CA World: CA alarms hackers

Software giant Computer Associates (CA) has unveiled a tool to ward off the threat of internal hackers which combines software monitoring with information from building security systems.

The software, called eTrust 20/20, allows companies to monitor and analyse what users are doing to corporate data and, at the same time, where they are in the building.

The data monitoring technology highlights any abnormal events in the network, while the physical security analysis, which is based on a badge reader system, tracks people as they move around the building.

Sanjay Kumar, CEO of CA said: "Corporations need to be able to protect themselves against any type of intruder and to be able to monitor what areas the user is accessing provides a greater protection of corporate assets."

The software, available at the end of the year, is aimed at large corporations with a need for high security.