McAfee Announces Security Solutions to Assist Governments Move to the Cloud
September 08 2014 - 12:01AM
Business Wire
Will Offer Host-Based Security Solution as
First in Series of SaaS offerings for Amazon Web Services
McAfee, part of Intel Security and a leading provider of
comprehensive security solutions to the U.S. federal government,
today announced it will offer its Host-Based Security Solution
(HBSS) to Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) federal government cloud
customers. HBSS, a security architecture deployed throughout the
Department of Defense (DoD), will be the first in a series of
McAfee Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings enabled by
InfoReliance, the company that is assisting with McAfee’s migration
of existing tools and products to the AWS Cloud.
The U.S. military and other government organizations are
increasingly turning to cloud computing to increase mission
interoperability, preserve resources and reduce costs. To ensure a
standardized approach to cloud transition across the DoD
environment, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) requires
that all cloud service providers adhere to the DISA Cloud Security
Model, or CSM. Recently, the AWS GovCloud (US) Region became the
first-ever cloud service to receive a Provisional Authorization
from the DoD for CSM levels 1-5.
Already implemented on over five million DoD systems, HBSS is a
suite of McAfee commercial-off-the-shelf software that helps
detect, monitor and mitigate threats to the DoD network and
systems. The new HBSS SaaS offering for AWS will enable the DoD and
intelligence community to extend their existing security
architecture, migrate their mission applications, further secure
their data and meet their information assurance mandates.
“Our DoD customers said they wanted to transition to the cloud
and we listened,” said Ken Kartsen, Vice President of Federal at
McAfee. “We’re embracing cloud through strategic investments across
our portfolio of network and endpoint cybersecurity technologies so
they will be interoperable with AWS. We wanted to lead with a cloud
offering for HBSS as it is so critical to the security of DoD
systems.”
“It is important for DoD customers to be able to quickly and
easily migrate to the cloud while meeting their mandated security
requirements,” said Teresa Carlson, Vice President of Worldwide
Public Sector, Amazon Web Services, Inc. “This shared security
solution provides additional layers of security to help DoD
customers to securely manage resources in the cloud while reducing
costs.”
“InfoReliance is an AWS Advanced Consulting
Partner and a member of the McAfee Security Innovation
Alliance, putting us in a unique position to aid in the
roadmap development and release of McAfee security solutions for
the AWS platform,” said Aaron Faulkner, Vice President for
InfoReliance. “We feel privileged to be able to bring the
capabilities of the world’s largest dedicated security company
together with the world’s leading cloud providers.”
HBSS for AWS will be available for purchase through authorized
McAfee resellers beginning in September 2014. Additional McAfee
SaaS solutions for AWS will be available for AWS Test Drives on AWS
GovCloud (US) at this site:
http://aws.amazon.com/testdrive/govcloud/
For more information about McAfee, click here:
http://www.mcafee.com/us/
For more information about InfoReliance, click here:
http://www.inforeliance.com/
About McAfee
McAfee, part of Intel Security group and a wholly owned
subsidiary of Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC), empowers businesses, the
public sector and home users to safely experience the benefits of
the Internet. The company delivers proactive and proven security
solutions and services for systems, networks and mobile devices
around the world. With its visionary Security Connected strategy,
innovative approach to hardware-enhanced security and unique Global
Threat Intelligence network, McAfee is relentlessly focused on
keeping its customers safe.
About InfoReliance
InfoReliance Corporation is a specialized information technology
(IT) consulting firm that serves customers across the federal
government, health care and private industry. The company’s core
competencies are in the areas of cyber security, software
engineering and cloud computing. InfoReliance serves as an Advanced
Consulting Partner in the AWS Partner Network (APN) and an AWS
Value-Added Reseller, a McAfee authorized value-added reseller for
government, and a McAfee Security Innovation Alliance Partner for
application and database security. Headquartered in Fairfax, Va.,
InfoReliance is a privately-held business founded in 2000. For more
information, visit www.inforeliance.com.
Note: McAfee is a registered trademark of McAfee, Inc. in the
United States and other countries. Other names and brands may be
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McAfee, part of Intel SecuritySal Viveros,
+44-7921-891-506Sal_Viveros@mcafee.comorRH StrategicTrish Rimo,
+1-202-379-0825trimo@rhstrategic.com
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