Huttig Building Supplies Erects Network Security Strategy

February 11, 2008

St. Louis, MO – February 11, 2008 – Cymtec Systems, Inc. announced that Huttig Building Supplies depends on Cymtec Sentry® and Cymtec Scout® to deliver an unprecedented level of network security and traffic shaping for headquarters and remote locations.

 

Huttig Building Products is the largest national supplier of millwork and building products to professional builders, with 38 locations throughout the U.S. Huttig’s goal is to deliver a level of high quality, reliable and timely service that is unsurpassed in the building products industry by making available a range of product offerings applicable to individual markets.

 

Mike Truax is Huttig’s Director of Infrastructure “I wouldn’t be able to sleep without Cymtec Systems products,” explained Huttig’s Director Infrastructure Mike Truax. “They make it much easier to control both the known and the unknown threats and issues. The combination of Cymtec Systems’ guaranteed testing to ensure valid signatures, as well as the automatic update process, ensures that these products are always in a constant state of readiness to protect my environment.”

 

Huttig uses Cymtec Scout for a variety of security monitoring tasks including, most easily characterized as traditional intrusion detection inside our firewalls. The simplicity of the tool and the lack of dedicated resources have allowed Cymtec Scout to provide tremendous value and ROI.

 

Truax said, “Cymtec Scout has helped us with major virus events over the years. It has been instrumental in assisting us understand the nature of the threats, as well as providing the visibility to quickly eradicate any infections.”

 

At the time of Huttig’s Cymtec Sentry deployment, a virus entered their network. Cymtec Sentry immediately discovered the remote vulnerability, revealed the virus’s behavior in real time, and provided the exact information so Huttig could shut it down and stop the spread throughout the network.

 

In addition to providing excellent network security, Cymtec Systems products offer tremendous value-add capabilities like traffic shaping and control.

 

Truax concluded that organizations that do not have Cymtec Systems products in place are waiting for the inevitable to happen. Cymtec’s products are not expensive and they’re easy to deploy. They’re modular so they can easily scale up. “More than anything else, these products provide you with peace of mind that is tough to come by with today’s threats,” he said.

 

Cymtec Scout and Cymtec Sentry have turned a time-consuming and manual problem into a simple, reliable process for Huttig Building Supplies.

Andrew S. Rubin, Cymtec Systems President and CEO, commented, “We’re gratified that a market leader like Huttig relies on our products to deliver a seamless, secure business experience to their end users and customers.”

 

About Cymtec Systems, Inc.
Cymtec Systems develops network security and performance management products and services that deliver unmatched simplicity of use and the industry's lowest cost of ownership. These qualities are fueling rapid growth in markets that have been burdened by overly complex and expensive security and performance solutions that were designed for organizations with very different functional needs. Cymtec Systems is broadly and strongly endorsed by customers in industries including finance, datacenters, legal, IT, and manufacturing. For more information, visit www.cymtec.com.

Cymtec Sentry/Cymtec Scout is/are registered trademarks of Cymtec Systems, Inc. Other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective organizations.

 

Contact:

Brenda Nashawaty for Cymtec Systems, 617-688-3253, bnashawaty@cymtec.com

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