The AlertSite Monitor -- Q3 2005 -- Achieve PCI Compliance with AlertSite's Vulnerability Scan

In this issue

	AlertSite SDP compliant
	AlertSite Email Monitor
	Improved diagnostic view with event details
	Report Center enhancement
	Two new monitoring locations
	Email notifications link directly to event details
	Renaming transaction steps
	Top ten web site performance tuning tips

AlertSite Corporate News

July 25, 2005
AlertSite extends focus on profitability with new CFO.
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AlertSite in the news

August 23
Travel Industry Wire:
AlertSite announced today that top entertainment, retail and travel sites successfully handled customer traffic demands over the summer.
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August 17 TechWeb:
The Zotob bot attacks may be among the biggest of 2005, but they aren't anywhere near the level of last year's Sasser.
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July 14 Bloomberg.com:
Two glitches in Wal-Mart's vast operations came to light today as the retailer geared up to sell the new Harry Potter book.
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July 8 Computerworld:
Online news sites in the UK took a hit yesterday as people went to the Internet for information about the terrorist attacks in London.
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July 8 Internetnews.com:
CERT issued an alert today warning of heightened trojan virus attacks.
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Achieve PCI Compliance with
AlertSite's Vulnerability Scan
AlertSite Is Now A MasterCard SDP Certified Vendor

AlertSite has successfully completed the MasterCard Site Data Protection (SDP) certification testing. The AlertSite Security Vulnerability Scan can now be used to certify your company has achieved an acceptable level of security to meet PCI compliance requirements.

Make sure your web site and systems are safe from hacker intrusion by identifying and resolving over 9,000 known vulnerabilities. The AlertSite Security Vulnerability Scan allows you take a proactive approach to security by scanning for vulnerabilities and making recommendations for improvement. Visa, American Express and Discover will accept scans performed by scan vendors qualified by MasterCard and will subsequently deem a merchant who passes the scan as PCI Compliant.
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What's new

		AlertSite Email Monitor: For many companies, email systems are the most critical online service. Make sure your email services are sending and receiving email with AlertSite's newest service. More AlertSite Email Monitor info >>
	FTP server monitoring improvements, support for SFTP: New enhancements will send and receive a small file verifying FTP services are not just available, but also functioning correctly. New enhancements exercise the authentication, as well as send, receive and delete functionality - and now with support for secure FTP (sftp).
	Improved diagnostics with Event Details view: New event details view eases problem diagnoses. Event details bring together everything needed to get a clear view of problems including: Current status All notifications delivered (including traceroutes and server responses) All related events +- 3 minutes
	Report Center enhancement: A customer suggestion led to the addition of a new feature in our Report Center: the "select all locations" checkbox.
	New monitoring locations in Shanghai and India: New monitoring locations in Mainland China and Mumbai, India bring important new global perspectives to customers with international clients. Go to the global monitoring network >>
	New email notification link: Email alerts now contain a link to the event details view to help speed diagnostics and improve problem resolution times.
	Support for renaming transaction steps: Now you can rename the steps in the Business Transaction Monitor to a user-defined description at the time of recording or by editing the step name fields in the Edit Transactions screen.

Did You Know?

Top 10 Web Site Performance Tuning Tips

1	Check for standards compliance by using HTML checking tools.
2	Minimize the use of JavaScript and style sheets.
3	Turn off reverse DNS lookups in the web server.
4	Try out a free analysis tool.
5	Use simple servlets or CGI.
6	Install more memory.
7	Index your database tables well.
8	Make fewer database queries.
9	Look for packet loss and retransmission.
10	Set up monitoring and automated graphing of your web site's performance. by Patrick Killelea, author of Web Performance Tuning, 2nd Edition Read complete online article >>

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