Product Enhancement Provides Improved User Identification
and Group-Based Security Policies for Windows Operating
Systems
San Jose, CA, June 11, 2003 --
Finjan Software, provider of the Vital Security platform
for integrated content security solutions, today announced
that it has added support for Microsoft® NTLM and Active
Directory to its SurfinGate® for Web solution. SurfinGate
for Web is a proactive content security and management solution
that provides real-time protection against new virus outbreaks
and malicious active content without relying on reactive
signature updates.
Windows® NT Challenge/Response (NTLM) is the authentication
protocol used on networks running the Windows operating
systems such as NT, 2000 and XP. This protocol typically
utilizes the credentials stored in the Windows 2000 Active
Directory. SurfinGate for Web implements the server side
of the NTLM challenge/response protocol to authenticate
the user and apply the relevant content security policies.
Active Directory allows administrators to manage user rights
and access permissions for distributed network resources,
such as workstations, printers and shared data. In an Active
Directory environment, rights are generally assigned to
users by way of group memberships. Groups facilitate management
by allowing administrators to build security policies that
apply to a large number of users.
As a result of this enhancement, SurfinGate for Web will
leverage an organization’s existing Active Directory
infrastructure and give system administrators the ability
to define group-based security policies. Working with Active
Directory via LDAP, SurfinGate for Web will determine an
identified user’s group affiliation and apply the appropriate
security policy. It will also simplify the task of creating
and managing security policies while NTLM support will allow
for the transparent identification of users.
“SurfinGate for Web has been able to stop all recent
worms and viruses prior to any antivirus signature updates,”
said Shlomo Touboul, CEO and founder of Finjan Software.
“With the added support for NTLM authentication protocol
and Active Directory, organizations will be able to more
fully leverage their network infrastructure without being
bogged down by complex and time consuming management policies
– further extending their existing infrastructure and
effectively guarding against more advanced, multidimensional
attacks.”
With products and services that exceed the rudimentary
level of defense typically offered by reactive anti-virus
software solutions, Finjan’s Vital Security solutions
protect mission critical information and systems from the
most malicious Internet attacks that occur at the desktop
and gateway levels. The most robust platform of its kind,
Finjan’s Vital Security provides a best-of-breed, integrated
content security offering that proactively responds to changing,
yet-to-be-created Internet security threats. Armed with
Vital Security, more than 1,400 corporations and 1.8 million
end-users can close their Window of Vulnerability™
for potential attacks by almost 100% by continually monitoring,
analyzing and reporting active content entering the network.
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