Forum Systems Announces Forum XWall(TM) Integrated with CA's eTrust(R) TransactionMinder(R) at CA World 2005; Brings Benefits of Complex Transactional Security and Identity Management to the Web Services Firewall.LAS VEGAS -- Forum Systems, a leader in Web services security for threat protection and trust management, announced that the Forum XWall Web Services Firewall is now integrated with CA's eTrust(R) TransactionMinder(R). Forum will preview the product integration at CA World 2005 in Las Vegas, Partner Pavilion Booth #259. Forum XWall(TM) Web Services Firewall Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ) security solution integrates market-leading Web services security policy enforcement with CA's eTrust TransactionMinder for transactional identity management; CA's eTrust(R) Antivirus for virus management; and CA's Web Services Distributed Management “WSDM” redirects here. For the Terre Haute, Indiana radio station, see WSDM-FM. Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM, pronounced wisdom) is a web service standard for managing and monitoring the status of other services. (CA WSDM WSDM Web Services Distributed Management WSDM Web Site Design Method ) for service provisioning. IDC expects worldwide spending on Web services software in general to grow from $2.3 billion in 2004 to $14.9 billion by 2009. The portion of this market dedicated to systems infrastructure, which includes Web services security and management, is expected to grow from $580 million in 2003 to $3.9 billion by 2009. "As organizations of all sizes embrace SOA to achieve the frictionless exchange of information and respond to changes in business requirements with greater agility, the need for security solutions that can effectively protect these dynamic environments is growing," said Barbara Lanci, vice president, eTrust Business Development for CA. "Forum's proven integration with CA's eTrust(R) solutions helps fulfill this market need with a complete SOA security framework that effectively helps to mitigate risk, reduce administrative costs, and speed time-to-market." Unlike Web applications, SOAs rely on distributed transactions and composite business processes using Web services communications that increase exposure to information leaks, workflow violations and data theft. According to a Burton Group report titled, "Developing a Web Services Security Strategy," enterprises must look to implement a security infrastructure that can prove the identity of messages, interpret different forms of credentials (e.g. Kerberos, SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) An XML-based format from OASIS for exchanging security information for single sign-on. The "assertions" are statements from a SAML authority that authenticate a user, confirm some attribute about the individual and grant or , X.509 Certificates) as well as defend against XML-related threats. "Forum Systems clearly sees the need to leverage existing SSO See single sign-on and CSO. SSO - single sign-on and identity management investments within SOA implementations," said Walid Negm, Vice President of Marketing for Forum Systems. "CA's eTrust TransactionMinder integration offers our joint customers mandatory features for enterprise-class Web services." "Policy enforcement, governance, and Web services security are three core challenges companies must face when building secure SOA implementations," said Jason Bloomberg, Senior Analyst for market research firm ZapThink LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . "Forum Systems is among the leaders in the SOA security space, and their partnerships with a wide range of companies, including Computer Associates, offer a compelling value proposition for enterprises and government agencies to build comprehensive SOA security solutions that leverage existing infrastructure." Benefits of an Enterprise-Wide SOA Security Solution --Life-cycle management with policy authoring, governance and execution across auditing, identity, credentialing, security, protocol translation and routing. --Authenticate and authorize using Single Sign-On Cookies, HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. Basic Authentication, SSL/TLS SSL/TLS Secure Socket Layer/Transport Security (IETF) X.509 Certificates, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) and WS-Security 2004/2002 Tokens including propagation and mapping of identity information. --Support for Web Services Security: SOAP Message Security 1.0 (WS-Security 2004) including Username Tokens, Binary Tokens (X.509 Certifications, Kerberos Tickets), SAML Assertions as well as Rights Expression Languages (REL) licenses. --Guards against corrupted XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , Schema poisoning, illegitimate scripts in message payloads misuse of WSDL (Web Services Description Language) An XML-based language for defining Web services. Developed by Microsoft and IBM, WSDL describes the protocols and formats used by the service. (Web Services Description Language “WSDL” redirects here. For other uses, see WSDL (disambiguation). The Web Services Description Language (WSDL, pronounced 'wiz-dəl' or spelled out, 'W-S-D-L') is an XML-based language that provides a model for describing Web services. ) operations. --Prevent the latest strains of viruses and worms from reaching applications via XML documents and Web services transactions. --Automatically discover Web services as they are added to an enterprise's network, catalog the service and continuously monitor different Web services operations. About Forum XWall Forum XWall is the first and only standalone Web Services Firewall with XIP (Execute In Place) The ability to execute a program directly from a memory card. (TM) (XML Intrusion Prevention), WS-I (Web Services Interoperability Organization, www.ws-i.org) A consortium founded by Microsoft, IBM, BEA Systems and Intel that is dedicated to the development of Web services. Its goals are to provide guidance and education, to promote interoperability and to ensure that Web services Profile conformance, XML Schema Restriction, WSDL Access Control and XML Antivirus. The pricing for Forum XWall starts at $40,000 depending on software and hardware configuration, with additional subscription fees for antivirus and VulCon updates. The product is available from Forum's Website and direct sales including channel and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners. About Forum Systems Forum Systems, Inc. is a Leader in Web Services and SOA Security(TM) with a comprehensive suite of trust management, threat protection and information assurance solutions for the automated Web. Forum Systems' flexible hardware, software and embedded products make vibrant business communications possible by actively protecting XML data and Web services across networks and business boundaries. Forum's products have been chosen by over 150 Fortune 1000 industry leaders and are winners of Network Computing Magazine's Well-Connected 2004 Award and Product of the Year 2004 Award, Network Computing Magazine's Editor's Choice 2003 Award, Network Magazine's Product of the Year 2003 Award and DEMO 2004 Invitation. Forum XWall Web Services Firewall is the industry's only XML Firewall selected by InfoWorld LEADERBOARD 2004. Visit Forum at http://www.forumsys.com/. |
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