Monday, June 4, 2012

Xceedium Continues International Channel Expansion in EMEA

HERNDON, Va. - Monday, June 4th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

Adds Paramount Computer Systems, a Premier Provider of Security and Risk Management Services, to Global Partner Network to Support Middle East Customers

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Xceedium, Inc., the premier worldwide provider ofzero trust privileged identity and access management solutions, today announced a partnership with Paramount Computer Systems (PCS) to resell its Xsuite™ product line and provide enhanced support to joint customers. With six offices in the Middle East, PCS is the information security leader in the Arabian Gulf region.

“Xceedium has a rapidly expanding client base in the Middle East, so it needed a strategic partner with top flight skills in security, networking and risk management in that region. We wanted a partner with a proven track record in supporting enterprise customers, and PCS was a perfect match,” noted Jay Zimmet, Xceedium’s EVP of Global Sales.

PCS will resell Xceedium Xsuitein the Gulf region and support customers with implementation, integration and training services – ensuring unmatched zero trust access control, and the ability to lock down systems and data. Xceedium Xsuite protects organizations from security threats associated with privileged users, individuals and applications that have administrative access to the most sensitive IT infrastructure and business data. The highly scalable solution employs role-based access control, ensuring that privileged users, such as network administrators, security staff and trusted third parties, have rights to access only the specific systems, devices and commands they require. It is further enhanced through Xsuite’s unified policy management capability, which integrates user or group policies and device configuration across essential zero trust security controls.

PCS has established a reputation for providing practical solutions that are both business-driven and cost-effective. This has enabled the company to secure the IT infrastructure of leading government organizations, banks and financial institutions, airlines and transportation companies, telcos, universities and large corporations in the Gulf region.

“Our goal is to be recognized as the most respected company in the information security space in the Arabian Gulf region,” said CEO Premchand Kurup. “With the proven ability of Xsuite to provide industry-leading privileged identity and access management, Xceedium was an obvious choice to help enhance our IT security offerings. It will ensure that our customers continue to receive the leading-edge technology products and services they have grown to expect.”

Xceedium channel partners benefit from a comprehensive training process, including sales training and pre- and post-sales technical training. Additionally, Xceedium solutions partners and systems integrators receive Xceedium Security Assessment enablement training. For additional information on Xceedium’s Partner Programs, please visit: http://www.xceedium.com/en/partners/index.php.

About Paramount Computer Systems

Paramount is the leading regional provider of technology and services for securing the information assets of enterprises. From the development of a security policy, security awareness training, through the delivery of complete end-to-end solutions that encompass perimeter security, secure content management, identity and access management vulnerability assessment, risk, policy and compliance management, Paramount helps leading organizations in the Arabian Gulf region understand, monitor and mitigate the risks in their IT infrastructure. For additional information, please visit www.paramountassure.com.

About Xceedium

Xceedium is the leading provider of zero trust privileged identity and access management solutions. Xceedium products are used by large enterprises and global government agencies to meet stringent security and compliance requirements. Xceedium’s world-class technology allows organizations to control access to their networks based on the user. It also contains the user to explicit resources, which eliminates the risk of allowing untrusted third parties and privileged users on networks. The company’s technology secures and enforces policies for privileged user and application-to-application passwords. Coupled with cutting-edge monitoring capabilities, Xceedium solutions enable commercial and government organizations to address and prove compliance with requirements including PCI DSS, FISMA, NIST-800.53, HIPAA and NERC CIP. Xceedium’s products are FIPS 140-2 Level 2 and Common Criteria EAL4+ certified. For more information, visit www.xceedium.com. For more on the Xsuite, watch our Xsuite 2-Minute

Contacts

Xceedium

Media Contact:

Welz and Weisel Communications

Chris Leach, 703-877-8105

chris@w2comm.com

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