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VeriSign and Check Point Software Expand Strategic Alliance to Ease Deployment Of Secure, Manageable VPNS Across Global Networks
Check Point VPN-1 Product Family to Interoperate With VeriSign OnSite
April 12, 1999 08:00 AM
MOUNTAIN VIEW and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- VeriSign Inc. VRSN , the world's leading provider of Internet trust services, and Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. CHKP , the world's leader in secure enterprise networking, today announced plans to broaden their alliance, accelerating fulfillment of Check Point Software's open PKI initiative and simplifying secure virtual private network (VPN) deployments. Together VeriSign and Check Point Software will provide interoperability of VeriSign's Onsite services with the Check Point VPN-1(TM) product family. In addition, VeriSign will provide a special product evaluation program and training opportunities to further enable rapid deployment of secure enterprise VPNs.
"As the market leader in VPNs, we are providing customers with integrated support for all the major PKI standards and leading VPN implementations," said Asheem Chandna, vice president of marketing and business development for Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. "Our alliance with VeriSign enables enterprises to establish highly scalable site-to-site and remote access VPNs using secure public key technology from VeriSign."
The technological advances being made by Check Point Software and VeriSign will make it possible for VeriSign OnSite, a fully-integrated PKI service, to offer digital certificate support for Check Point VPN-1. VeriSign OnSite combines advanced PKI functionality with a global PKI backbone, guaranteeing high-availability enterprise PKI to secure a wide range of intranet, extranet, virtual private networking, and e-commerce applications.
"VeriSign's strategy is to partner with industry leaders to create open, scalable and cost-efficient end-to-end security solutions for our customers," said Richard Yanowitch, vice president of marketing for VeriSign. "VeriSign and Check Point Software's seamless integration of products and services enables IT executives to more easily deploy and maintain low-cost, multi-point VPN solutions with substantially less risk."
VeriSign will also provide an OnSite for VPN test drive that will give Check Point Software customers access to free 60-day evaluation certificates. This test drive program will simplify enterprises' evaluation of OnSite and speed the deployment of their VPN pilots.
In addition, the alliance between the two companies will include comprehensive training courses from VeriSign's SecureIT division for Check Point Software's security products and their interoperability with VeriSign's PKI services. Finally, VeriSign and Check Point Software will co-host VPN telebriefings designed to educate enterprises about the benefits of VPNs.
Product Availability
The VPN test drive program and Check Point VPN-1 support for VeriSign OnSite will both be generally available in Q3 1999.
VeriSign, Inc.
VeriSign, Inc. is the leading provider of Internet trust services and digital certificate solutions needed by Web sites, enterprises, electronic commerce service providers and individuals to conduct trusted and secure electronic commerce and communications over IP networks. VeriSign's digital certificate services for Web sites and consumers are available through the company's Web site at www.verisign.com. The company's digital certificate services for enterprises and electronic commerce service providers are available through regional account representatives, resellers and VeriSign Affiliates worldwide. VeriSign's SecureIT division can be contacted at www.secureit.com or 888-777-4313.
About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is the worldwide leader in secure enterprise networking solutions. The company's integrated architecture includes network security (FireWall-1, VPN-1, Provider-1 and Open Security Manager), traffic control (FloodGate-1 and Connect Control) and IP address management (Meta IP). Check Point Software solutions enable customers to implement centralized policy-based management with enterprise-wide distributed deployment. Via the OPSEC Alliance, Check Point Software's products seamlessly integrate with "best-of-breed" products from nearly 200 leading industry partners. The company has U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, California and international headquarters in Ramat-Gan, Israel. For more information, please call 800-429-4391 or 650-628-2000 or visit checkpoint.com or opsec.com.
NOTE: VeriSign is a registered trademark exclusively licensed to VeriSign, Inc. OnSite is a service mark of VeriSign, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Check Point, the Check Point logo, FireWall-1, FloodGate-1, INSPECT, IQ Engine, Open Security Extension, Open Security Manager, OPSEC, Provider-1, VPN-1 Accelerator Card, VPN-1 Certificate Manager, VPN-1 Gateway, VPN-1 Appliance, VPN-1 SecuRemote, and ConnectControl are trademarks or registered trademarks of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Meta IP and User-to-Address Mapping are trademarks of MetaInfo, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. RealSecure is a trademark of Internet Security Systems, Inc. All other product names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
SOURCE Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
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