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In brief: Single sign-on for Trustgenix, IdentityForge

Network World , 08/29/2005

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Identity vendors Trustgenix and IdentityForge last week said they would integrate their software to let users incorporate mainframe identities into single sign-on projects. The two have developed an adapter that will link their products - Trustgenix's IdentityBridge, which is an identity federation server, and IndentityForge's LDAP Gateway, which translates Lightweight Directory Access Protocol calls into mainframe commands and vice versa. Users can be authenticated at the mainframe and have their credentials passed to the network or to a partner network, or authenticated elsewhere in the network and have those credentials used to access mainframe resources. The adapter is expected to be available by the year-end . The software will be included for free with both products.
Managed security services provider Internet Security Systems last week announced it has added support for non-ISS intrusion-prevention systems to the menu of security equipment it will support. In addition to its own IPS line of equipment for actively blocking attacks, ISS will now also manage IPS gear from Cisco, McAfee and TippingPoint, which is owned by 3Com. Monthly fees start at at $300. ISS operates four data centers worldwide.
McAfee announced last week Virex 7.7, the latest version of the company's Macintosh anti-virus software. Among the changes is support for Apple's Mac OS X Tiger. While viruses that come to a Mac through e-mail or in other files don't harm the system, they can be sent to Windows machines and spread. This is a bigger problem for companies than viruses written for the Mac. Virex is managed by McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, letting customers manage McAfee system security packages from a central location. ePO lets customers track viruses and which users are up to date. McAfee Virex will be available this week. Pricing was unavailable.