nGenius Service Assurance Solution Certified for the Department of
Defense Unified Capabilities Approved Products List and Common Criteria
Evaluation Assurance Level 3
WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2012--
NetScout®
Systems, Inc. today announced that the nGenius®
Service Assurance Solution has been certified by the Defense
Information Systems Agency (DISA) for the Department of Defense (DoD)
Unified Capabilities Approved Products List (UC
APL), and approved by the National Information Assurance Partner
(NIAP) as Common
Criteria certified at Evaluation Assurance Level 3 (EAL 3+). These
certifications validate that the nGenius Service Assurance Solution
meets the rigorous testing and technical requirements for
interoperability and security mandated by the DoD, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, and National Security Agency. NetScout
provides the U.S. Federal Government and associated civilian agencies
with an approved, interoperable and secure service assurance platform
for the purpose of predicting and preventing application, network and
unified communications performance issues or failures.
Today, government agencies are focused on streamlining and transforming
IT into more efficient and more easily managed environments. To
accomplish this, agencies are turning to IT solutions that will help
simplify managing and assuring their IT environments as well as reduce
costs. The nGenius Service Assurance Solution supports these objectives
by delivering real-time, relevant and contextual insight into network,
application and unified communications performance across a constantly
changing IT infrastructure. The nGenius solution enables the
implementation of a unified service delivery management strategy that
provides situational awareness and preemptive response, helps IT
organizations optimize the availability and performance of delivered
services, protects the user experience and simplifies IT operations. The
nGenius solution extends visibility to more places in the network with a
common data set of service-oriented analysis and reporting functionality
that promotes IT collaboration with team-oriented workflows.
“For administrators adhering to high security and interoperability
standards, Common Criteria and UC APL certifications instill confidence,
reduce risks and eliminate the cost of validating products that have
already met the certification standards,” said Skip Liesegang, vice
president, government channels division, immixGroup,
a recognized
leader in the public sector technology marketplace.
Certified to Assure Services for U.S. Military and Civilian Agencies
The UC APL certification creates and maintains a single consolidated
list of products that have successfully completed Interoperability (IO)
and Information Assurance (IA) certification. It assures that products
have been independently verified to be compliant with the requirements
of the Defense Information Systems Network, which is mandatory in order
to connect to the DISA network. DISA provides information technology and
communication support to the U.S. President, Vice President, Secretary
of Defense, military service and combatant commands, and connects to all
branches of the military, as well as related services, agencies and
coalition partners.
Common Criteria, an international standard for computer security
certification, provides assurance that the process of specification,
implementation and evaluation of a computer security product has been
conducted in a rigorous and standard manner. Industries with high
security requirements, such as healthcare and financial services, often
value the third party validation of the Common Criteria Certification as
part of their purchasing processes.
“With these certifications, NetScout has demonstrated its commitment to
the U.S. Federal Government by providing a certified service assurance
platform that enables Federal Agencies to have better situational
awareness of network, application and service performance so that
agencies can better support mission assurance initiatives and deliver a
quality user experience,” said Steven Shalita, vice president, marketing
at NetScout. “In addition, NetScout’s solutions are also current with
respect to additional certifications including the Defense Information
Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) and the U.S.
Army Certificate of Networthiness (CoN).”
About NetScout Systems, Inc.
NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT) is the market leader in Unified
Service Delivery Management enabling comprehensive end-to-end network
and application assurance. For 27 years, NetScout has delivered
breakthrough packet-flow technology that provides trusted and
comprehensive real-time network and application performance intelligence
enabling unified assurance of the network, applications and users. These
solutions enable IT staff to predict, preempt and resolve network and
service delivery problems while facilitating the optimization and
capacity planning of the network infrastructure. NetScout nGenius® and
Sniffer® solutions are deployed at more than 20,000 of the world’s
largest enterprises, government agencies, and more than 148 service
providers, on over one million physical and 2,000 virtual network
segments to assure the network, applications, and service delivery to
their users and customers. For more information about NetScout go to www.netscout.com.
NetScout, nGenius and InfiniStream are registered trademarks of
NetScout Systems, Inc.
Source: NetScout Systems, Inc.
NetScout Systems
Roger T. Fortier, 408-571-5343
Senior Public
and Analyst Relations Manager
roger.fortier@netscout.com
or
Davies
Murphy Group, Inc.
Joseph Rigoli, 781-418-2423
netscout@daviesmurphy.com