CA's eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware selected by defense information systems agency

The contract was awarded to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), which teamed with CA to offer the anti-spyware solution.

By implementing eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware as part of SDEP, critical military systems will be protected from the growing tide of spyware, adware and other unwanted software programs or pests.

The enterprise-wide deployment will protect more than 4 million seats across the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Army, Coast Guard, National Guard, Navy, Marines Corps, Reserves and the United States Joint Forces Command. The contract provides virtual on-demand training, which will provide DoD staff with access to training at any network-connected location 24 hours a day, seven days a week. eTrust PestPatrol will also be available for use on the personal computers of DoD and military personnel.

"There is a concern among defense organizations across the Arab region on the growing security threats to critical network and systems environments and IT decision makers in such organizations are making IT security the number one priority for any technology investments," said Saeid Marashi, sales director at CA in the Arab countries. "DISA and the DoD's choice to deploy CA's eTrust Anti-Spyware is proof of CA's leading capabilities in protecting highly critical IT environments that maintain a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to unauthorized network intrusions."

eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware detects tens of thousands of pests - including spyware, adware, Trojans, denial-of-service attack agents, and other Web-based threats. It allows security administrators to centrally manage anti-spyware protection for an effectively unlimited number of network desktops, both local and remote.