EMC to boost GRC with Archer purchase

by Steve Ragan - Jan 5 2010, 17:00

EMC said on Monday that it will purchase Archer Technologies in order to boost their existing solutions when it comes to risk management and government risk compliance.

“Traditional security management focuses primarily on addressing technology issues, but our customers are telling us that their real challenges are in the areas of policy management, audit, and compliance,” said Art Coviello, President of the RSA division within EMC in a statement.

“You can’t manage what you can’t see. The Archer solution not only offers the visibility into risk and compliance that customers need, it brings stronger policy management capabilities to the RSA portfolio. The end result is customers are able to better manage their security programs and prove compliance across both physical and virtual infrastructures, and effectively communicate to the business.”

With more than six million licensed users, Archer delivers GRC solutions for managing the life cycle of corporate policies and objectives, both on site or in a SaaS setting. Archer’s offerings, which are expected to gel nicely with RSA’s DLP and SIEM line, include Policy, Risk, Compliance, Enterprise, Incident, Vendor, Threat, Business Continuity, and Audit Management.

“With Archer, we can also make information security a more integrated element of overall IT-GRC efforts,” added Coviello.

According to Forrester Research, organizations that better coordinate their governance, risk, and compliance processes have the potential to reduce the cost of audits, streamline compliance reporting, mitigate risks, and deliver more informed strategic decisions.

EMC said that the purchase is expected to wrap-up by the end of the month. No mention was made as to the cost of the acquisition, but EMC noted that it would not have a material impact to revenue or EPS for the full 2010 fiscal year.

 

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