BindView
Extends Vulnerability Assessment Capabilities to Check Point
VPN-1/FireWall-1
Houston
- Jan. 8, 2002 - BindView Corporation (NASDAQ: BVEW),
a leading provider of security management solutions, announced
today its partnership in Check Point Software Technologies
Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) OPSECT (Open Platform for Security) Alliance.
BindView also announced that it is one of the first vendors
to join the new OPSEC Security Assessment Initiative, providing
customers with assurance that best-of-breed security assessment
tools and services are certified to integrate with the industry-leading
OPSEC framework. As a partner in this program, BindView will
extend its vulnerability assessment solutions to integrate
with Check Point's market-leading VPN-1/FireWall-1 solutions.
"As
the leader in the vulnerability assessment market, we are
pleased to become a member of the industry's leading open
vendor security alliance program," said Jeff Margolis, vice
president corporate strategy and business development for
BindView Corporation. "As enterprise security continues to
be a top priority for organizations, OPSEC certification is
a seal of approval for customers. We are thrilled to be extending
our award-winning vulnerability assessment products to include
OPSEC certification and further our ability to provide organizations
with best-of-breed security solutions."
Through
the OPSEC Alliance program, BindView will utilize the OPSEC
interfaces to extend its breadth of solutions, integrating
vulnerability assessment capabilities with the Check Point
VPN-1/FireWall-1 solution. The integrated solution will undergo
a rigorous certification process, ensuring the interoperability
of industry-leading security assessment tools and services
with Check Point's Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture.
"We
are pleased to welcome BindView to the OPSEC Alliance Program,"
said Upesh Patel, manager for the OPSEC Alliance, at Check
Point Software Technologies. "We look forward to the integration
of BindView's vulnerability assessment tools with the OPSEC
framework, providing our customers with further choice of
best-of-breed, integrated applications for comprehensive enterprise
security."
About
Check Point's OPSEC
OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) is the industry's open,
multi-vendor security framework. With more than 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.
About
BindView Corporation
For safeguarding computer systems and networks from security
breaches before they occur, BindView Corporation delivers
proactive security management solutions. BindView's suite
of cross-platform software and associated services help secure,
automate and lower the costs of managing information technology
infrastructures. Unlike other approaches, BindView's solutions
work from the inside out to help protect business systems
from both internal and external threats, thus reducing business
risks. More than 20 million licenses of our solutions have
been shipped worldwide to approximately 5,000 companies, including
more than 80 of the Fortune 100 and 24 of the largest 25 U.S.
banks. Contact BindView via e-mail at info@bindview.com
or visit BindView's World Wide Web site at http://www.bindview.com.
BindView can also be reached at (800) 749-8439.
Editors
Note: BindView, the BindView logo, and the BindView product
names used in this document are trademarks of BindView Corporation,
which may be registered in one or more jurisdictions. The
names of products of other companies mentioned in this document,
if any, may be the registered or unregistered trademarks of
the owners of the products.
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