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Federal Government Teams With Tivoli To Develop
Security Specifications
Austin, TX, and Baltimore, MD, October 7, 1997 -- Tivoli
Systems, architect of TME 10, the world's leading systems, network
and applications management platform, today announced it will work
with the U.S. Government to establish new security specifications
for Information Technology solutions.
Threats to information security have never been more prevalent
than they are today. Valuable data is commonly stored within and
transmitted over corporate and public networks. The rapid adoption
of the Intra/Internet for business purposes has magnified the
challenge of securing this data and has caused an increased demand
for better methods of establishing IT security certification.
Responding to this demand, the National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NSA) have
partnered to form the National Information Assurance Partnership
(NIAP), a joint effort between government and private industry. To
help further its goal of developing new certification processes and
criteria, NIST turned to Tivoli.
"The NIAP is an important step forward in improving overall
commercial security," said Gail Daniels, vice president of
marketing at Tivoli. "As the introduction of Tivoli's TME 10
Security Management product made clear some time ago, we have
solidly demonstrated our commitment to meeting the vast marketplace
demands for security. We applaud the NIAP and its efforts as it
works to identify faster and better methods for certifying security
products."
"We are meeting with a broad variety of industry leaders, such
as Tivoli, to refine the goals of the National Information
Assurance Partnership and its programs to meet the demands of the
public and private sectors for timely, efficient and effective
testing, evaluation, and certification," said Tim Grance, NIAP
program manager. "We are determined to make this a collaborative
effort between industry and government. With the support of
industry leaders and their customers, we can do just that."
Tivoli's TME 10 Security Management is the only product to
centralize enterprise security management and extend
mainframe-class access control across distributed
computing platforms. Modeled largely upon IBM's RACF, the leading
access control product for datacenter environments, TME 10
Security Management was designed for distributed environments,
including UNIX and Windows NT platforms.
About Tivoli Systems
Tivoli Systems provides TME 10, the industry's leading
solution for end-to-end management of distributed computing
environments, from mobile computers to mainframes. Thousands of
companies around the globe use TME 10 and compatible third-party
products to reduce the cost and complexity of managing networks,
systems, databases and applications. Headquartered in Austin,
Texas, Tivoli is an IBM Company. Tivoli distributes its products
worldwide, through a network of domestic and international sales
offices, system integrators, resellers and IBM sales channels. For
more information, visit Tivoli's World Wide Web site at
http://www.tivoli.com.
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