CyberGuard Corp.,
Monday announced that the current versions of its firewall have been
officially
certified to the E3 level of assurance in accordance with the European
Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria (ITSEC).
A standard recognized internationally, ITSEC certification rates the level of
trust of IT security
products. Many European governments, including the U.K., require E3 status
for systems that process restricted material.
To achieve an E3 rating, evaluators assess and understand all elements of the
product, and perform detailed penetration testing to guarantee a level of
confidence in the product’s security.
The versions achieving the certificates are CyberGuard Firewall for UnixWare
4.1 and CyberGuard Firewall for Windows NT 4.1.
The European E3 rating is comparable to a B1 rating in the United States,
said Tim Moore, deputy head of the U.K. IT Security Evaluation and
Certification Scheme.
“To achieve ITSEC E3 certification… requires extensive analysis and
months of rigorous testing,” he said. “It has become the level of security
demanded
by governments and large commercial organizations for Internet firewalls
protecting their networks.”
This latest certification continues the E3 rating the CyberGuard Firewall
received in 1997, said Tommy Steele, president and chief operating officer of
CyberGuard.
“CyberGuard has maintained the E3 certification of its Unix-based solution,
and we’ve matched that achievement with an E3 firewall for the Windows NT
environment, he said.
“End-users worldwide look upon third-party evaluations like the ITSEC
certification as benchmarks with which they can evaluate the strength
of the IT security products they purchase.”
