At the RSA Conference 2006, Quest Software Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT), a leading provider of application, database and infrastructure management solutions, today announced availability of Quest® InTrust 9.0, the newest version of Quest’s heterogeneous auditing product that is part of Quest’s Compliance Suite for Windows (see related announcement of Quest Compliance Portal).

InTrust helps IT comply with regulatory requirements and enforce internal controls by monitoring access to critical systems and helping to detect inappropriate or suspicious access-related events. InTrust securely collects, stores, reports, and alerts on heterogeneous event data across the enterprise including Windows-based systems, Linux and Unix systems, Oracle and SQL databases and firewalls.

Major new capabilities in InTrust 9.0 include:

• Secure agent-side event backup – InTrust agents ensure that event log data is secure and tamper proof by creating event backups in a cache that prevents access to information by a rogue user or administrator.
• Automated server failover – In the case of hardware failure, all InTrust functionality is automatically moved to a backup server, ensuring the uninterrupted collection and availability of secure log files.

“Quest has long offered solutions to enhance IT efficiency and productivity,” said Doug Davis, director of product management, Quest Software. “InTrust is a prime example of how we are extending this to help with compliance issues. The newest version ensures availability of systems for event log collection, even during hardware failure.”

Increasing regulatory pressures and internal controls have created the need for automated solutions like InTrust that provide value beyond collecting event logs.

According to Gartner, “Organizations should approach event log analysis as more than a response to the issue of too many log sources and a sense that there is valuable and interesting information in all that data, which would be useful in real-time analysis or archival situations. It is important to discover and address the myriad issues that arise in designing, deploying and managing an effective enterprise wide log analysis capability.”1

The newest version of InTrust also offers an auditing pack for Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS), creating logs of MIIS activity in the Windows event log format and providing for MIIS-related auditing and reporting.

InTrust 9.0 is a part of the Quest Compliance Suite for Windows that also includes Quest InTrust for Active Directory, Quest Reporter and the Quest Compliance Portal. These solutions enable IT organizations to establish a baseline of who has access to critical information, and then to track how that access is used. Most importantly, the products alert appropriate personnel in real time to changes that may represent compliance or security vulnerabilities.