Trend Micro Announces Alliance with Check Point Software Technologies
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provider of enterprise anti-virus solutions joins OPSEC Alliance Cupertino, Calif., April 6, 1998 – Trend Micro Incorporated, the leader in centrally controlled virus protection software, today announced a strategic relationship with Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKPF), a leading provider of policy-based enterprise security and traffic management solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Trend Micro will become a member of Check Point Software's OPSEC (Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity) Alliance, the industry's leading enterprise security initiative. Trend Micro will also be the first member of the OPSEC Alliance to support the newest version of the OPSEC Content Vectoring Protocol (CVP). As a member of the OPSEC Alliance, Trend Micro will integrate a number of its products—including future versions of its InterScan VirusWall software—with Check Point's offerings, including Check Point™ FireWall-1, an application suite that integrates access control, authentication, encryption, network address translation, content security, auditing and connection control. Trend Micro's first implementation of the CVP will be in InterScan VirusWall 2.6 for Sun Solaris, making Trend the first anti-virus company to successfully implement CVP for a Unix environment. By implementing CVP on Solaris, Trend is providing fail-safe anti-virus protection that is integrated into the firewall for maximum efficiency and ease in administration. Companies worldwide can benefit from the newly announced partnership. For example, companies who use FireWall-1 can easily add Trend Micro's OPSEC-compliant anti-virus products to create a fully integrated Internet security solution. Through the OPSEC Alliance, customers will always be assured of seamless compatibility between Trend Micro's and Check Point's products. "Our membership in OPSEC, the industry's premier enterprise security initiative, gives Trend Micro's customers the comfort of knowing that, if they choose to add more enterprise security tools, that they will be totally compatible with Trend Micro's comprehensive anti-virus software," said Eva Chen, CTO of Trend Micro Inc. Adds Asheem Chandna, vice president of business development at Check Point Software Technologies, Inc., "Trend Micro pioneered server-based anti-virus solutions. The company's multi-platform coverage of network entry points, especially its support of Unix platforms, brings unique strengths to our partnership." 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. About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is a leading provider of policy-based enterprise security and traffic management solutions. Through its patented Stateful Inspection technology, the company is uniquely positioned to deliver Secure Enterprise Connectivity solutions that protect information assets and enhance the performance of enterprise networks. Check Point offerings include the world's leading enterprise security suite, Check Point ™ FireWall-1 , and the industry's premier policy-based bandwidth management solution, Check Point FloodGate-1 ™. The company has U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, Calif. and international headquarters in Ramat-Gan, Israel. For product information, please visit our web site at http://www.checkpoint.com. About Trend Micro Trend Micro provides centrally controlled server-based virus protection. By protecting information that flows through file servers, e-mail servers and Internet gateways, Trend Micro lets major companies worldwide stop viruses from a central point before they ever reach the desktop. Trend Micro's award-winning products have been chosen by Control Data Systems, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Lotus Softswitch, Microsoft, Netscape, Oracle, SCO, Sun Microsystems, Wingra and WorldTalk as a key part of their server security solutions. Trend Micro is privately held and based in Cupertino, Calif., with offices worldwide. Evaluation copies of all of Trend Micro's products may be downloaded from www. antivirus.com. Recent Trend Micro awards:
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