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Mazu Networks Selects Booz Allen Hamilton for Common Criteria Testing
Global leader in management and technology consulting to conduct NIAP certification of Mazu's network security solutions
Cambridge, Mass (November 24, 2003) - Mazu Networks, a leading provider of behavioral network security solutions, today announced that it has selected Booz Allen Hamilton to conduct Common Criteria testing. Booz Allen's lab has begun the process of obtaining National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) certification for Mazu's two main products, the Mazu Profiler™ and the Mazu Enforcer™. Mazu's solutions are designed to protect the mission-critical applications and services that run on the networks of government agencies and major corporations.
Booz Allen is a global leader in management and technology consulting. The company provides services to major international corporations and government clients around the world. Booz Allen, which operates one of only eight NIAP-approved Common Criteria Testing Labs (CCTLs), will perform the documentation review and testing leading to Government certification of Mazu's products.
"The work done by our CCTL staff members helps meet the needs of federal government agencies for cost-effective evaluation of security-related IT products," said Joe Mahaffee, Booz Allen vice president and officer in charge of the CCTL. "By ensuring that these evaluations are performed to consistent standards, we help federal agencies make efficient and informed decisions about the products they use to strengthen the security of their key networks and systems."
"Mazu is pursuing NIAP Common Criteria validation in response to the significant demand we are seeing from government agencies for our network security solutions," said Jim Melvin, president and CEO of Mazu Networks. "Federal agencies need more intelligent and effective ways to protect their networks from threats ranging from new worms and viruses to unauthorized access. Mazu's unique traffic profiling technology enables government security teams to identify, contain, and thwart security threats with greater speed and accuracy than any other product on the market. This testing is an important step toward putting Mazu's advanced security solutions to work protecting the government's network assets and by extension, the nation's critical information infrastructure."
Common Criteria (CC) testing is an international program for the evaluation of the security capabilities of information technology products. It sets forth standards for validating the security claims made by developers of IT security products. These standards contain a broad range of evaluation criteria for commercial IT products intended for government use. CC evaluations require rigorous, independent assessment and testing of all security aspects of a product, including development processes, implementation, and documentation. NIAP oversees CC testing and validation in the U.S. within the framework of its Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (CCEVS). NIAP is a collaborative project of the National Security Agency (NSA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Mazu Networks' Solutions
Mazu has two main products, the Mazu Profiler and the Mazu Enforcer. The Mazu Profiler is a distributed security platform for protecting critical applications and processes inside the network. It profiles how network assets are being used and leverages that insight to provide highly accurate detection, actionable response and recovery information, and precise data for hardening access policy. Mazu's second product, The Mazu Enforcer is a perimeter appliance that protects against denial of service and other bandwidth-based attacks.
About Mazu Networks, Inc.
Mazu Networks is the first security company to provide real-time insight into network behavior, reducing the risk, cost and complexity of securing access to critical business applications. The company's real-time traffic profiling technology enables organizations to profile, plan and protect networks with unmatched accuracy, efficiency and scalability. Mazu's solutions eliminate the tradeoff between security and accessibility, enabling organizations to broaden access to critical applications with less downtime and fewer resources. Mazu is backed by premier venture capital firms, including Greylock, Matrix Partners, Pilot House Ventures Group, and Benchmark Capital. Mazu is an IBM Business Partner. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., Mazu also has locations in New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and London. For more information, please visit www.mazunetworks.com or contact the company at www.mazunetworks.com/contact.
About Booz Allen
Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of management and technology consulting for businesses and governments for more than 85 years. Booz Allen combines strategy with technology and insight with action, working with clients to deliver results today that endure tomorrow. With 13,000 employees on six continents, the firm generates annual sales of more than $2.2 billion. Booz Allen provides services in strategy, organization, operations, systems and technology to the world's leading corporations, government and other public agencies, emerging growth companies, and institutions. To learn more about the firm, visit the Booz Allen Web site at www.boozallen.com.