AXENT Selected to Join ICSA Intrusion Detection Consortium.ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1998-- Alliance Formed to Improve Corporate Security Practices Through Education and Product Certification Product certification or product qualification is the process of certifying that a certain product has passed performance and/or quality assurance tests or qualification requirements stipulated in regulations such as a building code and nationally accredited test standards, AXENT Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AXNT), the market leader in intrusion detection See IDS and IPS. and risk assessment, today announced it has been selected to join the International Computer Security Association's (ICSA See TruSecure. ) newly formed Intrusion Detection Consortium. As a charter member of the Consortium, AXENT will collaborate in an alliance formed to clarify and define the role of intrusion detection and vulnerability assessment A Department of Defense, command, or unit-level evaluation (assessment) to determine the vulnerability of a terrorist attack against an installation, unit, exercise, port, ship, residence, facility, or other site. products, educate end-users, improve product quality and help manage product expectations. The mission of the consortium will be accomplished through corporate and consumer education programs and by developing product certification standards designed to deliver the highest level of security available. For more information on the Consortium, visit http://www.icsa.net. "The Consortium provides a great opportunity to address pertinent issues affecting the integrity and protection of our customers' critical information," said Brett Jackson, executive vice president of sales and marketing at AXENT Technologies. "As hacking and unauthorized network intrusions become more prevalent and more destructive, the ability to detect and respond to intruders in real-time is vital to an organization's information security." AXENT's leading intrusion detection tool, Intruder Alert(tm) with NetProwler - is the industry's first intrusion detection system This article is about the computing term. For other uses, see Burglar alarm. An intrusion detection system (IDS) generally detects unwanted manipulations of computer systems, mainly through the Internet. to integrate both network- and host-based methodologies in a single product that automatically detects and responds to attacks to a company's information system and network infrastructure. It serves as an essential component of AXENT's Security Strategy providing infrastructure, perimeter, administration, intranet and extranet security for the entire enterprise. About AXENT(tm) AXENT Technologies' Security Strategy addresses key issues to protect your most valuable resource--information. Our integrated security suite and lifecycle security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the enable customers to secure communications easily and effectively. The award-winning product suite provides security assessment, intrusion detection, remote access security, single sign-on An identification system that lets users log into multiple Web sites on the Internet with one username and password. Single sign-on systems are also used within an enterprise, enabling users to access all authorized resources in the local network using the same username and password. , Virtual Private Networks, Web security and firewalls, for UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R), Windows(R) 3.x, Windows NT(R), Windows(R) 95, Windows(R) 98, NetWare(R) and mid-range systems in heterogeneous computing environments. Headquartered in Rockville, MD, AXENT's customer-proven information security solutions are used by 40 of the top Fortune 50 companies and governments worldwide. Contact AXENT via e-mail at info@axent.com, or visit AXENT's World Wide Web site at http://vpo.axent.com. AXENT, AXENT Technologies, and the AXENT logo are trademarks or registered trademarks, in the United States and certain other countries, of AXENT Technologies, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation; UNIX is a registered trademark licensed exclusively by X/Open Company, Ltd.; and other product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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