Computer Associates' eTrust Anitvirus is First to Achieve ICSA Labs Certification for Solaris and Linux.Business/Technology Editors HERNDON, Va. and ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2002 Stringent Testing Ensures Protection Of Critical Data And Services Against Malicious Code TruSecure(R) Corporation, a leading 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 provider, today announced that its independent ICSA See TruSecure. (R) Labs division has completed the industry's first certification tests for anti-virus products designed for the Solaris and Linux operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . Computer Associates' eTrust Antivirus is the first product to receive this certification. The ICSA Labs Anti-Virus Certification program is an independent and comprehensive process that rigorously tests, assesses, and validates the security of anti-virus products relied upon by all types of companies worldwide. "With the dramatic increase in virus and worm propagation, it is more important now than ever before to provide end-users with information to help ensure the security of their systems, particularly for Internet server operating systems See network operating system. ," said Larry Bridwell, content security program manager for ICSA Labs. "ICSA Labs, working with both product developers and corporate users, has developed the most thorough and rigorous set of accepted criteria for anti-virus testing 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, . This certification, like all ICSA Labs certifications, helps end-users make informed security buying decisions for their organizations." To achieve ICSA Labs' Anti-Virus Certification, a product must demonstrate that it can protect computer systems and media from computer virus intrusion, detect computer viruses on an infected computer system or media, and provide for recovery from a computer virus infection. To that end, ICSA Labs Certified anti-virus products must detect 100% of viruses on the current "In the Wild List"; detect 100% of the ICSA Labs' Common Infectors List; detect 90% of known viruses not currently listed as "In the Wild" and do so without causing any false alarms. Complete criteria may be found at: http://www.icsalabs.com. CA's eTrust Antivirus successfully met all of these specifications. "eBusiness managers need to know that their entire critical infrastructure, data and processes are protected against the increasingly complex and insidious range of threats they face from emerging strains of malicious code," said Ian Hameroff, director of antivirus solutions, CA. "This ICSA Labs Certification is another important validation of the efficacy of CA's eTrust Antivirus in providing this essential protection for Linux-based and Solaris-based assets." eTrust Antivirus is also available through authorized CA resellers under the product name eTrust InoculateIT. Additional information about CA's eTrust Antivirus and the eTrust product line is available at http://ca.com/etrust. About ICSA Labs ICSA Labs, an independent division of TruSecure Corporation, offers vendor-agnostic testing and certification of security products. Hundreds of the world's top security vendors submit their products for testing and certification at ICSA Labs. The end-users of security technologies rely on ICSA Labs to authoritatively set and apply objective testing and certification criteria for measuring product compliance and reliability. The organization tests 95% of products in key technology categories such as anti-virus, cryptography, PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) A framework for creating a secure method for exchanging information based on public key cryptography. The foundation of a PKI is the certificate authority (CA), which issues digital certificates that authenticate the identity of , IPSec, VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. , firewall, PC firewall, intrusion detection See IDS and IPS. and content security. About Computer Associates Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CA) delivers The Software That Manages eBusiness. CA's world-class solutions address all aspects of eBusiness management through industry-leading brands: Unicenter for infrastructure management, eTrust for security management, BrightStor for storage management, CleverPath for portal and business intelligence, AllFusion for application life cycle management, Advantage for data management and application development, and Jasmine jasmine (jăs`mĭn, jăz–) or jessamine (jĕs`əmĭn), any plant of the genus Jasminum of the family Oleaceae (olive family). for object-oriented database See object database. (database) object-oriented database - (OODB) A system offering DBMS facilities in an object-oriented programming environment. Data is stored as objects and can be interpreted only using the methods specified by its class. technology. Founded in 1976, CA serves organizations in more than 100 countries, including 99 percent of the Fortune 500 companies. For more information, visit http://ca.com. TruSecure, ICSA, and ICSA Labs are registered trademarks of TruSecure Corporation. All other trademarks and service marks mentioned herein are property of their respective owners. |
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