Cyber-Ark Enhances PrivateArk Network Vault With Addition of API; Software Developers Can Now Add A Higher Level of Security To Their Applications.Business/Technology Editors DEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2001 Cyber-Ark Software, Ltd., makers of the first ready-to-use, end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for securely storing and sharing sensitive files, E-mails and Web content, today announced the introduction of an Application Program Interface (API) option for its PrivateArk Network Vault platform. PrivateArk's flexibility and superior security enables small to mid-size businesses and enterprises to share their priceless information with colleagues over the LAN/WAN LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network or with customers and partners over the Internet. Application developers can now use the PrivateArk API to secure existing applications such as billing, B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business , accounting, or human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. programs. The PrivateArk platform seamlessly blends 10 security layers, including 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, access control, encryption, authentication, and proprietary Cyber-Ark technology in a dedicated environment. Leveraging this tightly integrated security solution, developers can also store and retrieve any data object to obtain the highest level of security available on the market today. With PrivateArk, developers have the ability to provide ironclad ironclad, mid-19th-century wooden warship protected from gunfire by iron armor. The success of the ironclad when first employed by the French in the Crimean War sparked a naval armor and armaments race between France and Great Britain. security, without needing to have extensive security expertise. PrivateArk functions as the container for the data objects, and its security features become a seamless part of the user's interaction with the application. "What makes the availability of the PrivateArk API significant is that now developers have a complete security solution," said Alon Cohen Alon Cohen (born in Israel, 1962) is the co-founder of VocalTec Inc. (1989) and the inventor of the Audio Transceiver (U.S. Patent 5,825,771 , President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Cyber-Ark Software. "We are providing developers with a security platform that secures their applications and data yet eliminates the need to integrate multiple security technologies. Other security APIs offer many of the standard security technologies available today singularly, but even security experts have difficulty making these technologies work together. With our API, the developer can stick to their core competency A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
PrivateArk is currently available as a ready-to-use security platform that requires minimal configuration and can be integrated with existing security products or other homegrown applications. With the addition of the API, the security features of PrivateArk are now provided in a complete, integrated solution that developers can easily leverage to secure their own applications. Cyber-Ark has introduced a fundamentally different approach to network security; rather than securing the entire network, PrivateArk runs on a dedicated server that is engineered solely for the purpose of protecting sensitive data objects. About Cyber-Ark Headquartered in Dedham, Massachusetts Dedham /ˈdɛdəm/ is a town in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The population was 23,464 at the 2000 census. It is located on Boston's southwest border. , with research and development in Lod, Israel, Cyber-Ark Software is changing the way companies think about their information security needs with the introduction of PrivateArk. Rather than trying to protect the entire enterprise, PrivateArk provides a data vault, protected by 10 layers of security, where files, Web content, E-mails and other data objects can be stored and shared. PrivateArk enables organizations - such as financial institutions, manufacturers, professional service firms, pharmaceutical companies, and government agencies -- to securely share their most sensitive information with business partners, customers, and remote offices, without the need for a long and complicated integration of a substantial number of security products. Cyber-Ark is dedicated to introducing meaningful and easy-to-use security solutions to organizations and to its world-class partners. For more information about Cyber-Ark: U.S. and Canada: 1-888-808-9005; International: 1-781-251-0670; E-mail: info@cyber-ark.com or visit www.cyber-ark.com. |
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