According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), most organizations have difficulty measuring the security of their IT systems. This difficulty arises from multiple causes, such as different ways companies interpret policy, the complexity of systems, and human error. To help organizations improve their security posture and simplify compliance, Lumension Security Inc., a global leader in security management, today announced the availability of an SCAP validated network scanner. This, combined with Lumension Securitys SCAP-ready agent-based scanning and remediation solution, enables government and other IT security organizations to automate compliance, vulnerability management and security measurement. ...