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eTrust™ Newsletter
Version 04.07
August 25, 2004

In This Newsletter

Product News

	>	General Availability Notifications
	>	eTrust™ Beta Program Updates
	>	CA License Management Beta

Product Updates

	>	eTrust™ CA-ACF2® Security
	>	eTrust™ CA-Top Secret® Security
	>	eTrust™ Directory
	>	eTrust™ Security Command Center

General Information

	>	Free eBook from CA eTrust™ - The Definitive Guide to Security Management
	>	CA Security Advisory Team
	>	Latest Virus Alerts
	>	Latest Vulnerability Alerts
	>	Subscribe Now - CA Security Advisor Threat Alert Service
	>	eTrust™ Success Stories - Business Value with CA
	>	eTrust™ in the News
	>	eTrust™ Forum
	>	How to Become an eTrust™ Reference
	>	eTrust™ User Groups
	>	General Product Information
	>	Support Contact Information

Special Events

	>	VB2004 - September 29 - October 1, 2004, Chicago, IL
	>	Education Classes

General Availability Notifications

eTrust™ CA-ACF2® Security r1.2 Option for DB2
For more information, click here: General Availability Notice.
eTrust™ CA-ACF2® Security r4.3 for VM
For more information, click here: General Availability Notice.
eTrust™ CA-Top Secret® Security r1.2 Option for DB2
For more information, click here: General Availability Notice.

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eTrust™ Beta Program Updates
Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) is pleased to invite you to participate in the various eTrust beta programs, which allow you to validate the new or updated eTrust products in your own environment. Additionally, your involvement lets you provide us with your feedback on product enhancements, quality, and the beta program itself.

Your contribution to this critical product test cycle is directly related to the success of the GA release of eTrust products. It also helps ensure CA delivers solutions that are ready to meet your real-world requirements.

As a participant in the beta program, you will communicate directly with the eTrust Research and Development team to investigate and address any reported problems, questions, or comments.

For a complete overview of all CA beta programs, please visit ca.com/betas.

eTrust™ Identity and Access Management Suite r8.
We are pleased to announce the beta program for our complete set of eTrust Identity and Access Management solutions. eTrust Identity and Access Management Suite r8 is CA's delivery on our vision of integrated identity and access management. It is one of the broadest industry solutions to the multifaceted problem of managing identity and associated access across employee, customer, and partner domains. The complete solution set has been enhanced with new levels of integration as well as new features on a per-product basis. Furthermore, the suite is completely modular, allowing you to continue using individual products while offering new opportunities to reduce cost and increase security by selecting multiple products from an integrated solution set.

eTrust Identity and Access Management Suite r8 contains products that you are already familiar with, along with a few new solutions:

Some of the existing products include:
- eTrust™ Admin for identity provisioning
- eTrust™ Web Access Control for extranet access management and web single sign-on
- eTrust™ Access Control for server access management
- eTrust™ Single Sign-On for enterprise single sign-on
New products:
- eTrust™ Web Services Security for Web services access management
- eTrust™ Federated Identity Management for standard-based web single sign-on
This beta program has two major objectives:
- Provide feedback on the integration capabilities introduced. For example, there is now a new user interface shared across all the products enabling seamless integration between any combinations of the products.
- Provide feedback on the new features of the individual products. For example, the workflow engine in eTrust Admin has been completely revised to include a new workflow design tool.
If your interest is integration, individual product features, or both, we invite you to participate in the program. To join this beta program, please visit the SupportConnect^SM eTrust Identity and Access Management Suite r8 beta website.
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CA License Management Beta
Over the past few years, CA has made great strides to simplify the entire software licensing process for our customers.

Starting with the initial purchase of software licenses, CA offers FlexSelect Licensing^SM as the industry's most flexible software purchasing and payment plan to help meet the needs of our customers.

Continuing its efforts to reduce licensing complexity, CA is pleased to announce that it has now opened registration to the CA License Management Beta Program. With the new CA License Management beta solution, CA is taking another step forward and simplifying the licensing process at the implementation level, helping customers to easily manage and track CA product installations and licensing in their physical IT environments.

CA License Management is a complimentary solution from CA that simplifies the management of CA software licenses in your IT environment with a centralized point of control.

CA License Management offers discovery, reporting, and request generation features that will help alleviate otherwise manual, time-consuming, and complex processes associated with tracking software licenses, inventorying product installations and requesting new licenses, and/or changes to your current license implementation.

If you are interested in beta testing CA License Management, you can register for the program or browse for additional information at CA License Management Beta Program.

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eTrust™ CA-ACF2® Security
eTrust CA-ACF2 Security r1.1 Option for DB2 SP7 is now available.
For more information, click here.

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eTrust™ CA-Top Secret® Security
eTrust CA-Top Secret Security r1.5 for VM SP2 is now available.
For more information, click here.

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eTrust™ Directory
The next release of eTrust Directory r8 SP1 is scheduled for October 2004.

eTrust Directory r8 SP1 delivers further improvements to the product's industry-leading performance, scalability, and reliability. It also includes the following enhancements:

DXserver - multi-write groups, load-share groups, cache-only DSA
DXmanager - enhanced monitoring and statistics, administrator security
Documentation - expanded and revised administrator guide

You will find it easy to upgrade from any previous version of eTrust Directory. If you are using eTrust Directory r3.x and eTrust Directory r4.x, you should upgrade to eTrust Directory r8 SP1 to take advantage of the many improvements in this release.

To learn more about eTrust Directory, click here.

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eTrust™ Security Command Center
Two patches were recently published to address potential vulnerabilities. Please visit our support site and look up fix number QO56897 and QO56729 for more details.

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Free eBook from CA eTrust™ - The Definitive Guide to Security Management
Due to the significant scope of security issues and gaps in understanding, managers and practitioners often become frustrated with the management and performance of their security. As Management Software Experts, we are committed to delivering leading security management solutions as well as informational resources.

The purpose of this eBook is to provide business, IT, and security professionals alike the most current information and knowledge across all of the key security disciplines. This is a comprehensive, in-depth, security management educational resource that takes a relevant, detailed look at how to develop, implement, and maintain an effective security management strategy.

This eBook is absolutely FREE and consists of twelve chapters, each covering a wide range of security issues. It is published in real time, allowing you to download new chapters with the latest industry information as they are written. Register once and receive notification each month as new chapters are published. Register today and gain important security insights, guidance, and answers.

For more information, please download the eBook.

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CA Security Advisory Team
The CA Security Advisory Team quickly researches and responds to global threats via a network of rapid response centers around the world delivering:

The most comprehensive validated virus and vulnerability databases in the industry
Clean-up utilities, detection signatures files, and remediation instructions
Valuable documentation on implementing complete threat protection and security management solutions

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Latest Virus Alerts
The CA Security Advisor website provides a real-time resource for researching detailed information on viruses, worms, Trojan Horses, and hoaxes. Click on the links below to learn more about the latest virus alerts.

CA's Virus Information Center is your complete resource for protecting your business against viruses and malware.

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Latest Vulnerability Alerts
CA's Vulnerability Information Center delivers the latest information on vulnerabilities and blended threats that can affect your network and systems environments.

Click on the links below to learn more about the latest vulnerabilities:

Is your business protected against threats and vulnerabilities? Visit our Vulnerability Information Center for the latest security advisories and complete information on how to protect your organization.

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Subscribe Now - CA Security Advisor Threat Alert Service
Subscribe to one of our FREE real-time threat notification services:

Threat Alert Emails: Email notification of new critical vulnerabilities or viruses
Threat Dashboard: Web-based feed of critical threat information
RSS Threat Feed: XML feed of threat information for customized News Reader services

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eTrust™ Success Stories - Business Value with CA
WellSpan Health Eliminates Virus Threat With Highly Integrated eTrust and Unicenter® Solutions

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eTrust™ in the News
CA Extends Leadership in Security Management with Acquisition of PestPatrol

All eTrust in the News Articles

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eTrust™ Forum
Participate in CA's open forums to share experiences with other CA technology users, or post and answer questions regarding CA technology and product solutions. Click here to access the forums: supportconnectw.ca.com/disclaimer3.asp.

Note: To participate in the CA product forums, you must be a registered user on CA SupportConnect^SM.

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How to Become an eTrust™ Reference
If you are interested in becoming a reference for your eTrust™ security solution, contact your CA Sales Executive or your local Customer Advocate. He or she can provide details on the benefits of joining the reference program and work with you to become a reference site.

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eTrust™ User Groups
CA User Groups offer our customers the opportunity to discuss current product releases, network with other users, participate in technical discussions and presentations as well provide input on product enhancements.

For additional information about eTrust user groups in your region, please visit: causergroups.ca.com/UserGroups/.

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General Product Information
CA offers an extensive range of security solutions under its eTrust™ brand name. To learn more about the eTrust brand and the individual product solutions, please visit ca.com/Solutions/Solution.asp?ID=271.

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VB2004 - September 29 � October 1, 2004, Chicago, IL
VB2004 provides a focus for the antivirus industry, representing an opportunity for experts in the antivirus arena to share their research interests, discuss methods and technologies, and set new standards, as well as meet with - and learn from - those who put their technologies into practice in the real world.

While in the past the conference has focused exclusively on computer viruses and malware threats, the VB2004 program has expanded to cover topics relating to spam and anti-spam techniques.

Visit booth #9 to see how CA's eTrust™ Threat Management solutions help prevent viruses, worms, spam, and malicious content from infiltrating and infecting your network, email, and business applications.

Also, come hear Sam Curry, Vice President of eTrust™ Product Management for CA's Threat and Security Management solutions, present on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at
4:00 p.m.

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Education Classes
For more information or to view the CA Education catalog, please visit ca.com/education or call 1-800-237-9273 (or 1-631-342-6551 if outside of North America).

ET100: eTrust™ Access Control: For the UNIX Administrator
Effective policy-based control of your business assets is a key requirement for operating securely in today's competitive marketplace. eTrust Access Control: For the UNIX Administrator introduces you to the fundamental concepts of access control, as well as key features of eTrust Access Control. Class exercises will give you an opportunity to gain hands-on experience using SELANG, the language used by eTrust Access Control in a UNIX environment. Hands-on activities are based on real-world situations, so you will return to your job ready to build the foundation necessary to configure a secure server, protect your operating system files and applications from internal and external hacking attempts and audit and maintain your security program. For a full course description, please click here.

ET150: eTrust™ Access Control for Windows: Administration
You want your systems and security administrators to implement a security policy that protects your company's operating system from tampering. You also want to reduce unplanned downtime caused by mistakes. Enabling your administrators to maximize your company's use of eTrust Access Control for Windows will help you cover both bases. This comprehensive course covers planning, installation, administration, and maintenance. Your key employees will master skills by working through hands-on exercises based on actual business situations. They will return to work ready to implement an airtight security policy, tuned to your company's specific business requirements. For a full course description, please click here.

ET400: eTrust™ Admin: Administration
Every security administrator knows the challenge of coordinating constantly changing security requirements for users across a variety of platforms and security systems. That means modifying rights and privileges whenever a user's job requirements change, and immediately tracking down and removing every application login when an employee is dismissed. This course will show you how to manage users for virtually all security systems and directories from a single point of control using eTrust Admin. Moving beyond the fundamentals, you will practice configuring and optimizing eTrust Admin to perform user and resource management, role and policy administration and directory administration tasks. For a full course description, please click here.

ETC82: eTrust™ Antivirus for Desktops, Servers, PDAs and Groupware: A Quick Start
Designed for those who are unable to leave the office, this self-paced training course will provide you with the information you need to plan and install eTrust Antivirus in your organization. You will learn how to install the solution on multiple platforms, such as Windows, UNIX, Mac OS X, and NetWare platforms, as well how to install the eTrust Antivirus Network Appliance Filer Scanner that integrates with a filer from Network Appliance. Furthermore, you will learn how to organize the computers on your network, and how to configure eTrust Antivirus for receiving, sending and processing information. Whether you are a seasoned professional looking to see how to work with this latest release or just looking for a primer to our classroom offering, this course will prepare you for your first experience with the product. For a full course description, please click here.

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