McAfee is adding regulatory compliance safeguards and a new remote management appliance to its Foundstone line of products, officials said Monday.

Foundstone is the company's IT management and vulnerability assessment arm, a subsidiary extension to its antivirus, encryption and other security software offerings. McAfee bought the company in August 2004 for $86 million.

Foundstone Enterprise 4.2, which features five regulatory compliance templates, will help IT shops manage the business risks involved with security vulnerabilities.

In February, officials commissioned a survey, which found 52 percent of corporate IT managers weren't aware of their responsibilities when it came to regulatory compliance in the security department. These results and customer requests led McAfee to release the templates.

They help customers recognize weak links in the network that would raise a red flag during a compliance audit. If a weakness is discovered, the software will describe what's non-compliant and provide resolution information.

While the templates used in Foundstone won't certify the company's network as complying with government regulations, it will eliminate most of the preparatory leg work involved, said Patrick Bedwell, McAfee senior product marketing manager.

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