April 22 2005 Secure Elements Inc a leader in enterprise vulnerability management and remediation today announced that the companys CLASS 5 Enterprise Vulnerability Management C5 EVM
suite has advanced to the evaluation phase of Common Criteria certification a security evaluation required by government procurement departments worldwide
Common Criteria certification is an international standards program managed in the US by the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST and the National Security Agency NSA and
is designed to help government organizations select secure commercial IT products It is also considered valuable by potential customers in the private sector
Secure Elements is working toward Common Criterias Evaluation Assurance Level 3 EAL 3 This level of certification assures customers in and out of government that Secure Elements systems
have gone through a rigorous testing and analysis process and conform to IT security standards sanctioned by the International Standards Organization
In progressing to the evaluation phase of the program Secure Elements has completed two of only three steps required in the process and hopes to be certified by the end of the year
Common Criteria certification is important because it provides independent standardsbased verification of the security functions delivered by the C5 EVM suite said Ned Miller president
and CEO of Secure Elements Not only will this give our customers the highest level of confidence that our solutions deliver on their security promises it also means that our solutions
meet global security standards
About Secure Elements
Secure Elements is an enterprise vulnerability management leader automating security remediation strategies and tactics across the entire enterprise reducing business risk and IT
management costs while improving systems performance and maintaining business continuity Protecting mission critical and network infrastructure assets from both known and unknown attacks
without limiting operational performance the company rapidly identifies and intelligently responds to complex and diverse security incidents Using realtime threat intelligence data and
analysis Secure Elements provides administrators with optimal security control across the enterprise For more information please visit wwwsecureelementscom
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