Micromuse Inc, the leading provider of business and service assurance software, today announced that its Netcool family of products has achieved OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) certification from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, the worldwide leader in securing the Internet.
The OPSEC certification verifies that Micromuse`s Netcool solutions seamlessly integrate with Check Point`s market-leading VPN-1/FireWall-1 Next Generation software.
When using the integrated solution, customers are able to monitor events from Check Point`s VPN-1/FireWall-1 solution using the Netcool Probe for FireWall-1. The Netcool solution consolidates alarms from security devices to identify critical events in real-time. The information gathered by the Netcool Probe for FireWall-1 is displayed to staff in security operations centres via Netcool`s centralized console, which provides an end-to-end view of both network and security related events.
Additionally, the Netcool solution provides correlation capabilities to help operations personnel see the relationship between Check Point products and other network and security events. This includes events from security intrusion detection systems, authentication systems, and physical surveillance systems as well as IT data collected from network devices, servers and applications.
"To meet emerging security requirements, organisations have deployed a wide range of security tools such as the Check Point Next Generation solution, making it increasingly important to have centralised management and correlation of events across the networked infrastructure," commented Craig Farrell, Micromuse`s CTO. "The Netcool solution is ideally suited to provide organisations with real-time security monitoring for their Check Point protected networks through its ability to reduce and correlate security events from large, heterogeneous environments."
"Providing real-time event correlation and analysis are necessary steps to identify and prevent security breaches," said Upesh Patel, Director of business development, at Check Point Software Technologies. "Netcool`s ability to consolidate and correlate events and alarms across the entire security infrastructure helps organisations further reduce the risk and impact of security threats."
Availability
The Netcool Probe for FireWall-1 is certified for Check Point FireWall-1 NG and is available from Micromuse. The solution supports Netcool/OMNIbus on Sun Solaris, Linux and Windows platforms.
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Micromuse Inc (Nasdaq: MUSE) is the leading provider of business and service assurance software solutions. The Netcool software suite provides organisations with the assurance that their IT systems are supporting and driving profits 24 hours a day. Unlike traditional infrastructure management systems, Netcool solutions provide real-time end-to-end visibility and accurate troubleshooting from a business perspective. Such business intelligence allows organisations to respond to problems quickly, streamline workflow processes and improve business uptime.
Micromuse customers include AT&T, BT, Cable & Wireless, Charles Schwab, Deutsche Telekom, Digex, EarthLink, GE Appliances, ITC^DeltaCom, JP Morgan Chase, T-Mobile and Verizon. Headquarters are located at 139 Townsend Street, San Francisco, California, 94107. Tel: (415) 538-9090. The Web site is at www.micromuse.com.
Check Point`s OPSEC
OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) is the industry`s open, multi-vendor security framework. With over 350 partners, OPSEC guarantees customers the broadest choice of best-of-breed integrated applications and deployment platforms that support Check Point`s Secure Virtual Network Architecture. Products that carry the OPSEC Certified seal have been tested to guarantee integration and interoperability. For complete OPSEC Alliance program information, including partner and product listings, the freely available OPSEC SDK (software development kit) and evaluation versions of OPSEC Certified products, visit http://www.opsec.com.
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