NitroSecurity Reaches for EAL4 Common Criteria Compliance for Intrusion Prevention System (IPS); NitroSecurity furthers its commitment to the Federal Government through enhanced network security solutions.PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- NitroSecurity, a provider of next-generation intrusion prevention solutions for enterprise networks, today announced they are officially in evaluation for conformance to the Common Criteria (ISO/IEC ISO/IEC International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ITU-T M 3000) 15408) with the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP See Common Criteria. ). NitroSecurity is one of very few IPS vendors in the security industry aspiring for the high level of Evaluation Assurance Level The Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL1 through EAL7) of an IT product or system is a numerical grade assigned following the completion of a Common Criteria security evaluation, an international standard in effect since 1999. 4 (EAL EAL English as an Additional Language EAL Evaluation Assurance Level EAL Eastern Airlines EAL Emergency Action Level EAL Environmental Analysis Laboratory EAL Evidence Analysis Library (American Dietetic Association) 4) certification. Common Criteria is the result of a multi-year effort by the governments of the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the Netherlands to develop harmonized security criteria for IT products. IT security evaluations are conducted by commercial testing laboratories accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. by the National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology, governmental agency within the U.S. Dept. of Commerce with the mission of "working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards" in the national interest. (NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. ) and approved by the Validation Body. These approved testing laboratories are called Common Criteria Testing Laboratories (CCTL CCTL Common Criteria Testing Laboratory (private laboratory, certified to conduct IT product Security Assessments for Information Assurance) CCTL Coordinator Control Subsystem ). To achieve certification, products must pass rigorous and standardized security tests ranging in certification levels from EAL1 through EAL7. The vast majority of IPS vendors only obtain EAL2 or EAL3 certification, whereas NitroSecurity is seeking the more stringent EAL4. Providing a far more extensive and robust set of metrics, EAL4 focuses specifically on vendor methodology for designing, testing, and reviewing security products. "In keeping with our overall strategy of providing the highest quality and most secure IPS solutions in the industry, we have embarked on this comprehensive security accreditation," said Terry Christensen, 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 NitroSecurity. "We believe this is further validation of NitroSecurity's intrusion prevention products, thus providing assurance that all our federal customers will have the most secure device in their production networks." NitroSecurity products currently under evaluation include NitroSecurity IPS models NS-150, NS-300, NS-600, and NS-1200. More information on NitroSecurity's Common Criteria compliance is available at: http://www.niap.nist.gov/cc-scheme/in_evaluation.html#n About NitroSecurity NitroSecurity, headquartered in Portsmouth, NH, develops a highly scalable line of Active Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), leveraging its patented Security Correlation and Aggregation Engine, to protect the internal network infrastructure in enterprises of various size and scope. Utilizing both signature and anomaly-based detection, NitroSecurity's products provide protection, analysis and security management for enterprises looking to secure their networks with real-time active threat mitigation without business disruption. NitroSecurity is the first in the industry to offer a protection system that integrates intrusion prevention and a high-speed security aggregation and correlation engine. NitroSecurity's engineering team originates from the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory (INL), where they developed real-time security solution and ultra high-speed embedded database products. NitroSecurity is headquartered in Portsmouth, NH. More information is available at: www.nitrosecurity.com |
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