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IBM and Vordel

Vordel products work in conjunction with IBM WebSphere, and have received the Ready for IBM Tivoli software accreditation to ensure companies can conduct transactions 24x7 with confidence over an open network.

Vordel, the secure framework for IBM WebSphere and Web services

Vordel products provide the security framework for IBM WebSphere. They allows companies to protect Web services supported on the WebSphere platform, blocking unauthorized access and invalid requests, as well as providing the required auditing and monitoring facilities for their services.

WebSphere enables companies to develop, deploy and integrate business applications for enterprise-scale transaction processing. WebSphere provides the platform for Web services enabling businesses to transform the way they manage their customer, partner and employee relationships.

Vordel products provide the requisite security for companies seeking to open their internal systems and offer services to trading partners, subsidiaries and internal business divisions connecting over the Internet. Vordel products work in conjunction with IBM WebSphere to ensure companies can conduct transactions 24x7 with confidence over an open network, in order to sustain business at maximum performance levels.

Key features provided by Vordel, essential to the secure deployment of Web services include:

• Audit and monitoring - digitally signed audit trails for all transactions and real time monitoring facilities enable usage of Web services to be accurately tracked.
• Flexible security - security policies for Web services can be created using a combination of industry standard SSL and digital signatures to ensure confidentiality, data integrity, and accountability in an open environment.
• Integration support - standards-based solution uses XML and SOAP to enable enterprises minimize the pain of integration, and reduce the total cost of IT initiatives.
• High performance - accelerated data processing is ensured for high-transaction, mission critical environments.

• Restricted entry to your Web services based on filtering rules configured
• Data integrity of incoming requests using digital signatures
• Trust based on digital certificate used
• Signed audit trails for all transactions that can be archived and reported upon
• Real-time monitoring and notification of events and service usage

Vordel products are Tivoli-ready

Vordel has also received the Ready for IBM Tivoli software accreditation to ensure companies can conduct transactions 24x7 with confidence over an open network.

The interoperability between Vordel products and Tivoli Access Manager allows Tivoli's software security management functionality to be applied to protect the transfer of the XML data used for business integration.

Vordel products are scalable, platform-independent, and standards-compliant XML security server, which addresses the security challenges posed by XML-based communications.

• Extend Tivoli functionality. Vordel enables companies to extend the functionality of IBM Tivoli Access Manager to secure XML and Web Services based traffic.
• Avoid Replication of Security Policies. Vordel products' ability to enforce existing access policies on XML traffic means that an administrator does not have to replicate these policies in the products themselves.
• Deployment flexibility. The two products combine to allow organizations deploy either an XML Gateway, a set of centrally-managed XML Gateways, or to plug security directly into their XML processing applications using agents.
• Scalability and resilience. The flexible deployment architecture of Vordel products, combined with the on-demand capabilities in security and scalability of Tivoli software, help businesses maintain the resiliency and security of their integration architectures.

In addition to compatibility with Tivoli software, Vordel products provide support for the WebSphere application server as well as integrating with other application servers, including Microsoft .NET.