Leading Anti-Hacker Toolkit Integrates with Industry's Most Recognized
Security Framework
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA Conference -- PestPatrol,
Inc., the leading provider of tools to protect against non-viral malicious
code, is pleased to announce that the company's flagship product, PestPatrol,
has achieved OPSEC(TM) (Open Platform for Security) certification from
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP). The OPSEC Alliance is
the industry's most recognized security framework aimed at providing users
with an integrated, best-of-breed Internet security solution.
PestPatrol leverages Check Point's SCV (Secure Configuration Verification)
interface with Check Point Next Generation (NG), to ensure the user's desktop
is free of malicious code prior to setting up the VPN connection. This
integration will assure that a corporate network does not get infected with
malicious code from remote users.
PestPatrol is a high-performance solution for protecting corporate
networks against unauthorized usage by hacker tools, trojan horses, denial-of-
service attack agents and spyware. When used in combination with market-
leading Check Point NG, PestPatrol prevents systems containing hidden non-
viral malicious code from connecting to the VPN gateway. Regular scans to
keep desktop systems clean can also be configured, ensuring that no malicious
code infiltrates the corporate network once a connection is made.
"We are delighted to see PestPatrol achieve OPSEC certification," said
Upesh Patel, manager of the OPSEC Alliance for Check Point Software
Technologies. "Corporations now have the ability to ensure that remote users
of Check Point SecureClient have a securely configured desktop free of
non-viral malicious code prior to their connecting to the corporate VPN."
Bob Bales, CEO of PestPatrol, Inc., said, "We are pleased to have achieved
this milestone concurrently with the release of our first corporate version of
PestPatrol. Check Point OPSEC certification confirms our commitment to
comprehensive security, and will enable our customers to easily secure their
networks against deliberate or inadvertent unauthorized access by remote
users."
About Check Point's OPSEC(TM)
OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) is the industry's open, multi-vendor
security framework. With over 300 partners, OPSEC guarantees customers the
broadest choice of best-of-breed integrated applications and deployment
platforms that support Check Point's Secure Virtual Network Architecture.
Products that carry the OPSEC Certified seal have been tested to guarantee
integration and interoperability. For complete OPSEC Alliance program
information, including partner and product listings, the freely available
OPSEC SDK (software development kit) and evaluation versions of OPSEC
Certified products, visit http://www.opsec.com.
About PestPatrol, Inc.
PestPatrol, Inc. is a Carlisle, PA based developer of anti-hacker tools
founded in May 2000 by a team of security software professionals to counter
the growing threat of malicious non-viral software. The company's founders,
Robert C. Bales and Dr. David Stang, were the original founders of the
National Computer Security Association (NCSA), later the ICSA and now known as
TruSecure Corporation. The company's flagship product, PestPatrol, detects
and removes hacker, remote administration and distributed denial-of-service
attack creation tools, spyware and trojans. Further details about the company
and a free evaluation version of the software may be downloaded at
http://www.PestPatrol.com.
Check Point, the Check Point logo, OPSEC, VPN-1, VPN-1 SecureClient, and
VPN-1 SecuRemote are trademarks, service marks, or registered trademarks of
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. or its affiliates. All other product
names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective owners.
SOURCE PestPatrol, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.PestPatrol.com
CONTACT:
Barb Rose, Director of Communications of
PestPatrol, +1-717-243-6588, or brose@pestpatrol.com
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