Forum Systems Debuts XML Security Appliance

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iApplianceWeb
(02/11/02, 01:27:31 PM EDT)

Forum Systems, introduces its XML Security Appliances. Used by companies building secure trading networks and Web Services for strategic XML applications. Forum Systems solves the security threats inherent to XML by providing the first and only products that protect targeted XML data within documents while in motion and at rest. Without constant XML data-level security, corporations are exposing their business-critical information to theft and tampering.

Today, XML data is not secure. Anyone can pull targeted XML data from documents. Furthermore, XML data and documents are not protected while being used or stored internally -- where most security breaches originate.

A basic example of the need for data-level confidentiality can be highlighted during a typical e-commerce order entry transaction. The customer provides sensitive information, such as a credit card number, to the merchant who forwards it to the credit card agent. Although the merchant does not need the card number, the merchant sees it anyway. With data-level encryption, the card number can be concealed within the order entry document and only the credit card company would have the proper keys to decrypt it, preventing manipulation of and access to targeted data.

Forum Systems' XML Security Appliance Forum Systems XML Security Appliances are for companies using strategic XML applications such as procurement, financial exchange and insurance processing. Unlike software solutions that are difficult and costly to implement, Forum puts proprietary software in a network communications device for cost-effective and controlled integration and management.

Forum Systems' XML Security Appliances include: - Translation, validation, archiving - Conditional routing of documents - Dedicated hardware - Non-intrusive installation - Easy integration with no connectivity APIs