Collaboration Delivers First Ever Windows 2000-Kerberos Interoperability
To Enterprise Customers Managing Heterogeneous Environments
REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and
CyberSafe Corp., a leading provider of enterprise network security solutions,
today announced they have collaborated to extend Microsoft(R) Windows(R)
2000-Kerberos interoperability to enterprise customers operating mixed-system
environments. Based on cooperative efforts with mutual customers such as
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and Co., this announcement validates the
interoperability of Kerberos v5 in the Windows 2000 operating system, with
other Kerberos implementations in real-world, customer environments, bringing
to the enterprise heightened security as well as the flexibility to continue
utilizing existing infrastructure investments.
"Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Institutional Securities has relied on
Kerberos authentication for our mission-critical trading for years," said
Steven Ruegnitz, principal, Enterprise Applications and Security at Morgan
Stanley. "It was important to us that Microsoft and CyberSafe show that their
systems would work not only with each other but also with the rest of our
enterprise. By utilizing both Windows 2000 Server technologies and CyberSafe
network security software, we will be able to interoperate smoothly and
securely across our UNIX and Microsoft distributed systems. This
interoperation is an essential building block from a security perspective as
well as being an advantage to our users by reducing the need for multiple
passwords."
Kerberos v5 is an industry-standard network authentication protocol,
designed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to provide "proof of
identity" on the network. Kerberos v5 is a native feature of Windows 2000 and
will be shipped as part of the operating system to provide secure,
interoperable network authentication services to IT professionals.
Interoperability between Windows 2000 and ActiveTRUST? from CyberSafe provides
enterprise customers with a number of key benefits, including these:
* Customers working in a mixed environment of clients and servers from
both Microsoft and CyberSafe can benefit from secured communications and
data transfers, accessible only by Kerberos validation.
* Windows 2000 interoperates seamlessly with all CyberSafe-supported
platforms, including Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Tru64, OS/390, Windows 9x and
Windows NT(R).
* Newly created or changed passwords are viewable by all networked
systems, in turn reducing administration costs.
* A single sign-on feature gives users access to all network resources.
"As the leading supplier of Kerberos security solutions, we are very
excited that emerging products, such as Windows 2000, are using ActiveTRUST as
their testing standard to prove interoperability," said Jim Cannavino,
chairman and CEO, CyberSafe. "Our enterprise customers have always looked to
us to provide critical security and interoperability between diverse 'proof of
identity' systems. Including identity management for Windows 2000 was a
natural extension of the secure administration and brokering capabilities of
ActiveTRUST for all test environments."
The collaboration included lab testing at Microsoft and CyberSafe, and
test deployment at customer sites such as Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.
Successful interoperability between Windows 2000 and ActiveTRUST was
demonstrated in all test scenarios. Microsoft and CyberSafe offer these
valuable test results as implementation guidelines to customers with similar
heterogeneous environments.
"Microsoft is dedicated to keeping our customers' networks secure, and
Windows 2000 is the most secure operating system we have ever shipped," said
Keith White, director of Windows marketing at Microsoft. "This announcement
demonstrates the commitment of CyberSafe and Microsoft to open standards and
interoperability, benefiting our mutual customers such as Morgan Stanley Dean
Witter with heterogeneous environments."
Microsoft and CyberSafe have compiled their test results in a detailed
Kerberos implementation paper specifically for heterogeneous environments.
"Kerberos Interoperability: Microsoft Windows 2000 and CyberSafe ActiveTRUST"
is available at RSA Conference 2000 in San Jose, Calif., and soon will be
available on the CyberSafe Web site, http://www.cybersafe.com/.
About CyberSafe
CyberSafe is a privately held corporation founded in 1991. Its
award-winning TrustBroker(TM) Security Suite, Defensor(R), and Centrax(TM)
product lines are designed to enable secure electronic business, while
reducing administration costs. Leading investors in the company include Accel
Partners, Deutsche Bank London, Financial Technology Ventures, OAK Investment
Partners and Polaris Venture Partners. CyberSafe is headquartered in Issaquah,
Wash., and is on the World Wide Web at http://www.cybersafe.com/. Additional
information can be requested via e-mail, info@cybersafe.com.
About Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and Co. is a pre-eminent global financial
services company and a market leader in securities, asset management and
credit services. The company's top-ranked research, along with world-class
product origination, asset management and other extensive resources, create a
unique combination of capabilities that provide both individual and
institutional clients with access to the most comprehensive array of
high-quality products and services in the financial services industry today.
The company has offices in New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other
principal financial centers around the world and has 464 branch offices
serving individual investors throughout the United States.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software for
personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products
and services designed to empower people through great software - any time, any
place and on any device.
NOTE: CyberSafe, Defensor and the CyberSafe logo are registered
trademarks of CyberSafe Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiaries.
ActiveTRUST, TrustBroker and Centrax are trademarks of CyberSafe Corp. and its
wholly owned subsidiaries. Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States
and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned
herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
SOURCE CyberSafe Corp.
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Related links:
http://www.cybersafe.com
CONTACT:
Steve Birge of CyberSafe Corp., 425-837-1057,
or steve.birge@CyberSafe.com; or Luisa Vacca, 425-637-9097, or
luisav@wagged.com, or Rapid Response Team, 503-443-7000, or
rrt@wagged.com, both of Waggener Edstrom, for Microsoft; or
Jeanmarie McFadden of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, 212-762-7842,
or Jeanmarie.McFadden@msdw.com
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