QualysGuard's Real-time Managed Vulnerability Assessment Service
Adds Proactive Policy-Checking Service for Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1
REDWOOD
SHORES, Calif., January 8, 2002 - QualysT, Inc., the pioneer
of Automated Vulnerability Assessment, today announced participation
in the Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP)
OPSECT (Open Platform for Security) Security Assessment Initiative.
The newly announced initiative provides a method for certification
of tools and services that help validate network security
through vulnerability assessment and corrective action. For
more information, visit: http://www.checkpoint.com/press/2002/securityassessment010802.html.
"We
are pleased to have Qualys join the OPSEC Alliance Security
Assessment Initiative," said Upesh Patel, manager of the OPSEC
Alliance for Check Point Software Technologies. "We look forward
to the integration of QualysGuard and Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1
to provide customers with a proactive and automated network
vulnerability assessment."
A
network's vulnerability exposure is directly related to its
security policy. QualysGuard will leverage the OPSEC interfaces
with a feature that monitors security policy changes, test
the vulnerability exposure of a policy and to provide assessment
data directly into the Check Point log repository, creating
a fully integrated, proactive verification tool for Check
Point customers to establish confidence that their policy
changes will not cause network vulnerabilities. This feature
will be included with the QualysGuard service beginning in
March, 2002.
"We
are pleased to join the new OPSEC Security Assessment Initiative,"
said Amer Deeba, Vice President of Marketing at Qualys. "Our
partnership with Check Point will allow us to deliver QualysGuard
to a growing number of companies who understand the value
of frequent vulnerability assessment with their security infrastructure,
as validation that corporate security policies are being followed
and are completely effective."
Delivered
over the Internet, the QualysGuardT service uses advanced
vulnerability detection techniques to assess a network's security
exposures and suggest remedies before intruders can take advantage
of them. The online delivery solution removes the need for
specialized customer-premise software and ensures that users
are able to detect the latest network vulnerabilities as they
emerge. The web-based QualysGuard service detects and evaluates
vulnerabilities on over three hundred applications on twenty
operating systems, delivers suggestions for corrective action
and provides concise summaries of every security risk found
in user-friendly reports.
Check
Point's OPSEC program provides a rigorous certification process
ensuring the interoperability of industry-leading security
assessment tools and services with Check Point's SVN architecture.
Certified products will leverage the OPSEC framework to inform
and alert administrators of potential vulnerabilities in their
network.
About
Check Point's OPSEC
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.
About
Qualys, Inc.
The OPSEC monitoring feature will be offered with QualysGuard
service in March, 2002. For more information about QualysGuard
pilot programs, call 800.745.4355.
Qualys,
Inc., the pioneer of Managed Vulnerability Assessment, enables
Security Providers, security professionals and corporate customers
to remotely and automatically audit Internet-connected networks
for security vulnerabilities. Where traditional security monitoring
products require customers to buy, develop and manage solutions
internally, Qualys' service platform approach enables immediate,
transparent and continuous security auditing and risk assessment
of global networks, inside and outside the firewall. Founded
in 1999 by a team of Internet security experts, Qualys is
headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, with offices
in France, Germany and the U.K. The company is privately financed
by Deutsche Bank ABS Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners,
Trident Capital, and VeriSign, the leading provider of Internet
trust services. For more information about Qualys, please
visit http://www.qualys.com.
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