Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Refense Technologies


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The result was   delete. Courcelles 21:37, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Refense Technologies

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Contested speedy deletion, not mine. Advertisement for a non-notable business that provides vulnerability and security risk management solutions for mission critical network infrastructure, and develops solutions to address security concerns with network devices. I gather that means they test routers and such.

Shot through with rosy language that tosses buzzwords around like it was Mardi Gras, but resists editing by vagueness: References are to the hometown paper, blogs, and press releases. I find nothing better. Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 20:19, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * focuses on vulnerability management solutions for network devices that enable enterprises to pinpoint vulnerabilities and provide actionable intelligence to mitigate the discovered deficiencies. Refense Technologies products and services enable organizations to perform a vulnerability audits based on a policy they created, or one of the many predefined polices based on best practices and recommendations within the IT security industry
 * a focused vulnerability & compliance management solution for network devices that enables enterprises to pinpoint vulnerabilities and provides mitigation information about the discovered deficiencies.
 * ''proactively discovers and helps correct vulnerabilities within firewalls, routers, switches and wireless access points which threaten the availability and integrity of those devices.
 * enables organizations to perform real time vulnerability scans utilizing predefined security policies which can be completely customized for compliance to specific policies and standards.
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 * Delete. Lacks reliable independent secondary sources WP:RS to establish notability as required by WP:GNG and WP:CORPDEPTH. Most of the links are broken (and now tagged) but what's left are all primary sources, e.g., a company press release.  Wikipedia is not for promotion WP:PROMOTION.  Msnicki (talk) 20:34, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - The company clearly hasn't assumed media coverage, because the only links I saw on both Google and Yahoo! were either affiliated with the company or a small mention (contact address on BusinessWeek). SwisterTwister   talk  23:43, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
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