RSA teams up with Extreme to extend network-wide security

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Networks has announced that it
has joined the href="http://www.ciol.com/Technology/Security/News-Reports/Extreme-Networks-joins-RSA-program/134718/0/">RSA
Secured Partner Program to certify
interoperability between its ExtremeXOS operating system and the RSA
enVision security information and event management platform from RSA,
The Security Division of EMC. Certification will establish technical
interoperability to promote more pervasive, network-wide security
solutions.

Extreme Network's next generation
modular operating system, ExtremeXOS, delivers cutting-edge security
features, including awareness of user and device identity,
authentication, encryption, integrity and protection, flexible
file-based policy language, and XML across Extreme Networks complete
portfolio of high performance BlackDiamond and Summit switches.

“Extending network and security
functions throughout the network infrastructure and surrounding
platforms is a win for our mutual customers,” said Huy Nguyen,
Director-Product Marketing, Extreme Networks. “Utilizing
intelligent flow data and event information from our switching
platforms, across the backbone and edge of the network, and extending
interoperability to RSA's enVision platform, provides increased
visibility into security and network events, allowing network
administrators to respond quickly, accurately and decisively.”

“We are pleased to team up with
Extreme Networks to help meet the unique needs of the enterprise by
providing joint customers with a next generation modular operating
system that has proved to enable a clear path for security and
information event management,” said Ted Kamionek, VP-Business
Development and Technical Alliances, RSA. “This inventive
collaboration will provide another critical step forward in helping
to best protect the organization's information, identities and
infrastructures,” he added.

The RSA enVision platform is designed
to give organizations a single, integrated solution for security
information and event management to simplify compliance, enhance
security operations, and optimize IT and network operations. The RSA
enVision solution will provide automated collection, analysis and
reporting of log and event data.