Here is the announcement that CSCO made today. Can anyone shed light on what this means to CYBG??
Tuesday January 20, 2:02 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Cisco Delivers Secure Private Communication through
Broad Adoption of Industry-Standard Security Solution
Key Technology Components Developed through IP Security
Protocol Standards Body Assure Confidentiality for Network
Services
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 20, 1998-- Cisco Systems, Inc. today
announced delivery and broad adoption of its industry-leading security technology
necessary for enabling networked business. Cisco's implementation of the IP Security
Protocol (IPSec) is an open, standards-based component that ensures secure private
communications across an entire network. By providing privacy, integrity and
authenticity in their networks, customers can secure them without costly changes to
every computer.
Cisco's IPSec technology provides a complete network security solution with proven
interoperability among multiple vendors. Cisco is promoting IPSec interoperability
through the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and joint industry efforts with
Microsoft and RedCreek Communications. Through shared development of the
next-generation privacy service for the PIX(TM) Firewall, Cisco and RedCreek are
working together to ensure confidentiality for remote users.
Cisco Systems and Microsoft Corporation [Nasdaq:MSFT - news] are jointly developing
security technology for inclusion in Microsoft's Windows NT Server 5.0. The two
companies are collaborating in the area of network layer security, and Microsoft will
be licensing and incorporating Cisco's Internet Security Association Key Management
Protocol (ISAKMP) software, assuring shared customers of confidential transactions.
''We are pleased to be working with Cisco to deliver enterprise-wide security
solutions,'' said Jawad Khaki, director of Windows networking at Microsoft. ''Our joint
efforts will provide customers with a network layer security solution that will enable
secure private communications across the entire network.''
''Cisco has taken a leadership role in bringing IPSec standards to the market,'' said
Bob Moskowitz, MIS technical support specialist at Chrysler Corp. [NYSE:C - news] of
Detroit, Michigan. ''Cisco IOS(TM) software is delivering technology that provides
creative solutions for such challenges as scaling secure connections, ensuring data
confidentiality, and combining that with network address translation to simplify
integration. Cisco's unique feature enhancements enable Automotive Network
eXchange (TM) (ANX) in providing a secure extranet for business partners over the
Internet. This type of multivendor network is important, because security is a critical
issue in electronic commerce.''
IPSec is a key technology component of Cisco's end-to-end network service offerings.
Cisco IOS software shipping in spring 1998 will provide IPSec with integrated
ISAKMP/Oakley and certificate support. Cisco's offering includes technology from RSA
Data Security Inc. and Cylink Corporation [Nasdaq:CYLK - news] that is fully compliant
with the existing IETF draft standards. This capability allows a flexible security policy
providing network encryption, digital certification and trusted device authentication.
''Cisco is committed to bringing open solutions to customers that enable custom
security solutions for Internet, extranet, intranet and remote access networks,'' said
Cliff Meltzer, general manager and vice president of IOS Technology and Engineering
Operations for Cisco Systems. ''Through our extensive involvement in deploying the
ANX network, we are leading the industry in providing interoperable solutions today.''
''Cisco IOS-based encryption enables TNS to transparently offer a value-added
security service integrated in the network infrastructure,'' said John Schanz, general
manager and vice president at TNS' Financial Services Division. ''We are able to
leverage the industry-leading security features inherent in Cisco IOS software to
provide an integrated solution that eases deployment and reduces management
costs.''
Cisco will provide scalable device authentication and identity by integrating with the
emerging public key infrastructure (PKI). Cisco and Verisign are working together on a
certificate authority (CA) technology, allowing a trusted third party to be used for
issuing digital certificates. PKI standards will be solidifying over the next year, and
Cisco plans to fully support them and achieve CA interoperability. At the ANX trials,
Cisco has demonstrated interoperability with the Entrust Technologies PKI.
Cisco promotes end-to-end services by advancing client-to-network security solutions
through the industry. IPSec joins the Cisco portfolio of security solutions that include
the CiscoSecure product family, Cisco IOS software features such as AAA services,
routeauthentication, TCP Intercept and Kerberos, and the Cisco firewall family -- PIX,
Centri(TM), and the Cisco IOS Firewall feature set. |
