added to identify what shares are open to a user or user group versus a domain admin account that can see everything.

SAINT customers now have the option of Apple's Mac OS X platform in addition to SAINT's other supported platforms, which include –

  • SaaS cloud models
  • Pre-configured appliances
  • Linux/Unix
  • Mac OS X

About SAINT Corporation
Since its inception in 1998, SAINT Corporation has been developing software products to make network security easy and affordable. Now, celebrating over a decade as a global leader in vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, our customers include high-level government agencies, top colleges and universities, and major financial institutions. Industries and governments all over the world are now using SAINT products and services to manage IT security risk and compliance.

Request a trial copy of SAINT at http://www.saintcorporation.com/resources/requestEvaluation.html
For more information Contact: Billy Austin, Chief Security Officer, SAINT Corporation
(301) 841-0119 or 1-(800) 596-2006 x0119