SecureData, an ERP.com company and the exclusive sub-Saharan distributors of Trend Micro Inc., a leading provider of enterprise antivirus and content security software for the Internet age, today announced support for Cisco Systems, Inc.'s new SAFE security blueprint. As a result of Trend's alliance with Cisco, customers can be assured that all of Trend Micro's products will be tested to ensure smooth integration and interoperability with a variety of Cisco's security solutions. InterScan VirusWall, Trend Micro's best-of-breed Internet gateway antivirus solution, has already passed this rigorous testing and has been certified by Cisco to interoperate seamlessly with the Cisco Secure PIX Firewall family.
Cisco's SAFE is a flexible, comprehensive security blueprint that is designed to help organisations securely, reliably and cost-effectively engage in e-Business. It integrates scalable, high performance security services throughout the e-Business infrastructure, making it possible for companies to design and implement intelligent, self-defending networks. In addition, SAFE is enhanced by a rich ecosystem of third-party products, solutions and services, of which Trend Micro is a part.
The Cisco Security and VPN Associate Program anchors this ecosystem, providing customers with interoperable, tested and certified security solutions based on Cisco's industry-leading security products and third-party security products. This proven ecosystem of complementary products assures customers that their networks will be secure for e-Business.
Through the Cisco Security and VPN Associate Program, organisations have at their disposal a valuable tool that will enable them to build secure networked environments using security solutions like Trend Micro's content filtering and antivirus solutions and Cisco security solutions. In addition to Trend Micro's flagship antivirus solution, InterScan VirusWall, other Trend Micro products will be submitted for interoperability testing in the future.
" Cisco believe Trend Micro's best-in-class antivirus and content filtering solutions will play a key role in delivering secure e-Business solutions to our customers," said Greg Mayfield, business development manager for the Cisco VPN and Security Services business unit. "Trend Micro's support of SAFE and the Security and VPN Associate Program further benefits customers in securing their e-Business networks."
"Trend Micro Inc. are committed to working with Cisco to provide best-of-breed, fully compatible Internet security solutions," says Wayne Biehn, Sales Director, SecureData. "The resulting solutions of the Security and VPN Associate Program will assist our customers to effectively and easily defend their networks."
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InterScan VirusWall
Trend Micro InterScan VirusWall provides high-performance, three-in-one real-time Internet gateway protection against viruses and malicious code. InterScan installs on the gateway server. Trend Micro's virus scanning engine, MacroTrap, incorporates both rule-based and pattern recognition technologies that detect and clean known and unknown viruses and malicious code. Integration with the Trend Virus Control System means that Internet gateway protection can be managed as an integral part of an enterprise-wide anti-virus effort. InterScan is compatible with the Cisco SecurePIX FireWall family and most other major firewalls.
Trend Micro pioneered the concept of Internet gateway virus scanning when it introduced InterScan VirusWall in October of 1995 and has led the industry with innovative anti-virus technology solutions ever since. Today, InterScan VirusWall is one of the most stable and scalable anti-virus solutions on the market.
SecureData
SecureData, an ERP.com company, is a Managed Security Service Provider. SecureData is the exclusive sub-Saharan Distributors of Trend Micro, providing enterprise-wide, centrally managed, server-based, virus protection, e-mail filtering and Internet filtering products and services. Concern about Internet Safety has created a vigorous and growing market for content security products and services. Today, e-mail attachments account for over 50% of virus infections, and web-based malicious mobile code (vandals) is widely thought to be the predominant content threat of the near future. SecureDATA, brings sub-Saharan Africa the tools that build anti-virus and content security protection into the Internet and Mail/Groupware infrastructure.