Tuesday March 30, 7:00 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: RSA Data Security, Inc.
Check Point Software Licenses RSA BSAFE(TM) SSL-C for its Market-Leading
VPN Solutions
SAN MATEO, Calif., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA Data Security, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDTI - news),
today announced that it has expanded its ongoing relationship with Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP - news), to include licensing of RSA's
BSAFE(TM) SSL-C worldwide protocol component product. BSAFE SSL-C, the company's first strong encryption solution for international markets, will be included in
Check Point Software's industry-leading VPN-1(TM) virtual private networking (VPN) product family and its LDAP-enabled Account Management module. This agreement
represents the largest sale to date for products developed at RSA's new operation in Australia.
Introduced earlier this year, BSAFE SSL-C software is the company's first protocol-level product for worldwide markets and was developed entirely by RSA developers in
Australia. BSAFE SSL-C software is the first RSA product available outside the United States that supports key lengths of any size, and incorporates the full suite of RSA and
other algorithms specified in SSL. The product will ship from RSA's Australian development center to Check Point Software's headquarters in Ramat-Gan, Israel.
''Leading the market with more than 13,000 VPN installations, Check Point Software delivers the best in network security to its customers,'' said Asheem Chandna, vice
president of marketing and business development for Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. ''Utilizing RSA's BSAFE SSL-C protocol product in our VPN products gives
our customers the assurance of proven, trusted technology.''
Check Point Software will use RSA's BSAFE SSL-C software to implement the SSL security protocol with strong encryption in its VPN-1 Gateway, VPN-1 SecuRemote
and LDAP Account Management products. Check Point Software's VPN-1 family of products meets the demanding requirements of enterprise VPNs by providing secure
Internet-based connectivity to corporate networks, remote and mobile users, satellite offices and partner sites.
BSAFE(TM) SSL-C software will also be used in Check Point Software's Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity (OPSEC) Software Developers Kit. OPSEC is
the industry's first enterprise-wide security framework through which customers can easily and seamlessly integrate a full spectrum of best-of-breed security and network
management applications, defined and driven by a single, central enterprise-wide security policy.
''RSA and Check Point Software have a long history of working together to develop real solutions that businesses are using to be successful in today's global economy,'' said
Scott Schnell, senior vice president of marketing for RSA and Security Dynamics Technologies. ''We're pleased to extend our relationship with Check Point by providing them
with our new international SSL component product. As the worldwide demand for strong encryption continues to expand, RSA, through its headquarters and its international
development center, will continue to meet that demand.''
About BSAFE SSL-C
RSA's new BSAFE SSL-C product gives developers everywhere a comprehensive set of fully supported security components for building SSL v2 and v3 compliant
applications. BSAFE SSL-C software allows developers for the first time to market and deploy these applications with trusted RSA strong encryption outside the U.S.
Contact Information
RSA Australia can be contacted by telephone at 61-7-330-39380, by-email at info@aus.rsa.com, and on the Web at aus.rsa.com.
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 ConnectControl) and IP address management (Meta IP). Check Point
solutions enable customers to implement centralized policy-based management with enterprise-wide distributed deployment. Via the OPSEC Alliance, Check Point's products
seamlessly integrate with best-of-breed products from almost 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.
RSA Data Security, Inc.
RSA Data Security, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc., is a leading supplier of software components that secure electronic data, with
more than 400 million copies of RSA encryption and authentication technologies installed worldwide. RSA technologies are part of existing and proposed standards for the
Internet and World Wide Web, ISO, ITU-T, ANSI, IEEE and are in use in business, financial and electronic commerce networks around the globe. RSA develops and
markets platform-independent security components and related developer kits, and provides comprehensive cryptographic consulting services. RSA can be reached at
rsa.com.
NOTE: RSA, RSA Data Security, Inc., and BSAFE SSL-C are trademarks of RSA Data Security, Inc. All other products and companies mentioned herein may be
trademarks of their respective holdings and are hereby recognized.
SOURCE: RSA Data Security, Inc.
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