Security-7 Awarded Check Point's OPSEC Certification
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OPSEC Certified product from Security-7 integrates with Check Point's FireWall-1 enterprise solution to enable safe mobile code Boston, Mass, October 14, 1998 - Security-7 Software, Inc., the leading provider of mobile code security for businesses using Internet-based applications and services, today announced that they have received OPSEC™ (Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity) Certification for their SafeGate™ product from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKPF). As part of the OPSEC Alliance, customers seeking full security protection can now use Security-7 Software's OPSEC Certified products in conjunction with Check Point™ FireWall-1 for enterprise-wide protection at the Internet gateway, enabling the safe delivery of active content. "By achieving OPSEC Certification, Security-7 Software's SafeGate provides customers with a complimentary line of defense," said Asheem Chandna, vice president of marketing and business development, Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. "OPSEC Certification enables security managers to deploy SafeGate with FireWall-1 and manage their solution with a single security policy." Working with Check Point's CVP (Content Vectoring Protocol) API, Security-7 provides an added level of security through its innovative Dynamic Behavioral Inspection (DBI)™ technology to ensure the secure enablement of mobile code-based Internet applications. SafeGate employs its patented, kernel-based DBI engine to perform five methods of inspection, driven by centralized management policies implemented at the gateway. By dynamically examining mobile code packet-by-packet in real-time, SafeGate avoids the performance limitations of the resource-intensive, proxy-based systems used by older technologies. SafeGate enables the use of mobile code throughout the enterprise by identifying and denying all malicious code while allowing only trusted executable objects into the enterprise. "The coupling of Security-7's SafeGate with Check Point FireWall-1 yields an optimal Internet security solution, providing access control and malicious mobile code protection," said Jack Hembrough, executive vice president, Security-7 Software, Inc. "Check Point's CVP API allows for the tight integration of Check Point's award-winning firewall technology with Security-7's DBI technology, bringing centralized policy enforcement to all secured points of the enterprise."
Check Point's Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity (OPSEC™) is a revolutionary concept that delivers the industry's first enterprise-wide security framework. OPSEC uses a combination of published application programming interfaces (APIs), industry-standard protocols and a high-level scripting language to provide a single framework that integrates and manages all aspects of network security through an open, extensible management framework. With OPSEC, customers can easily, seamlessly, and selectively integrate a full spectrum of security applications, defined and driven by a single, central enterprise-wide security policy.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is a leading provider of policy-based management solutions for IP networks. Through its Secure Enterprise Connectivity strategy, the company is dedicated to enabling secure, reliable, and manageable business communications. The company's products include the world's leading enterprise security suite, FireWall-1, the industry's leading VPN family of solutions, VPN-1, and the industry's premier bandwidth management solution, FloodGate-1™. MetaInfo, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Check Point, is a leader in network and IP address management software that simplifies the set-up, integration and administration of complex networks. The company has U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, California and international headquarters in Ramat-Gan, Israel. For product information, please call 800/429-4391 or 650/628-2000 or visit our web site at http://www.checkpoint.com. ### Security-7 is a trademark of Security-7, Inc. All other product and company names are trademarks of their respective owners. |