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From Sandra_Lara@brahms2.tivoli.com Tue Oct 7 09:17 CDT 1997 X-Lotus-FromDomain: TIVOLI SYSTEMS From: Sandra_Lara@brahms2.tivoli.com To: Yall@tivoli.com Message-ID: <86256529.004E6A0D.00@notes-brahms2.tivoli.com> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 09:09:58 -0400 Subject: Press Release: Federal Government Teams With Tivoli Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Length: 3758

Federal Government Teams With Tivoli To Develop Security Specifications Austin, TX, and Baltimore, MD, October 7, 1997 -- Tivoli Systems, architect of TME 10, the world's leading systems, network and applications management platform, today announced it will work with the U.S. Government to establish new security specifications for Information Technology solutions. Threats to information security have never been more prevalent than they are today. Valuable data is commonly stored within and transmitted over corporate and public networks. The rapid adoption of the Intra/Internet for business purposes has magnified the challenge of securing this data and has caused an increased demand for better methods of establishing IT security certification. Responding to this demand, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NSA) have partnered to form the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP), a joint effort between government and private industry. To help further its goal of developing new certification processes and criteria, NIST turned to Tivoli. "The NIAP is an important step forward in improving overall commercial security," said Gail Daniels, vice president of marketing at Tivoli. "As the introduction of Tivoli's TME 10 Security Management product made clear some time ago, we have solidly demonstrated our commitment to meeting the vast marketplace demands for security. We applaud the NIAP and its efforts as it works to identify faster and better methods for certifying security products." "We are meeting with a broad variety of industry leaders, such as Tivoli, to refine the goals of the National Information Assurance Partnership and its programs to meet the demands of the public and private sectors for timely, efficient and effective testing, evaluation, and certification," said Tim Grance, NIAP program manager. "We are determined to make this a collaborative effort between industry and government. With the support of industry leaders and their customers, we can do just that." Tivoli's TME 10 Security Management is the only product to centralize enterprise security management and extend mainframe-class access control across distributed computing platforms. Modeled largely upon IBM's RACF, the leading access control product for datacenter environments, TME 10 Security Management was designed for distributed environments, including UNIX and Windows NT platforms. About Tivoli Systems Tivoli Systems provides TME 10, the industry's leading solution for end-to-end management of distributed computing environments, from mobile computers to mainframes. Thousands of companies around the globe use TME 10 and compatible third-party products to reduce the cost and complexity of managing networks, systems, databases and applications. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Tivoli is an IBM Company. Tivoli distributes its products worldwide, through a network of domestic and international sales offices, system integrators, resellers and IBM sales channels. For more information, visit Tivoli's World Wide Web site at http://www.tivoli.com. ###