VordelSecure® most compatible in Web Services security field
ZDNet survey reveals comprehensive standards support

March 3rd 2003 - Dublin, Ireland - A recent comparative product survey published by ZDNet France has revealed Vordel's XML security suite, VordelSecure, to be the most interoperable, and the best value, enterprise security product in its field.

The survey, which pitted VordelSecure against Web Services security products from other vendors such as Netegrity, Quadrasis, Reactivity, Westbridge, KaVaDo, and Sanctum, revealed that VordelSecure interoperates with more protocols and standards than any other product in the field. The research clearly revealed that VordelSecure matches all the requirements of an enterprise seeking to protect its XML and Web Services deployments.

The fact that the product supports so many standards means an enterprise can leverage its existing security infrastructures, using Vordel to secure XML traffic. ZDNet singled VordelSecure out for its support of a broad range of traditional security infrastructures and its ability to enhance such traditional security products as firewalls by providing support for OPSEC.

ZDNet's research also shows that VordelSecure provides the best value for money.

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Product Vendor Technologies supported
Transaction Minder Netegrity SAML 1.0, XML Digital Signature, SSL, WS-Security, Liberty Alliance (SAML)
SOAP Content Inspector Quadrasis and Xtradyne SAML, WS-Security, LDAP, SSL, Certificates
Reactivity Service Firewall Reactivity SSL, certificates, LDAP, SAML, XML Signature, XML Encryption, WS-security, JMS, MQSeries, Tibco RDV, RMI
VordelSecure Vordel SOAP 1.2, WS-Security 1.0, XML Signature, SAML 1.0, XML Schema 1.0, XPath 1.0, OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol), XKMS (XML Key Management Specification), CRL monitoring, WS-Security, X.509 certificates, SSL, Tivoli Access Manager, LDAP (IBM Secureway, iPlanet, Microsoft Active Directory), OPSEC
XML Message Server Westbridge XKMS, SAML, certificates, SSL, XML Signature, XML Encryption, LDAP, active Directory
InterDo 2.5 KaVaDo Integrates with Netegrity SiteMinder, CheckPoint UserAuthority, etc., for authentication and SSO. Works with OPSEC ELA.
Open SAML Internet 2 Java Library and C++ open source that implement SAML 1.0.
AppScan 3.5 Sanctum Utility to test vulnerabilities in SOAP integration projects.

Excerpt reprinted with kind permission of ZDNet France

About VordelSecure 2.0
VordelSecure secures Web Services by filtering XML traffic based on both XML content and the identity of the sender. Content filtering is performed based on target, XML format, XML content, and XML integrity; using SOAP routing, XML Schema validation, XPath evaluation, and XML Signature. Identity-based security is implemented using SAML, WS-Security, and X.509 v3 digital certificates.

The core component products of VordelSecure include:

VS Server
VS Server is a security server for XML-based traffic. Security policies are based on (a) XML data integrity, content, and format, and (b) identity, role, and entitlements of the sender. Security policies are configured using a GUI, and may be stored in any JDBC-compatible database. Reporting is performed using a highly flexible Web-based reporting tool.

VS Enforcer
VS Enforcer intercepts XML traffic at a HTTP server such as Apache or IIS, and communicates with VS-Server. Multiple lightweight Enforcer agents may be deployed on multiple SOAP endpoints as part of a single VordelSecure installation.

VS API
VS API is an API used to write a non-HTTP lightweight Enforcer application (e.g. to read XML from an MQ queue and interface with the VordelSecure security server).

VS SOAP Browser
VS SOAP Browser is a SOAP Client GUI tool, which allows an administrator of the VordelSecure suite to insert digitally signed security tokens into SOAP messages, in order to view VordelSecure Server security rules as they are enforced.

Further detailed information on VordelSecure 2.0.

About Vordel
Vordel is the Web Services security company. VordelSecure provides the required link between Web Services technologies and security technologies, providing authentication, authorization, accounting and content validation for XML based communications. Vordel is a privately held company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with offices in Boston, USA and London, UK. Institutional investors in Vordel include Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Elderstreet VC, ICC Venture Capital, the Intel 64 fund, and the Powerscourt Capital Technology Fund.

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