SekChek Local
SekChek security audit and benchmarking toolset dating from 1996. History. SekChek was formed by former auditors from Deloitte and Touche in 1996. The toolset was a set of automated processes to analyze the logical security profile of a computer. On 20 March 2018 SekCheck's website gave notice operations would cease on 31 May 2018. Reasons cited included SekCheks' business model being less relevant to the business environment in 2018, a surge in compliance and regulatory requirements including GDPR and monetary difficulties due to losses with the insolvency of a credit-card processor. Products. The SekChek "Classic" product  gathered information on a host which would then be sent encrypted to SekChek for report processing and enable checking security policies had been correctly configured. This originally worked on AS/400 but the number of platforms were extended in the next two years to encompass ed to Windows, Netware and Unix. Reports anonymously compared machines against the average from similar industry computers. The company introduced the "Local" version of its product in 2008 which avoided the need send data off-site. For windows there was a utility to specifically audit the Active Directory (AD) at domain level rather that at server  level which was analyzed by the SAM tool. Reception. The product was initially marketed as a "security evaluator" and was noted for providing comprehensive reports of the security vulnerability of a computer system.