Security software maker Authentium says that it has created a new version of its flagship product that <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2036638,00.asp?kc=EWNAVEMNL102506EOAD">circumvents the PatchGuard kernel protection</A> technology being added to Microsoft's next-generation Vista operating system. The company maintains that it has built a version of its Authentium ESP Enterprise Platform that can bypass PatchGuard without setting off the desktop alarms produced by the security feature when the Vista kernel is compromised.