Access and security leaders team to deliver integrated solution blending SSL VPNs, secure access, endpoint security and vulnerability management
(ALISO VIEJO) March 6, 2006 — eEye Digital Security®, the leading developer of endpoint security and vulnerability management software solutions, as well as the industry’s foremost contributor to security research and education, today announced that it has become a Citrix Alliance Partner. Further, eEye has combined its award-winning risk management solutions with the Citrix Access Suite™ to deliver the industry’s most complete solution for secure access, enabling enterprises to scan remote machines for vulnerabilities or malware, use policies to determine the level of network access and provide preemptive endpoint security for any connecting device. This combined solution leverages eEye’s Retina® Network Security Scanner, REM™ Security Management Console and Blink® Endpoint Vulnerability Prevention, eEye’s powerful endpoint security software, a version of which has been tailored specifically for Citrix server environments.
“As network-level security technologies have improved, attackers are targeting weaker links within the network,” stated Ross Brown, eEye’s COO. “Citrix already delivers the Citrix Access Gateway as a secure hardened appliance. However, additional servers that are exposed to the Internet, as well as both roaming and internal users, are seen by attackers as a means of entry to the network. This joint solution eliminates those points of entry by securing servers and locking down endpoints without limiting the access that enterprises need to remain productive.”
eEye and Citrix will market these solutions through their respective channel programs. The combined solution is designed to enable enterprises to:
- Deliver Complete Secure Access to Any Enterprise Resource
- Enforce Regulatory and Policy Compliance
- Secure Borderless Networks
- Eliminate “Panic Patching”
- Deliver Protection from Evolving Threats
- Protect Networks from Internal, “Socially Engineered” Threats
“Protecting the integrity of the network has become more important than protecting an individual endpoint,” stated Gartner Research Director Amrit Williams. “Enterprises need to know the security posture of the machines connecting to their network, as well as implement the means to quarantine these devices if they prove to be vulnerable or infected with malware.”
Organizations require the means to determine the security posture of devices attempting to connect to their networks, as well as the level of access that will be permitted. To do this, eEye and Citrix have combined eEye’s Retina Network Security Scanner with the Citrix Access Gateway™, a universal SSL VPN appliance that leads the industry. This enables an enhanced security audit on endpoints connecting to the Citrix Access Gateway to check for the presence of appropriate security measures, and determine the machine’s risk posture before granting appropriate policy based granular access. Additionally, organizations will have the option to install Blink to ensure the protection of both endpoints and the network they are accessing by pushing a Blink agent to the connecting host, either permanently or as an in-memory agent for the duration of the session.
Additionally, to protect the Secure Gateway server (a feature within the Citrix Access Suite), eEye has developed Blink® for Secure Gateway, as an extension of the industry’s most comprehensive and powerful endpoint security software. Designed as a software agent, Blink for Secure Gateway delivers multiple layers of protection for both the Windows® Operating System and IIS web server layers to deliver policy compliance, application protection and signature-less intrusion prevention that doesn’t need to learn a system’s behavior in order to prevent an attack.
For eEye and Citrix channel partners, this relationship represents a significant opportunity to deliver a secure access solution that can be implemented today. Unlike competing solutions for secure access, the combined solution from eEye and Citrix does not require expensive upgrades that put this functionality effectively out of reach for most enterprises.
For those interested in finding out more information on eEye’s solutions designed for Citrix environments, please visit www.eeye.com/citrix.
About Citrix Access Suite™
The Citrix Access Suite™ is a powerful enterprise solution for providing secure, on-demand access to any enterprise resource—from anywhere, with any device, over any network. The Access Suite combines Citrix Presentation Server™, Citrix Access Gateway™, and Citrix Password Manager™ to create an always-on, easy-to-use, highly secure connection to information of all types. As a bundled solution of the Citrix Access Platform, the Access Suite delivers the best access experience for everyone: supports and catalyzes core business initiatives such as mergers, acquisitions, branch office expansions, offshoring and outsourcing; scales to meet growing user demands; and increases agility for IT.
About Blink® Endpoint Intrusion Prevention and Blink® for Secure Gateway
Designed to be implemented on individual assets such as servers, PCs and laptops, Blink is the first endpoint product to combine multiple layers of security technologies to protect enterprises from zero-day attacks that leverage yet unknown vulnerabilities within enterprise networks. This comprehensive security solution allows organizations to defer patching vulnerable machines until regularly scheduled maintenance cycles, thereby saving millions of dollars in business disruption and the associated IT resource drain caused by “panic” patching. Additionally, Blink eliminates the problem of so-called “socially engineered” security threats in which hackers trick individuals into downloading malware or otherwise making their own machines vulnerable to attack. As a result, Blink uniquely protects assets from vulnerabilities, as opposed to only thwarting attacks. For those interested in protecting corporate systems with Blink, an evaluation version is available for download on eEye's website at www.eeye.com/blink.
Blink® for Secure Gateway delivers these proven security technologies to enhance the security of Citrix environments by shielding against previously undetected vulnerabilities, making servers more resistant to attacks, even when patches aren’t available or installed. Additionally, local firewall and vulnerability assessment technologies ensure Presentation Server™ environments meet user-defined policy guidelines. A beta version of Blink for Secure Gateway is available at www.eeye.com/blinkcsg .
eEye's integrated family of vulnerability management solutions helps IT and security professionals confidently safeguard their valuable digital assets. Working in conjunction with popular tools such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems, eEye's product portfolio also includes Retina® Network Security Scanner, REM™ Security Management Console, Iris® Network Traffic Analyzer and SecureIIS™ Web Server Protection.
About eEye Digital Security
eEye Digital Security® is pioneering a new class of security products:integrated threat management. This next-generation of security detects vulnerabilities and threats, prevents intrusions, protects all of an enterprise’s key computing resources, from endpoints to network assets to web sites and web applications, all while providing a centralized point of security management and network visibility.eEye’s research team is consistently the first to identify new threats in the wild, and our products leverage that research to deliver on the goal of making network security as easy to use and reliable as networking itself. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Orange County, California, eEye Digital Security protects more than 9,000 corporate and government organizations worldwide, including half of the Fortune 100. For more information, please visit www.eeye.com
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