MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Skyport Systems, the leading developer of hyper-secured infrastructure designed to ensure the security of mission-critical IT and organizational assets, today welcomed Carahsoft Technology Corp., the trusted government IT solutions provider, to its channel partner program. The companies will work together to help government agencies implement cost-effective and easy-to-manage trusted computing and policy enforcement at the application edge.
"In our role as the trusted government IT solutions provider, Carahsoft takes a very discerning approach to technology engagements. Through our partnership with Skyport Systems, we will be able to offer our partners and government customers a trusted, engineered solution that resolutely supports the front line of defense and the onerous spectrum of cyber threats that endanger our Federal agencies,” said Michael Shrader, vice president, intelligence and innovative solutions, Carahsoft.
SkySecure is designed to protect critical IT systems, including the applications that manage the IT infrastructure that are corporations’ keys-to-the-kingdom. It minimizes the attack surface area, proxies communications to and from the workload, enforces a whitelist access policy, and compartmentalizes critical credentials and protocols. It is designed to secure high-value applications and assets, including customer and personal information, intellectual property and financial systems, delivering integrated and proactive protections that span the entire platform stack: hardware, firmware, virtualization, operating system, and the application workload.
Exposed DMZ Applications and Gateways
The SkySecure system hardens exposed DMZ applications and gateways. It enforces application specific protections for each workload, prevents lateral attacks, has an observation mode to help create an enforcement policy, and prevents follow-on exploitation due to credential theft.
Branch Offices and Remote, Untrusted Locations
The SkySecure system is uniquely designed to deploy in remote and untrusted environments. It has a hardware root-of-trust established at the point of manufacture. It validates hardware, firmware and software by digital fingerprinting and adds an anti-tamper physical footprint to ensure integrity. Deploying a SkySecure platform provides a turn-key experience: easy to deploy, manage, and monitor.
Key benefits of the Skyport Systems solution include:
- Secure by default - A scalable way to enforce security at the application perimeter for critical and exposed infrastructure
- System provenance/reduced threat surface - System designed and purpose-built for deployments into untrusted and hostile environments. Verification of system design and components at time of manufacture
- Secure audit logs - Tamper-resistant logs that track policy and access activity to assist compliance audit and breach incident forensics
- No change to the environment - Design and roll-out quickly without changes to the network, application, or OS architecture and operations
“Each SkySecure Server creates a synthetic operating environment and assumes a zero-trust posture regarding all network access. This approach is especially critical for Federal, State and Local government agencies whose sensitive assets must be managed by trusted servers,” said Douglas Gourlay, corporate vice president at Skyport Systems. “Our partnership with Carahsoft as a leading aggregator underscores our dedication to helping entities seeking to build a secure perimeter around their key systems.”
The SkySecure System is available immediately via Carahsoft's SEWP V schedule. For more information, register here for a one-hour complimentary webcast featuring a product overview and demo on June 30, 2015, or visit www.carahsoft.com for resources and upcoming events.
About Skyport Systems, Inc.
Skyport Systems develops hyper-secured infrastructure (HSI) that ensures the security of mission-critical IT and corporate assets, with tight integration of compute, security, virtualization and policy management. The Skyport leadership team includes some of the world’s leading experts in virtualization, cryptography, systems engineering and networking. Skyport is funded by Sutter Hill Ventures, Index Ventures and Intel Capital. For more information: www.skyportsystems.com.
About Carahsoft
Carahsoft Technology Corp. is the trusted Government IT solutions provider. As a top-ranked GSA Schedule Contract holder, Carahsoft serves as the master government aggregator for many of its best-of-breed technology vendors, supporting an extensive ecosystem of software manufacturers, value-added resellers, system integrators, and consulting partners committed to helping government agencies select and implement the best solution at the best possible value.
The company's dedicated Solutions Divisions proactively market, sell and deliver VMware, Symantec, EMC, Adobe, F5 Networks, Open Source, HP, SAP, and Innovative and Intelligence products and services, among others. Carahsoft is consistently recognized by its partners as a top revenue producer, and is listed annually among the industry's fastest growing firms by CRN, Inc., Washington Technology, The Washington Post, Washington Business Journal, and SmartCEO. Visit us at www.carahsoft.com.
Skyport Systems, the Skyport Systems Logo and SkySecure are trademarks of Skyport Systems, Inc. in the United States. All other trademarks, trade names or service marks used or mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.
