Radware (Nasdaq: RDWR), a leading provider of Intelligent Traffic Management (ITM) solutions that bring certainty to dynamic networks, ensuring optimal, continuous, personalized and secure service, is pleased to announce that AXENT Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXNT), one of the world's leading Internet security solutions providers for e-business, who recently entered into a definitive agreement with Symantec Corporation (NASDQ: SYMC) to be acquired, has certified Radware (NASDQ: RDWR) as a strategic "Security" Partner to offer a hardware-based dynamic high availability, load-balancing solution. The partnership combines AXENT's Webthority, the only solution to create a centralized, trusted environment that delivers safe access to Web content, with Radware's FireProof, which provides network administrators a high-availability and traffic management solution that can scale to millions of users. This solution will dramatically reduce vulnerabilities in critical e-business efforts, ensuring a scalable and fault tolerant solution.
Radware is the only hardware Intelligent Traffic Management (ITM) vendor certified by AXENT. FireProof by Radware is an ITM Application Switch that allows Webthority to be clustered behind a single interface. With FireProof, Webthority can support extremely large environments, yet still maintain secure Web access. The combination of the two products answers joint customers' request for a solution which can scale their growing user population while maintaining the security that comes from a secure Web access product.
"Ensuring high-speed throughput and minimizing downtime is extremely important in an Internet environment," said Sanjay Mehta, director of business development for AXENT. "By certifying Radware's FireProof and integrating it with Webthority, we offer joint customers secure and reliable Internet access, no matter how large the environment." "We are very excited about being an AXENT Security Partner," said Rod Jones, director of strategic products for Radware. "The Webthority partnership strengthens our relationship with AXENT and extends our existing alliance with AXENT in the Raptor firewall/FireProof combination." The FireProof system itself has fault tolerance capabilities. Two FireProof systems can be configured to monitor each other's 'heartbeat' via the network using standard IP protocols. In the event of a FireProof failure, the second unit will take over the responsibility within seconds. Failover time is user configurable. The Radware/AXENT solution will be available in October through Radware and Radware channels in the U.S.
About Webthority
Webthority, a powerful and practical Internet security solution, is designed to control access to valuable data and reduce the cost of managing the security of e-business solutions. AXENT's Webthority is the only solution to create a centralized, trusted environment that delivers safe access to Web content, without providing direct access to the content that could potentially expose internal systems to hackers who could jeopardize day-to-day business. With integrated intrusion detection and firewall technology, Webthority provides the most complete Web security solution available.
Webthority supports all of the leading authentication sources and directories on the market, from lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP), Active Directory and PKI to Windows NT, mainframes and legacy systems-providing a bridge between old technology and new-to leverage existing security investments. This allows businesses to implement new technology in a timely manner without obstructing current business initiatives. Furthermore, Webthority comes with packaged installation services, making it easy for companies with limited resources and time to install and manage it without altering existing systems.
Built under AXENT's Smart Security Architecture initiative, Webthority integrates intrusion detection-extending further to integrate with AXENT's Raptor Firewall and Intruder Alert intrusion detection for a holistic security approach that provides maximum protection across the entire extranet for easy day-to-day management in a trusted e-business environment.
About Radware
Radware's suite of Intelligent Traffic Management (ITM) products is designed to optimize the end user experience by eliminating network uncertainty and downtime. Radware's product line combines its latest application switching technology and architecture with the company's industry proven traffic management software to help users keep their sites available 24 hours a day. Radware offers a broad range of ITM solutions to service providers, e-commerce businesses and corporate enterprises that require uninterrupted availability and optimal performance of IP-based applications. Users receive optimal, continuous, secure and personal service with the use of Radware's award-winning ITM solutions: Web Server Director, Cache Server Director, FireProof and LinkProof. Radware's Application Switches bring certainty to dynamic networks with products that guarantee the best service from click to content. Get certain with Radware. For more information, please visit us at www.radware.com
About Axent
AXENT Technologies, Inc., a global leader in information security, provides e-security solutions that maximize our customers’ business advantage. AXENT delivers integrated products and expert services to assess, protect, enable and manage business processes and information assets. Through its unique Lifecycle Security™ methodology combined with Smart Security Architecture, AXENT delivers the "right" level of security for customers. Award-winning solutions offer assessment and policy compliance, firewall, intrusion detection, authentication, VPN, Web-access, single sign-on and user administration for the entire enterprise.
Headquartered in Rockville, MD, AXENT’s customer-proven information security solutions are used by 45 of the Fortune 50 and governments worldwide. Contact AXENT via e-mail at info@axent.com, or visit AXENT’s World Wide Web site at http://www.axent.com.