Novell, McAfee, Inc. Partnership Means Stronger Security Policy Enforcement, Deeper Visibility into End-User Activity and Compliance Assurance for Enterprise Customers

Industry Leading Technology Providers Join to Provide Real-Time, Identity-Aware Enterprise Security Solution to Joint Customers

Bangalore, April 21, 2009 – At the RSA Conference 2009, Novell and McAfee, Inc.® today announced a strategic partnership that gives McAfee’s ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) solution users a holistic view of both network events and users. This combined approach allows real-time response to potential threats and provides administrators the much-needed ability to automatically enforce security and identity access-related policies, making it easy to prove compliance and ensure trusted access.

Current McAfee ePO customers can use Novell® Sentinel™ to create an “identity aware” environment using real-time monitoring and remediation of network events to better manage and mitigate business risk. Novell Sentinel is the industry’s only solution that ties identities, systems and data together to deliver a centralized view of business operations through an automated process that can stop violations before they happen.

“With multiple users sharing computers, system administrators need to be able to enforce security policies on a per-user and not just a per-endpoint basis,” said Jim Ebzery, SVP and GM, Identity and Security Management Solutions at Novell. “Today, IT administrators using McAfee’s ePO solution do not have visibility to changes in a user’s permissions that might violate policy or result in a potentially harmful action. Having visibility to user-level activity containing identity information helps to better secure the network and automate the response process to any incidents.”

Novell Sentinel allows McAfee ePO users to track network activity that is deemed non-compliant, in violation, or suspect and receive alerts through the ePO console or through reports provided by Novell Sentinel. Events and alerts can be collected from ISP devices and multiple network access control (NAC) products.

“Novell’s leadership in the Identity and Access Management market combined with the unique capability of the company’s Sentinel solution will allow users of ePolicy Orchestrator to have visibility into non-compliant or suspect activity in real-time,” said Joe Gottlieb, VP of corporate strategy and technology alliances, McAfee. “This gives customers greater security that they will have auditable compliance and is a unique differentiation that will enhance ePO.”

The new offering comes as a result of Novell joining McAfee’s SIA technology partnering program, created to help accelerate the development of interoperable security products and to simplify the integration of these products within complex customer environments. As part of the program, Novell will incorporate Sentinel into the existing security monitoring policies and remediation used through ePO, McAfee’s Framework console for Enterprise security management.

About McAfee, Inc.
McAfee, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is the world’s largest dedicated security technology company. McAfee is relentlessly committed to tackling the world’s toughest security challenges. The company delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure systems and networks around the world, allowing users to safely connect to the Internet, browse and shop the web more securely. Backed by an award-winning research team, McAfee creates innovative products that empower home users, businesses, the public sector and service providers by enabling them to prove compliance with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify vulnerabilities, and continuously monitor and improve their security. http://www.mcafee.com

About Novell
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) delivers the best engineered, most interoperable Linux* platform and a portfolio of integrated IT management software that helps customers around the world reduce cost, complexity and risk. With our infrastructure software and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell harmoniously integrates mixed IT environments, allowing people and technology to work as one. For more information, visit www.novell.com.

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