SUN'S TRUSTED SOLARIS 8 4/01 OPERATING ENVIRONMENT OBTAINS MARKETPLACE FIRST IN SECURITY CERTIFICATIONSUN'S TRUSTED SOLARIS 8 4/01 OPERATING ENVIRONMENT OBTAINS MARKETPLACE FIRST IN SECURITY CERTIFICATIONOnly Operating System to Carry The Common Criteria LSPP EAL4 Certification
SANTA CLARA, CA -- May 1, 2002 -- Sun Microsystems today announced that the Trusted Solaris 8 4/01 Operating Environment (Solaris OE) received security certification under the Common Criteria Labeled Security Protection Profile (LSPP) at Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL4). The only operating system to achieve this level of certification, the Trusted Solaris 8 OE (http://sun.com/trustedsolaris) is an integrated platform expanding the capabilities of the Solaris 8 OE for customers who require enhanced security and strong access control in a highly secure environment. The Trusted Solaris 8 OE is considered the de facto standard for protecting classified and sensitive information in military and government institutions. Providing multiple levels of security to control access and handling of data, the Trusted Solaris 8 OE provides extensive protection for servers and desktop systems that process highly sensitive information. The LSPP EAL4 independent evaluation assures customers that Trusted Solaris 8 OE meets the global standards for evaluating IT security set forth by Common Criteria. The LSPP EAL4 certification is equivalent to the Orange Book B1 standard published by the U.S. government. "Solaris already sets the standard for operating system security, but users who require multiple levels of security can turn to Trusted Solaris 8 OE, which provides the highest level of security in the marketplace," said Andy Ingram, vice president of marketing, Solaris software. "Our customers face an increasingly hostile environment where internal and external security threats are growing in frequency and sophistication. They need an operating system that can protect trade secrets, customer lists, litigation strategies and other confidential, mission-critical information from security breaches." Today, companies and government agencies invite customers, citizens, employees, partners and suppliers into their networks as part of day-to-day operations. This type of access allows for increased productivity, but can also leave sensitive data and classified information exposed. As information security breaches continue unabated, the financial toll and liability is mounting for both private and public enterprises. The Solaris 8 OE provides industry-leading security features not commonly found in standard operating systems. To extend these capabilities even further, Sun developed Trusted Solaris 8 OE, which enables organizations to safeguard their most-critical information in a networked environment by processing and managing information at different levels of sensitivity. The Trusted Solaris 8 OE takes security to the next level with mandatory access control, which restricts or grants access to data only after verifying the clearance level of the user and comparing it to the security level of the data. One organization that demands security clearance for classified information is Veridian, a provider of information-based systems and integrated solutions for the national intelligence community, the Department of Defense, law enforcement and other federal and local government agencies. Using the capabilities of the Trusted Solaris 8 OE, Veridian developed the Trusted Network Environment, a scalable suite of applications, servers, databases, gateways and services that ensure fully audited, controlled access to all information and services across the IT enterprise. "We've built all of our Trusted Network Environment client and server applications to run on the Trusted Solaris 8 OE," said David Castillo, Veridian's director of TNE product and service development. "The Trusted Solaris 8 OE provides the powerful security features that our government customers require to protect our nation's most valuable information." The government sector has always required greater security, but now many private sector companies are also demanding a trusted network environment. For instance, a service provider may need to consolidate similar customers on the same server for management and cost efficiencies. The Trusted Solaris 8 OE, with its server virtualization features, enables the service provider to guarantee that customers sharing the same server will be unable to access each other's information. There is a growing worldwide interest in the Trusted Solaris 8 OE from network service providers, financial institutions, healthcare organizations, industrial companies and educational environments. Additional Information About Trusted Solaris 8 OE Features:
Trusted Solaris 8 OE offers new hardware support for all UltraSPARC® III systems, including mid-frame Sun Fire servers and Sun Blade desktops. All 12,000 applications available on the Solaris 8 OE, will run without recompilation or modification on Trusted Solaris 8 OE. Pricing and AvailabilityThe Trusted Solaris 8 4/01 OE is now available for the SPARC® platform, starting at 2,495 for a two-CPU desktop license. For more information, visit http://sun.com/trustedsolaris. About Common Criteria EAL4 LSPP Security CertificationLSPP EAL4 certification guarantees a moderate to high level of independently assured security in a conventional, commodity trusted operating environment. The LSPP EAL4 evaluation of the Trusted Solaris 8 OE was conducted by Logica, Ltd. -- an independent third-party. The Trusted Solaris 8 OE was certified for three protection profiles: Labeled Security (LSPP), Role-Based Access Control (RBACPP) and Controlled Access (CAPP). Logica's methodical testing searched for vulnerabilities and analyzed support and implementation for strong assurance that the Trusted Solaris 8 OE is based on strong security engineering and development practices. All major functionality of the Trusted Solaris 8 OE was included in the evaluation, such as NFS, NIS+, the Common Desktop Environment and Java-based administrative tools. To learn more about the Common Criteria security standards, visit http://commoncriteria.org. About the Trusted Solaris Operating EnvironmentWith more than a decade of refinement, the Trusted Solaris 8 OE is the platform of choice when separation of information and individuals is of prime importance. The Trusted Solaris 8 4/01 OE combines new levels of availability and reliability with support for massive scalability, sophisticated manageability and a high level of security. About Sun Microsystems, Inc.Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com
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