CHICAGO, May 22, 2002 -
Aladdin Knowledge Systems (NASDAQ: ALDN) announced today that its
eSafe Appliance is the first content security appliance to fully
support Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ: CHKP) VPN-1®/FireWall-1®
Next Generation software.
OPSEC's rigorous testing verifies
that eSafe Appliance, Aladdin's pre-configured plug and play content
security appliance, seamlessly supports Check Point's market-leading
software solution. The eSafe Appliance-Check Point combination allows
organizations to implement full content security within 15 minutes
in 3 easy steps.
Designed to provide simple
installation, yet strong protection for small to medium-sized businesses,
eSafe Appliance offers easy administration, central management and
superior performance with up to 3MB of Internet HTTP, FTP and SMTP
traffic. When installed as a secure mail relay in the DMZ, eSafe
Appliance with eSafe Mail activated delivers superior performance,
inspecting and forwarding up to one million emails each day.
"Further strengthening the
simplicity of eSafe Appliance integration, OPSEC certification reaffirms
Aladdin's commitment to providing strong proactive content security
without sacrificing ease of use," said Shimon Gruper, vice president
of Internet technologies at Aladdin Knowledge Systems. "Offering
certified anti-virus, proactive protection against malicious code,
blocking of hostile attachments and malicious scripts and the filtering
of nonproductive content, eSafe Appliance combines strong security
with virtually effortless integration and maintenance."
"We are pleased to see Aladdin's
eSafe Appliance achieve OPSEC certification," said Upesh Patel,
manager of the OPSEC Alliance for Check Point Software Technologies.
"The integration of Aladdin's eSafe Appliance with Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1
Next Generation software continues to offer users a best-of-breed,
comprehensive Internet content security solution for small to medium-sized
businesses."
eSafe
Aladdin's eSafe product suite, which includes eSafe Gateway, eSafe
Mail and eSafe Appliance, provides the most comprehensive protection
available against hostile elements on the Internet and gives users
confidence in their ability to navigate the Internet safely.
eSafe is the only comprehensive
suite of content security solutions on the market to provide proactive
protection at the gateway against all forms of malicious content
including viruses, vandals and worms. Much more than anti-virus
protection, eSafe also stops access to Web sites with inappropriate
or malicious content, such as hate literature or pornography as
well as restricts outgoing emails from sending classified or prohibited
content.
Unique features found only
in Aladdin's eSafe solutions include:
- NitroInspection™
technology for efficient on-the-fly content inspection
- MacroTerminator™
technology for protection against new and unknown macro viruses
- GhostMachine™ technology
for protection against encrypted, mutating and polymorphic viruses
- SmartScript™ filtering
technology for protection against malicious scripts embedded in
emails or web pages
Check Point's OPSEC®
Check Point's OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) is the industry's
open, multi-vendor security framework. With over 300 partners, OPSEC
guarantees customers the broadest choice of best-of-breed integrated
applications and deployment platforms that support Check Point's
Secure Virtual Network Architecture. Products that carry the OPSEC
Certified seal have been tested to guarantee integration and interoperability.
For complete OPSEC Alliance program information, including partner
and product listings, the freely available OPSEC SDK (software development
kit) and evaluation versions of OPSEC Certified products, visit
http://www.opsec.com.
Aladdin Knowledge Systems
Aladdin (Nasdaq: ALDN) is a leader in digital security, providing
solutions for software commerce and Internet security since 1985,
serving more than 30,000 customers worldwide. Aladdin's products
include: the USB-based eToken device for user authentication and
e-commerce security; the eSafe line of content security solutions
that protect PCs and networks against malicious, inappropriate and
nonproductive Internet-borne content; HASP and Hardlock, hardware-based
software security systems that protect the revenues of developers;
and Privilege, a software licensing and distribution platform. Visit
Aladdin's Web site at http://www.eAladdin.com.
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About Check Point Software
Technologies
Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in securing
the Internet. It is the confirmed market leader of both the worldwide
VPN and firewall markets. The company's Secure Virtual Network (SVN)
architecture provides the VPN and security infrastructure that uniquely
enables secure and reliable Internet communications. SVN solutions,
as delivered in the company's Next Generation product family, secure
business communications and resources for corporate networks, remote
employees, branch offices and partner extranets. Extending the power
of SVN is Check Point's Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the
industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability
with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 300 leading companies.
Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network
of 2,000 certified partners in 203 countries. For more information,
please call us at 800/429-4391 or 650/628-2000 or visit us on the
Web at http://www.checkpoint.com
or at http://www.opsec.com.
2002 Check Point Software
Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.
Check Point, the Check Point logo, FireWall-1, OPSEC, VPN-1, SVN
are trademarks, service marks, or registered trademarks of Check
Point Software Technologies Ltd. or its affiliates. All other product
names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective owners.
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