Forum Systems Joins the RSA Secured Partner Program; Certification Award Provides Common Foundation for Secure XML Applications and Web Services.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2003 Forum Systems, Inc., provider of the award-winning Forum Sentry(TM) 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. Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. security gateway, today announced that it has joined the RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. Secured(R) Partner Program. This technology partnership provides a common foundation for secure XML Web services by integrating the Forum Sentry(TM) 1500 Series and RSA Keon(R) digital certificate management software. Forum is one of the first XML Web services vendors to integrate with RSA Keon software. As part of the RSA Secured Partner Program, Forum Sentry 1500 has been awarded "RSA Secured RSA Keon Ready" certification, signaling its interoperability with RSA Security's identity and access management software. "We are extremely pleased with the addition of Forum Systems as one of our first XML Web services partners," said Stuart Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , director of partner development at RSA Security RSA, The Security Division of EMC Corporation, is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, and maintains offices in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Singapore, India, and Japan. RSA organizes the annual RSA conference. . "With the growth of e-business, companies are struggling to maintain secure access to vital information and applications. The strategic partnership between Forum Systems and RSA Security provides a trusted identity and access management solution to end users." Certification with RSA Keon software provides a Public Key Infrastructure (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 ) to support key generation and key lifecycle management. The RSA Keon software provides the source of public and private key pairs for deploying a WS-Security solution using the Forum Sentry 1500 product series. Leveraging the RSA Keon software, Forum Sentry provides identity management, hardware accelerated SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. authentication, WS-Security processing, 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 processing, hardware accelerated XML Digital Signatures, XML Digital Signature Verifications, XML Encryptions and XML Decryptions. "Customers recognize the value of having tried-and-tested security features in the products they buy. The combination of RSA Security and Forum Systems technology provides a trusted Web services foundation that customers can rely on," said Wes Swenson, president of Forum Systems. The Forum Sentry 1500 series was created to provide an enterprise-class Web services security management and acceleration platform that integrates three XML Web services security solutions in a single device, including: Data Privacy Server (XML content and document encryption/decryption), Digital Signature Server (XML content and document digital signatures) and XML Intrusion Prevention See IPS and IDS. (XML filtering, authentication, access control and schema validation). For more details on how the Forum Sentry 1500 Series integrates with RSA Keon, please visit: http://rsasecurity.agora.com/rsasecured/guides/keon_pdfs/ Forum_Sentry_Keon.pdf (Due to the length of this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. , it may be necessary to copy and paste To copy files from one location to another or to copy text and images from one document to another. All modern operating systems and applications have a copy and paste capability that is typically selected from an Edit menu. See cut and paste and Win Copy between windows. this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field.) About the RSA Secured Partner Program The RSA Secured Partner Program is one of the oldest and largest alliance programs of its type, bringing more than ten years of experience and hundreds of complementary solutions together. The RSA SecurID(R), RSA ClearTrust(R), and RSA Keon Ready certification programs bring added assurance to customers that the solutions they are deploying are certified as interoperable with industry leading products, helping them achieve faster time to deployment and lower overall cost of ownership. The program reflects RSA Security's commitment to providing standards-based interoperability and mutual vendor support to customers using RSA Security's Web access management, two-factor authentication, digital certificate management or encryption solutions. About Forum Systems Forum Systems, Inc. delivers the industry's first suite of dedicated, layered XML Web Services security solutions "from the edge to the app" for government agencies, financial institutions, and e-business. Forum products provide trust for confidential information in extended enterprises and protection for business networks against a new breed of hybrid XML-related threats. Forum Sentry is a Network Magazine Product of the Year 2003 award winner and a finalist for Network Computing's 2003 Well-Connected Award. Forum Systems, founded in 2001, is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT. For more information contact 801-313-4400 or www.forumsys.com. |
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