Cisco Security—At-A-Glance

Cisco Security Technologies Perfigo, Inc.: Leading developer of access control solutions Cisco Featured Security Solutions Cisco offers the industry’s most comprehensive, integrated that provide endpoint policy analysis, compliance, and access Cisco’s Self Defending Network is Cisco’s vision for an systems approach to security, with the broadest portfolio of enforcement capabilities. 10/2004 integrated network. Organizations can use their existing hardware, software, enterprise management and service investments in routing, switching, wireless, and security provider management platforms. The company considers Twingo Systems, Inc.: Leading provider of desktop security platforms to deploy a Self-Defending Network that will help network security a baseline architecture for all its technologies, solutions for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Virtual Private them identify, prevent, and adapt to both known and unknown from infrastructure, such as switching and routing, to advanced Networks (VPNs). 03/2004 security threats. technologies, such as wireless and IP telephony. Riverhead Networks, Inc.: Leading developer of security Adaptive Threat Defense (ADT) Further minimizes security Cisco’s security solutions allow organizations to protect technology that protects against Distributed Denial of Service risks by dynamically addressing threats at multiple layers, productivity gains, reduce overall operating costs and enable ("DDoS") attacks and other security threats in enterprise and enabling tighter control of network traffic, endpoints, users, mission critical deployment of new and existing technologies. service provider networks. Riverhead delivers an innovative and applications. ATD also simplifies architectural designs and solution that protects online operations from sophisticated lowers operational costs. This innovative approach combines Cisco Featured Security Partnerships attacks by detecting and blocking malicious traffic without secure, multilayer intelligence, application protection, Network Admission Control (NAC) is a impacting legitimate business transactions. 03/2004 network-wide control and threat containment within high- sponsored industry initiative that uses the network performance solutions. ATD is a critical advancement in the infrastructure to enforce security policy compliance on all Okena, Inc.: Developer of software providing threat Cisco Self-Defending Network security strategy that helps devices seeking to access network computing resources, protection for desktop and server computing systems. 06/2003 customers fortify their business systems. thereby limiting damage from viruses and worms. Psionic Software, Inc.: Developer of network security Anti-X Defenses Prevent and respond to network threats Using NAC, organizations can provide network access to software that increases the efficiency of intrusion detection through a combination of innovative traffic and content- endpoint devices such as PCs, PDAs, and servers that are systems (IDS) by reducing false alarms by up to 95 percent. oriented security services. Core security enforcement verified to be fully compliant with established security policy. 10/2002 technologies include firewall, Intrusion Prevention System NAC can also identify noncompliant devices and deny them (IPS), anomaly detection and Distributed Denial of Service access, place them in a quarantined area, or give them Allegro Systems: Leading developer of Virtual Private (DDoS) mitigation fused with application-inspection services restricted access to computing resources. NAC offers the Network (VPN) acceleration technologies designed to enhance such as network anti-virus, anti-spyware, and URL filtering. following benefits: the performance and functionality of secure networking This convergence brings granular traffic inspection services to • Comprehensive span of control platforms. 07/2001 key network security enforcement points, thereby containing • Extension of existing technologies and standards malicious traffic before it can be propagated across the • Extension of existing network and antivirus Altiga Networks: Market leader in integrated VPN solutions network. investments for remote access applications. 01/2000 Application Security Solutions Provides advanced business NAC is a multivendor collaboration between leading security Compatible Systems Corp.: Leading developer of standards- application protection through the use of application-level providers. Current partners include Computer Associates, based, reliable and scalable VPN solutions for service provider access controls, application inspection, and enforcement of IBM, Kingsoft Co. Ltd., McAfee, Rising Tech Co., Symantec, networks. 01/2000 appropriate application-use policies, web-application control, New Boundary Technologies®, and . In addition, and transaction privacy. NAC works in collaboration with 's Network Access WheelGroup Corporation: A leader in intrusion detection Protection (NAP) security architectures. More information and security scanning software products. 02/1998 Network Control and Containment Network intelligence can be found at: www.cisco.com/go/nac and the virtualization of security technologies provides the Global Internet Software Group: A pioneer in the Windows ability to layer sophisticated auditing and correlation Cisco Featured Security Acquisitions NT network security marketplace. 06/1997 capabilities to control and help protect any networked element Since 1993, Cisco has expanded its security portfolio by or service such as Voice over IP (VoIP) with active purchasing a number of companies, including: TGV Software, Inc.: Leading supplier of Internet software management and mitigation capabilities. products for connecting disparate computer systems over local Protego Networks, Inc.: Provides traditional security area, enterprise-wide and global computing networks. 01/1996 The SAFE Blueprint provides a “defense-in-depth” approach information management (SIM) functions, including security to strong data privacy for organizations of all sizes by event / log capture, consolidation, centralization, correlation, Network Translation, Inc. (NTI): Networking manufacturer recommending ways to implement scalable, cost-effective, prioritization, visualization, investigation, escalation, and of cost-effective, low maintenance network address translation best-in-breed network security solutions. It recommends compliance reporting. 12/2004 and Internet firewall hardware and software. 10/1995 specific technologies and products to address key security threats across network topologies and components.

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