SEATTLE, May 10, 2005 — “Customers are not only turning up the heat for more security support and secure connectivity; they are keeping vendors’ feet to the fire on reduced costs, lowered TCO and productivity enhancements,” said Randy Robinson, vice president of products at WRQ. “These kinds of customer demands are where WRQ excels. We’ve been securing connections for customers for over 24 years. Reflection for Secure IT is a powerful example of our ongoing focus on customer and industry issues.”
Reflection for Secure IT demonstrates WRQ’s deep understanding of customers’ business priorities and expanded security requirements. It also represents another milestone in the strategic partnership formed between WRQ and F-Secure in September 2004, which established WRQ as the exclusive global distributor of F-Secure SSH and gave WRQ responsibility for its support, enhancement and product evolution.
Reflection for Secure IT integrates the elements of F-Secure SSH products under the WRQ Reflection brand. The new solution addresses customer requirements for standards-based security, remote administration, file transfers, validated quality of cryptographic modules and support for regulatory compliance. Reflection for Secure IT offers the first Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 level 2 validated SSH solution in the world and remains the only product to achieve this level of validation.
Additionally, the U.S. Department of Defense Public Key Infrastructure Program Management Office (DoD PKI PMO) has certified F-Secure SSH for UNIX 5.1.0.3. Reflection for Secure IT is now the first and only SSH solution to comply with DoD Class 3 PKI Public Key-Enabled (PKE) application requirements.
WRQ Reflection for Secure IT empowers business with fast, secure access to the corporate host resources required for businesses to be successful. By delivering on priority security needs, Reflection for Secure IT enables companies to address IT security issues across industry and government. Organizations focused on maximizing IT investments are now tasked with fortifying security and managing compliance standards. Businesses and organizations with IT investments are conducting security audits, stepping up security policies, infrastructure and services in order to protect themselves, their customers and partners.
Many companies are leveraging SSH solutions such as Reflection for Secure IT to take on security and privacy initiatives in order to comply with government and industry regulations. In the U.S., these regulations and initiatives include the Federal Information Security Management Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. International security and privacy regulations such as the Revised International Capital Framework, also known as Basel II (Basel Committee on Banking Supervision) and the European Data Protection Directive exist in Europe for safeguarding government-, financial- and healthcare-related information and records.
Reflection for Secure IT’s strong security support includes encryption capabilities and sophisticated authentication methods that enable IT administrators to securely and remotely manage user accounts, passwords and systems that reside on mission critical systems including Linux, UNIX and Windows platforms. Enhancements include:
- Support for Windows domain authentication, Windows Installer and Group Policies in Active Directory
- Centralized administration of client-specific configuration settings through the Reflection management server
- Expanded emulation support for VT500, VT420, VT-UTF8, Linux Console, BBS-ANSI and SCO ANSI
- Automated conversion of mixed key formats
- Single dialogue box to streamline self-management of user keys and certificates
- Audit logs to assess compliance, i.e. with SOX, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, HIPAA, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, Basel II and the European Data Protection Directive
- Automated migration of F-Secure Windows client profiles
Reflection for Secure IT provides support for five new UNIX/Linux platforms: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 on x86-64, Sun Solaris 10 on x86-64, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on x86-64, Sun Solaris 10 on x86 and Sun Solaris 9 on x86.
Reflection for Secure IT is now generally available. Reflection for Secure IT supports all major Windows, UNIX and Linux platforms, client and server. For detailed product information, including pricing, visit www.attachmate.com/en-US/Products/Reflection/ for additional details.
WRQ Reflection
WRQ also announced today new versions of its Reflection products for Windows and web-based host access and PC-UNIX integration. These new products address government and business IT priorities by maximizing security through the authentication and encryption of data, providing compliance with rules and regulations regarding the privacy and protection of information. In addition to new security capabilities, Reflection offers enhanced management features such as integrated single sign-on (SSO), which helps to reduce help-desk time and expense associated with managing the extensive number of required host-related IDs and passwords. Visit www..attachmate.com/en-US/Products/Reflection/ for additional product information.