BullSoft, the worldwide software division of Bull; announced today that, with cooperation from Symantec Corporation, the world leader in utility software for business and personal computing; it has extended the capabilities of its AccessMaster(R) security management suite to include management of alarms from Symantec's Norton AntiVirus A popular antivirus program from Symantec. The AntiVirus function is available as a separate product for home and business users or as part of various packages that contain other utilities such as Norton SystemWorks and Norton Internet Security. See Norton Utilities. software.

With this announcement, AccessMaster allows security administrators to view, manage and correlate alarms from Norton AntiVirus from the same enterprise console used for alarms from other security components, such as intrusion detection and single sign-on. Norton AntiVirus users gain the ability to use the many capabilities of AccessMaster's award-winning enterprise and Internet security management suite.

AccessMaster is a modular, flexible and highly integrated solution that enables coherent, standards-based security management of all enterprise IT resources. The AccessMaster modules provide complete facilities for secure Internet/Intranet access, encryption of site-to-site communications, secure remote user access, application protection, single sign-on, and global enforcement of an enterprise-wide security policy while reducing the overall cost of ownership.

"This agreement between BullSoft and Symantec is further evidence that AccessMaster is an extremely open global security policy management platform that can interface with virtually all security systems, including anti-virus See antivirus program. software," said Eric Baize, BullSoft product manager for AccessMaster. "The openness of AccessMaster is a value-added benefit to users because it allows the specialized products they already have to share a single integrated enterprise and Internet security policy management. We're pleased to be working with Symantec and their fine suite of products."

"We think that AccessMaster provides an excellent security management framework for Norton AntiVirus," said Enrique Salem, VP of Symantec's Security and Assistance business unit. "The collaboration between BullSoft and Symantec demonstrates that AccessMaster can add value to specialized best-of-breed products such as Norton AntiVirus by providing a consistent security management policy for both enterprise and Internet applications."

Norton AntiVirus is bulletproof protection against all types of viruses at every point of entry. The Symantec AntiVirus Research Center (SARC SARC - SAMMS Active Requisition
SARC - Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club (Schaumburg IL, USA; incorporated in 1970)

SARC - Southwest Autism Research Center (Phoenix, AZ, USA)) is the world's largest anti-virus lab devoted solely to eradicating viruses. SARC also delivers virus definitions that are easy for users to obtain and install. Norton AntiVirus Extensions, or NAVEX NAVEX - Navigation Exercise, is a technology integrated into all of the Norton AntiVirus products that allows SARC to update the virus scanning engine during routine virus definition updates. This means that customers can upgrade their virus protection without having to reinstall, reboot, or bring servers down. These technologies, combined with powerful automation that quickly deliver solutions, make Norton AntiVirus the product of choice for lowest total cost of ownership.