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Proventia® MX3006 determined appropriate for corporate, retail storefront environments according to new validation program-
San Diego, Calif., April 9, 2008 – NSS Labs, a world leader in independent security product testing and certification, today announced it has given IBM’s unified threat management (UTM) product its highly regarded “Approved” rating in its first Product Report on PCI.
The global technology provider’s Proventia® MX3006 was determined to be appropriate for perimeter and retail storefront environments where there are no hosted services available to external users.
The NSS Labs Product Report on PCI is the only one of its kind specifically designed to assist information security and risk professionals in selecting products to address the requirements of the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS). This NSS Labs report provides readers with empirically validated evidence about a product’s suitability for use in a payment card network, including:
“In our lab evaluations, we found the MX3006 successfully met or supported a broad range of PCI DSS requirements,” said Vik Phatak, Chairman and CEO of NSS Labs. “IBM’s UTM solution demonstrated excellent security effectiveness coverage, and achieved a sustained throughput level of 136Mbps with the Firewall, IPS and Web-filtering systems enabled. When Antivirus was also enabled, the MX3006 exhibited a sustained throughput level of 90Mbps.”
The full report discussing the product’s strengths and weaknesses can be viewed at www.NSSLabs.com/pci/ibm.
The NSS Labs Product Report on PCI (UTM) evaluates the abilities of a UTM product to serve as a multifunction security gateway that encompasses the following functionality: · Firewall · Virtual Private Network · Intrusion Prevention System · Antivirus
“Merchants, service providers and auditors are facing significant challenges in determining whether or not a particular product will be accepted by their respective credit card issuer as satisfying a particular set of PCI network requirements.,” said Matthew Ward, Business Line Manager, Proventia Multifunction appliances, IBM ISS. “NSS Labs’ independent, scientifically-based findings gives the marketplace assurance that our solutions are not only appropriate, but ideal for their environment.”
About NSS Labs Founded in 1991, NSS Labs is the globally recognized leader in independent security and performance testing and certification. NSS Labs performs the most comprehensive, high-performance security validation in the industry. Our proven methodologies reflect real-world traffic and usage conditions, helping information security professionals understand how products will work in their environments. NSS Labs is a participating organization in the PCI Security Standards Council, and is solely responsible for its test criteria, methodologies and reports. Clients include brand names like IBM Internet Security Systems, Cisco, Juniper Networks, SourceFire, McAfee, Fortinet, Radware, and Third Brigade. For more information, visit: www.nsslabs.com.
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