2011 Need To Know: Emerging Security Vendors

Get To Know The New Stars In IT Security

The IT security space presents several opportunities for VARs to enhance their offerings. While protecting networks and data is becoming more challenging, there are a handful of security vendors boasting technologies that can increase the integrity of the software, appliance and cloud solutions VARs provide.

While you may know the major players in the security space, this Need To Know list provides a look at 10 emerging vendors and their channel chiefs that could round out your product offerings in an interesting and innovative way.

Avenda

Channel Chief: Ron DiBiase

The founders of this startup hail from Cisco and Microsoft and promise to offer easy access control. Avenda's identity-based multifunction platform delivers employee, guest and endpoint access management for multivendor wired, wireless and VPN networks. Its eTips product can be utilized with any networking equipment, identity store or network access method.

CipherTex

Channel Chief: Michael Carter

Data security is paramount and this startup offers a secure Network Storage Appliance for VMware, Citrix and Microsoft Windows virtualized environments and clustered servers. Using hardware key security, it allows IT to securely store, share and use digital assets and documents for a host of compliance and business-critical tasks.

Cyberark

Channel Chief: Richard Weeks

One of the most troublesome security problems is managing privileged users and who has access to critical information. Cyberark' s patented Vaulting Technology can help organizations manage and govern this access with its Inter-Business Vault, Secure Document Vault, Enterprise Password Vault and Privileged Identity Management and Highly-Sensitive Information Management software.

Delfigo

Channel Chief: Bharat Nair

The Boston-based startup offers the DSGateway, a platform that utilizes multiple authentication factors, including keystroke and device identification, to validate the credentials of each user and transparently provide the appropriate levels of system access.

Logrhythm

Channel Chief: Mike Reagan

This vendor has successfully tackled the most difficult parts of log analysis with automation. Its solutions offer log management, log analysis and event management so organizations can comply with regulations, secure their networks and optimize IT operations.

Palo Alto Networks

Channel Chief: Larry Link

Founded by security visionary Nir Zuk, former CTO of NetScreen, Palo Alto Networks aims to reinvent the firewall. Based on patent-pending App-ID technology, these firewalls accurately identify applications, regardless of port, protocol, evasive tactic or SSL encryption, and scan content to stop threats and prevent data leakage. As a result enterprises can leverage Web 2.0 and maintain complete visibility and control, while significantly reducing total cost of ownership.

Syferlock

Channel Chief: Paul Sitar

SyferLock, a SaaS authentication company founded in 2007, discovered a way to provide unique passwords while users only have to remember one. With SyferLock's GridGuard, each login is conducted through the cloud-based GridOne system that associates each letter of the original password to arbitrary letters and numbers selected by the application.

Tufin Technologies

Channel Chief: Steve Moscarelli

Founded in 2005 by firewall and business system experts, Tufin provides security life-cycle management solutions so organizations can manage their network security policy and comply with regulatory standards. Tufin partners with Check Point, Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, F5, Blue Coat, McAfee and BMC and offers both SecureTrack and SecureChange management software.

Xceedium

Channel Chief: Darryl Athans

The Xceedium GateKeeper appliance allows organizations to extend access to privileged users including third parties such as vendors, partners and contractors while safeguarding business-critical assets and meeting audit and compliance requirements.

Zscaler

Channel Chief: Jim Hyman

Zscaler offers its security business policy services via its Global Cloud Infrastructure as well as Web security, Web filtering, social network security, AV, Web policy management, DLP and PCI and HIPAA compliance services.

Want to know which resellers are making waves in the IT security space? Check out CRN's 2011 Need To Know: Security VARs.