Cisco and EMC to Collaborate to Help Customers Strengthen Data Security Companies Disclose Plan to Expand Their Collaboration in DLP, PCI Compliance, Data Center Security, Data Encryption, and K
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CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
2008-04-07 14:00:00
Cisco and EMC to Collaborate to Help Customers Strengthen Data Security
Companies Disclose Plan to Expand Their Collaboration in DLP, PCI Compliance, Data Center Security, Data Encryption, and K
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–( EMWNews – April 7, 2008) – RSA® Conference — Cisco (
and EMC (
alliance to offer holistic data security solutions that span different
layers of the information technology (IT) infrastructure, including
storage, servers, networks and data center security. The companies plan to
build on their existing collaboration to develop integrated products,
services and best practices by taking advantage of resources and technology
from Cisco, EMC, and RSA, the Security Division of EMC. These offerings
will be designed to provide customers with the ability to discover, secure,
track and enforce the usage of sensitive data stored in the data center and
at desktop and server endpoints, as well as while sensitive data is
transmitted across enterprise networks.
“The data security market is very fragmented with add-on point tools at
every layer of the IT stack which leads to management complexity for
customers,” said Robert Gleichauf, chief technology officer of Enterprise,
Services and Security at Cisco. “Cisco, along with EMC and RSA, its
security division, are strongly positioned to provide a holistic approach
to addressing businesses’ data security needs encompassing products,
services, and best practice processes across the network and the other
layers of the IT infrastructure.”
Integration of Data Loss Prevention
Cisco and RSA intend to collaborate in various areas of Data Loss
Prevention (DLP) and provide a rich set of DLP professional service
offerings to enterprise customers. Cisco intends to integrate
data-classification technology from RSA’s DLP Suite with Cisco’s DLP
capabilities in the network and on desktop and server endpoints, and RSA
plans to take advantage of Cisco policy enforcement capabilities with the
RSA® DLP Suite. The companies intend to enable the RSA DLP Enterprise
Manager to manage DLP policy administration for the combined Cisco and RSA
DLP solutions. Cisco and RSA also intend to collaborate on the endpoint to
provide integrated host protection, policy control and data protection for
desktop, laptop and server platforms. As a first step, Cisco plans to
enhance the DLP capabilities of Cisco® Security Agent with RSA’s
classification technology. This new functionality will be able to be
managed via the Cisco Security Agent Management Center or the RSA DLP
Enterprise Manager.
Collaboration in Data Center Security, Data Encryption and Key Management
Cisco and RSA also intend to continue to collaborate in the area of data
center security, data encryption and key management. Customers will soon
be able to encrypt data-at-rest stored on tapes and virtual tapes through
the integration of Cisco MDS 9000 Storage Media Encryption (SME) and the
RSA® Key Manager. This integrated solution is scheduled to be available
via EMC in May and will be designed to provide enterprise key management
for customers who plan to encrypt sensitive data-at-rest. Cisco and RSA
intend to work together to integrate additional security capabilities into
Cisco TrustSec for data-in-motion encryption with the Cisco Nexus 7000
platform. To provide security for email traffic, RSA intends to
interoperate with Cisco’s Registered Envelope Service technology to encrypt
sensitive emails discovered by RSA DLP Network.
Expand PCI Reference Architectures
Cisco and RSA also plan to expand on their PCI reference architecture which
helps enable customers to audit and run reports on their systems to ensure
compliance with PCI regulations. The broader data-security reference
architecture will showcase how customers can discover and monitor sensitive
information and will provide the appropriate enforcement controls. The
Cisco Lean Retail solution that incorporates five RSA® PCI Solutions will
be enhanced with the release of the Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE)
Web Application Firewall. The Cisco ACE Web Application Firewall can
comprehensively inspect and provide security for Web-based application data
including HTML, XML and Web service requests, helping customers to
efficiently satisfy the June 2008 Payment Card Industry (PCI) application
firewall requirements.
“Data security is very challenging. Due to regulatory and non-regulatory
drivers, customers need to secure sensitive data and gain stronger
visibility into where that data resides. The answer lies in coordinated
product innovation, strategic partnership and professional services,” said
Dennis Hoffman, Vice President and General Manager for Data Security and
Chief Strategy Officer at RSA, the Security Division of EMC. “By working
with industry leaders, like Cisco, we are helping our customers solve these
challenges. By developing solutions with Cisco, customers can discover,
monitor, and enforce the use of sensitive data directly into the
infrastructure — no matter where it moves, how it moves or where it is
stored.”
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About EMC
EMC Corporation (
of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable
organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create
value from their information. Information about EMC’s products and services
can be found at www.EMC.com.
About RSA
RSA, The Security Division of EMC, is the premier provider of security
solutions for business acceleration, helping the world’s leading
organizations succeed by solving their most complex and sensitive security
challenges. RSA’s information-centric approach to security guards the
integrity and confidentiality of information throughout its lifecycle — no
matter where it moves, who accesses it or how it is used.
RSA offers industry-leading solutions in identity assurance & access
control, data loss prevention & encryption, compliance & security
information management and fraud protection. These solutions bring trust to
millions of user identities, the transactions that they perform, and the
data that is generated. For more information, please visit www.RSA.com and
This release contains “forward-looking statements” as defined under the
Federal Securities Laws. Actual results could differ materially from those
projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk
factors, including but not limited to: (i) Cisco, EMC and RSA have not
entered into a definitive agreement related to this collaboration and there
are no assurances that they will enter into such definitive agreement or
develop or market the solutions described above ; (ii) adverse changes in
general economic or market conditions; (iii) delays or reductions in
information technology spending; (iv) risks associated with acquisitions
and investments, including the challenges and costs of integration,
restructuring and achieving anticipated synergies; (v) competitive factors,
including but not limited to pricing pressures and new product
introductions; (vi) the relative and varying rates of product price and
component cost declines and the volume and mixture of product and services
revenues; (vii) component and product quality and availability; (viii) the
transition to new products, the uncertainty of customer acceptance of new
product offerings and rapid technological and market change; (ix)
insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory; (x) war or acts of terrorism;
(xi) the ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees; (xii)
fluctuating currency exchange rates; and (xiii) other one-time events and
other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in EMC’s
filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. EMC and RSA
disclaim any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements after
the date of this release.
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