Friday, 31 August 2007

Cisco, Trend Micro Continue Security TieUp

Networking major Cisco Systems reaffirmed its relationship with Japanese anti-virus company TrendMicro Inc., by signing an agreement to extend TrendMicro’s security products into Cisco's network infrastructure products...

Networking major Cisco Systems reaffirmed its relationship with Japanese anti-virus company TrendMicro Inc., by signing an agreement to extend TrendMicro’s security products into Cisco's network infrastructure products.

The agreement started in 2004 when Cisco began incorporating TrendMicro's content security services into Cisco's Adaptive Security Appliance family. In continuation to the Cisco ASA collaboration, TrendMicro became one of Cisco's first Network Admission Control (NAC) partners. As per the agreement, the companies will now work closely on integrating additional content security services into Cisco's routing offerings.

As part of their ongoing collaboration, TrendMicro has delivered its Damage Cleanup Services for Cisco's Mitigation, Analysis and Response System to enhance Cisco's Self-Defending Network. This services and enhances collaborative protection and incident response across enterprise networks.
Tom Russell, senior director of product management for Cisco's Security Technology Group said, "Our work with Trend Micro will continue to support our Self-Defending Network vision and enhances our ability to provide end-to-end security that combines network, application, and content protection. We are happy to continue collaborating with Trend Micro."

Following the announcement Punit Minocha, vice president of business development for TrendMicro said, "TrendMicro is very pleased with the momentum we are building with Cisco Systems. Through the strengthening of our relationship with Cisco, we are continuing to further the delivery of security within the network infrastructure. Our shared commitment to provide the most comprehensive and flexible network security solutions enables us to help protect customers against new classes of threats that are increasingly unpredictable and complex."