VASCO joins OPSEC Alliance for industry-wide security product interoperability
New software alliance enables seamless integration of VASCO's VACManTM enterprise security suite with Check Point FireWall-1
LOMBARD, Illinois - April 21, 1997 - VASCO Corporation (OTCBB: VASC) announced today that it has joined Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.'s OPSEC (Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity) Alliance, an industry-wide initiative dedicated to providing enterprise-wide interoperability at the policy level between best-of-class, leading edge security products. The OPSEC Alliance will enable customers to define a central enterprise security policy and choose the security components that best meet their network security requirements.
"VASCO's VACMan is part of this strategic alliance because VASCO meets OPSEC's stringent compatibility requirements," said John Haggard, president of VASCO Data Security, Inc., a subsidiary of VASCO Corp. "This partnership provides a way for VASCO to ensure that its customers can easily integrate VASCO's open, secure network access server into Check Point's OPSEC enterprise security platform."
The VACMan (VASCO Access Control Manager) product line, a suite of products designed to centralize and manage security services into a single server or set of servers, directs secure dial-up access to computer networks of all sizes. VACMan supports standard industry formats such as RADIUS, TACACS, XTACACS, TACACS+, and LDAP, a feature which provides seamless integration with Check PointTM FireWall-1.TM
"With more than 1.8 million authentication tokens sold, VASCO is a significant player in the industry, both internationally and in the U.S., and is a welcome addition to the OPSEC Alliance," said Asheem Chandna, vice president of business development for Check Point Software Technologies, Inc..
About VASCO
VASCO Corp., headquartered in Lombard, IL, and its foreign and domestic subsidiaries offer information security technologies which enable critical client applications designed to achieve corporate initiatives and improve profitability. Since initiating its strategy in 1986, VASCO Corp., through acquisitions and internal growth, has become a leader in computer security authentication devices, with over 1.8 million units shipped to date.
The Company's computer security subsidiaries include VASCO Data Security, Inc., headquartered in Lombard, IL, as well as VASCO Data Security nv/sa of Brussels, Belgium. VASCO's patented and proprietary hardware and software security products provide computer security, Advanced Authentication Technology and RSA/DES encryption for financial institutions, industry and government. Additional information is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.vasco.com.
About Check Point Software
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is the global network security software leader and inventor of the patented "Stateful Inspection" technology. According to a December 1996 report by the Yankee Group, the company's flagship product, Check Point FireWall-1, commanded 44 percent of the worldwide firewall market in the first half of 1996. FireWall-1 protects internal and external network communications. The company has U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, CA, and international headquarters in Ramat-Gan, lsrael.
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