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Courion and CONSUL Team Up to Offer Integrated Identity Management and Security AdministrationIntegration of Provisioning, Password Management, Audit, Event Management and Administration Solutions To Benefit Joint CustomersFRAMINGHAM, MA. and ACTON, MA. — December 2, 2002 —Courion® Corporation, a leading provider of identity management lifecycle solutions, and CONSUL risk management, a leading IT security software provider specializing in measurement and management solutions for enterprise-wide security, today announced a joint marketing and development partnership to provide an integrated identity management infrastructure tied into a single audit and administration console.Alerts and actions initiated by Courion’s user provisioning and password management solutions will be automatically consolidated and normalized by CONSUL’s audit and administration solutions, enabling identity management events to be easily reconciled with other security events. The integrated solutions will enable joint customers to compare events to policy, and provide advanced reports and alerts on deviations and thresholds. “We are pleased to work with CONSUL to offer integrated solutions that combine our industry-leading identity management capabilities with the critical functions of security audit and administration,” said Kurt Johnson, vice president of business development, Courion. “Being able to monitor and reconcile provisioning and password management transactions and policies from a single administrative interface will help our customers further streamline security administration.” CONSUL and Courion will jointly sell and market Courion's AccountCourier™ user provisioning and PasswordCourier® password management solutions with CONSUL’s Enterprise Audit, and zSecure Pro Suite security management solutions. The combined products will enable enterprises to track all identity management transactions, including new account creations, account deletions, account changes, orphaned accounts, password resets, and failed authentication for password management and account provisioning transactions from a single console. “Working with Courion’s family of identity management solutions greatly enhances our customers’ ability to manage their businesses and be instantly aware of security breaches and vulnerabilities,” stated Marc van Zadelhoff, director of business development, CONSUL. “The lack of overlap in our software solutions and the strong value that integrated identity management and audit brings to end-to-end security administration makes our partnership with Courion a natural fit.” About Courion Corporation Courion Corporation is the leading provider of identity management lifecycle solutions that enable intranet and extranet users to conduct business securely in any computing environment. Courion’s Identity Management Suite, anchored by its AccountCourier user provisioning and PasswordCourier password management product families, enables companies to align security policies with business objectives and connects quickly to existing IT infrastructure for rapid ROI. Companies that rely on Courion solutions to reduce user administration costs, secure information assets and enhance user productivity include customers such as The Boeing Company, Cummins, Inc., Dell Computer Corp., ExxonMobil Corp., Raymond James Financial Services, Target Corporation, U.S. Census Bureau and WellPoint Health Networks and partners such as HP, Unisys Corp. and Peregrine Systems. Courion’s headquarters is in Framingham, MA. For more information, visit www.courion.com or call +1 (508) 879-8400. About CONSUL risk management CONSUL risk management provides IT security audit and administration products and services for Global 2000 companies and organizations. CONSUL’s line of audit products monitors and audits every event within a company’s IT environments (security devices, operating systems, mainframes, and applications), enabling its clients to develop the most secure operating environments possible. CONSUL’s line of administration products streamlines the management of security in mainframe environments. CONSUL’s clients include Kroger, The New York Times, AT&T, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Fortis and many other globally recognized companies. Founded in 1986, CONSUL is headquartered in Delft, the Netherlands, with subsidiaries in the United States, Germany and partner sales offices around the world. For additional information about CONSUL risk management and its products and services, please contact us at +1 (978) 287-5412 (US) or +31 (0) 15 - 251 33 33 (Worldwide). Editorial Contact: Andrew Ravens PAN Communications, Inc. 978/474-1900 courion@pancomm.com top of page |
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