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2007 Financial Results
On Wednesday March 26th 2008 Arkoon will announce full results for the financial year 2007 (after closing).
Investor and analysts contact: Pierre-Yves Hentzen, CFO
Tel: +33 4 72 53 01 01
Email: contactfi@arkoon.net
For further information
Czech Republic: Arkoon Security BOX referenced for deployment by the Ministry of the Interior
Arkoon continues its European market development strategy penetrating new markets in eastern Europe with a significant deal in the Czech Republic.
Early this year, following a 2-month test phase with the customer, Arkoon's partner GITY began roll-out of the Security BOX Premium solution for 800 users at the Czech Interior Ministry.
The Security BOX solution was chosen as the optimum response to the need to ensure the security of email, USB key and other data exchanges within the ministry. Complementing the Security BOX Premium solution, Security BOX Manager provides the tools to centrally manage end-user deployment, and configuration, and the remote management of all encryption modules.
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Itway opens the first Arkoon ATC training center in France
The only training center offering Expert level certification (ACSE) and Security BOX certification (SBA)
Responding to increasing demand for training on Arkoon solutions, Itway has chosen to invest in a state of the art training center to become the reference for ATC training in France.
With this investment Itway can deliver a quality training program, with qualified, expert training staff, specialists in information security and certified for training with Arkoon technologies.
To meet the needs of the growing number of Arkoon partners, Itway has doubled the size of its facilities dedicated to the Arkoon training program, so that up to 8 participants can be accommodated in optimum conditions for a successful training experience.
Opened in December 2007, the Itway training center has already trained more than 30 engineers on Arkoon solutions with a success rate of over 95%.
The classes on offer at the Itway training center cover the full Arkoon training program:
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ACSA (Arkoon Certified Security Administrator),
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ACSE (Arkoon Certified Security Expert,
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SBA (Security BOX Administrator).
Upcoming Paris-based training sessions:
- 11 – 14 March :ACSA
- 18 - 21 March :SBA
- 8 - 11 April :ACSA
- 22 - 24 April :ACSE
- 13 - 16 May :ACSA
- 27 - 30 May :SBA
- 10 - 13 June :ACSA
- 1 - 4 July :ACSA
Itway can also arrange for on-site training classes, for partners or their customers, for a minimum of 6 participants.
Other training organizations can call on Itway instructors should they wish to include Arkoon courses in their catalog.
For further information about this training program, please contact arkoon.fr@itwayvad.com or call +33 (0)1 70 95 15 24.
Afina helps Arkoon resellers grow their business
A value-added initiative by Afina's Marketing Department helps resellers develop their image and build market awareness.
Afina works with Arkoon resellers to simplify their projects with an “all in one” service: business development (lead generation, detecting projects), marketing campaigns: email, end user events (seminars, round tables), trade shows, webinars, technical workshops, targeted operations in vertical markets, incentives, customized sales tools... are just some of the areas which Afina has the knowledge and experience to successfully manage on behalf of the reseller.
Contact : Sylvie VIGATO (01 41 91 23 14 – svigato@afina.fr
Arkoon strengthens its distributor network in the Mediterranean
At the end of 2007, Afina in Morocco and X-Net Timarance in Algeria signed distributor agreements covering the Arkoon FAST360 and Security BOX solutions. These partnerships are driven by a demand for European security solutions as an alternative to North American and Israeli technologies in North African markets. Extensive deployment of Arkoon solutions in major international accounts and governmental organizations are the guarantee for Afina and X-Net Timarance that they are offering proven solutions to their customers, perfectly capable of protecting the enterprise network against the latest attacks.
These partnerships build on other recent successes for Arkoon in the Mediterranean region.
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On March 26th, Arkoon is participating in the INSA Telecoms department Partner Symposium
As a partner of the INSA engineering school in Lyon, Arkoon will be present with a stand at the Telecoms department's Industry Partners Symposium. The half-day event will allow Arkoon to further reinforce its already strong links with a school selected as the preferred engineering school in a survey of French recruitment specialists, according to a study published by 01Informatique in its edition of February 21st 2008
Still growing fast, Arkoon will be seeking future graduates for internships and upcoming job openings.
RSA Conference, San Francisco, 7-11 April 2008 – Arkoon-Cavium, stand 845
Every year the RSA Conferences in the USA and Europe bring together information security professionals and leading solutions developers from around the world for an in-depth look at the state of the art in information security.
Arkoon will be exhibiting its full product line with its partner Cavium on stand 845 at the 2008 conference, April 7th to 11th in San Francisco.
Arkoon R&D and marketing experts have always attended the RSA Conference in California as conference delegates. This year Arkoon has decided to go a step further, presenting it's OEM program as part of the exhibition. Arkoon has decided on a strategy based on licensing key technologies to selected third parties to accelerate business development in markets outside its European base. Arkoon will use the RSA Conference as a showcase for the OEM program, already operational with a number of partners.
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Upgrading Common Criteria certification for Arkoon Firewall/VPN technologies
The security target for Common Criteria EAL3+ certification of the firewall and VPN components of the Arkoon FAST360 product family has now been accepted by the DCSSI, the CC certification authority in France.
The ISO-defined Common Criteria allow security solutions to be evaluated according to internationally recognized standards, classifying solutions according to their security level. By investing in this new certification phase, Arkoon is demonstrating it's ongoing commitment to delivering security solutions that have been tested and validated to the most demanding public standards, guaranteeing the highest levels of security.
Arkoon's technology certification strategy is part of the global objective of satisfying the requirements of key major accounts including NATO and leading French and European public and private sector clients. The security target has been designed to allow the DCSSI to qualify the product in depth, and in particular to certify that the VPN component meets the criteria for protecting sensitive information corresponding to Restricted, NATO Restricted and EU Restricted classifications.
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Arkoon customer support adds standard configuration models
Quality of service and a close relationship with the customer are the keystones of technical support at Arkoon, building a long-term relationship between the vendor and clients. The customer area at offers a number of tools to help customers better understand and use Arkoon solutions, and to accelerate problem resolution.
Amongst the tools available to customers and partners are:
- Updates for all products, along with the corresponding documentation and release notes
- A knowledge base and FAQ: answers to the most frequently asked questions, plus recommendations for the configuration and deployment of advanced configurations
- Diagnostic procedures: step-by-step instructions to facilitate problem diagnosis and resolution by system administrators and/or integrators
- Customer Support contact form, to log a request for support when the online tools cannot resolve the problem, to exchange defective hardware, or to log an enhancement request.
Starting in March 2008 the customer support site will also offer examples of typical configurations which can be used as a basis for the deployment by the customer of certain specific functionalities (for example, VPN, proxies) with FAST360 system releases 4.0 and 4.2.
Working with partners, Arkoon offers security solutions for push mail
Q: More and more enterprise managers and on-the-road users are running push mail solutions on their PDAs and smartphones. What are the risks?
A: Mobile users expect continuous real-time access to information, and more especially real time email updates. Push mail is a service which delivers mail instantaneously, in real time, to the user's terminal (PDA or smartphone) without waiting for the device or the user to trigger synchronization with the enterprise email server. It depends on maintaining a permanently open connection with the enterprise network, leading to certain specific risks. These risks include interception or monitoring of traffic between the device and the enterprise network – including the possibility of modifying or corrupting data exchange – but also access to locally or remotely stored email and other data.
Loss, theft, or simply lending the terminal to a third party opens up the risk of unauthorized access to enterprise information. For an information pirate, getting their hands on an identified user's terminal device is a much easier way of accessing confidential data than trying to intercept communications. That said, this type of attack tends to be opportunistic; it normally only offers a limited window of opportunity and is difficult to repeat. For these reasons traffic monitoring, though more difficult to accomplish, will always be the preferred method for the most determined attackers.
To intercept network traffic the attacker typically needs to be physically close to the device user, from where they can pick up the radio frequency exchanges with the mobile terminal. With third-party cooperation it's also possible to monitor traffic at internet access points, similarly to the way classic telephone wire-taps are carried out.
Q: How does Security BOX protect users against these threats?
A: The Security BOX Mobile solution has an answer for each of these risks.
Local storage of email (message bodies and attachments) can be encrypted using strong algorithms, protecting information in the case of loss or theft.
Communications between the mobile device and enterprise information systems can be protected using VPN connections (with authentication by digital certificates and SSL encryption) so that all communications including push mail are carried in a secure encrypted tunnel. The Security BOX Mobile VPN guarantees the confidentiality of communications and relies on strong authentication (using digital certificates) for access to information systems. No matter what type of connection is used or how the emails are routed, the information they contain is secure and protected.
Q: Is this adequate security for a mobile device which is being used to access email?
A: Apart from the "push mail" functionality, it's also necessary to protect access to the device with some from of strong authentication. This is needed to prevent unauthorized access to data stored locally on the device, but also to prevent a third party opening connections to enterprise information resources (by activating the VPN access, for example). User authentication procedures on mobile devices must be designed bearing in mind normal patterns of usage for the device. Typically users want to use the terminal for short periods, but relatively frequently; they won't accept a lengthy, unfriendly, difficult to use authentication process. To reach the right compromise, Security BOX Mobile relies on the device's SIM card. In this way authentication is quick, easy, and intuitive, but can also be blocked if too many (pre-programmed) attempts fail.
Let's not forget that “push mail” solutions also include synchronization of to-do lists, appointments, and address books, all information which is just as sensitive as email. By encrypting all information on the mobile device – the PIM database, but also all other files – Security BOX Mobile turns the mobile terminal into a digital vault, protecting all your data.
Watch out for the NetLetter from Arkoon on June 20th 2008!
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