NetScreen SSL VPN General Manager and Government, Healthcare and Education Customers to Present at RSA Conference 2004
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 18, 2004 – NetScreen Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: NSCN) today announced that Krishna “Kittu” Kolluri, general manager of NetScreen’s secure access products, will be a featured guest speaker at the RSA® Conference 2004, to be held in San Francisco from Feb. 23 to 27. Distinguished speakers for the week-long event, one of the most prestigious information security expositions of the year, also include representatives from NetScreen SSL VPN customers Catholic Health System, Johnson County and Somerset Area School District. The speakers will address the latest developments and deployments of secure access in the following presentations:
* Feb. 24 at 10:15 a.m. PST (Session: GOV-103): Aaron Goff, security manager for IT Services, State of Kansas, Johnson County, will present “New Government Solutions for Remote Access”;
* Feb. 25 at 11:15 a.m. PST (Session: ASEC-204): Douglas Torre, director of networking and technical services, Catholic Health System, will present “Easy, Fast, Secure Remote Access with Regulatory Compliance”;
* Feb. 26 at 11:15 a.m. PST (Session: IMP-304): Julio Velasquez, director of information technology, Somerset Area School District, will present “Implementing a Decade’s Worth of Technology Update in a Quarter”;
* Feb. 27 at 10:00 a.m. PST (Session: NEW-403): Krishna ‘Kittu’ Kolluri, general manager, NetScreen’s secure access products, will present “Application Security Gateways for Access and Collaboration”; and
* Feb. 27 at 10:00 a.m. PST (Session: IMP-403): Aaron Goff, information technology services security manager for Johnson County, will present “An Implementation of County-Wide Security and Access”.
In addition to the speaking engagements, NetScreen will demonstrate its next-generation release of its Secure Access product family, built upon the new Neoteris* Instant Virtual Extranet 4.0 platform, in the RSA Security Partner Pavilion (Booth No. 719). The demonstration will showcase how enterprises can leverage a robust SSL-based VPN solution for extranet, intranet and secure remote access deployments to serve large and diverse end-user populations, such as corporate employees or partners and customers. Highlights of the demonstration will include the NetScreen Secure Access appliances’ new enterprise-class access management enforcement functionality, including dynamic access privilege management, rich user self-service, granular role-based delegation, and centralized management capabilities.
“We are pleased that NetScreen is participating with RSA Security in our Partner Pavilion at the show, and that it plans to demonstrate the next-generation platform for its leading SSL VPN products,” said Stuart Cohen, director of partner development at RSA Security. “NetScreen has been a valued RSA Secured® partner for many years, and customers realize the benefits of the combined secure remote access solution of SSL VPNs and the RSA SecurID® two-factor authentication solution.”
NetScreen’s Secure Access Appliances
The NetScreen Secure Access (SA) appliances, which have earned the most awards and industry accolades in the SSL VPN market since first shipping in 2001, represent the market’s leading SSL VPN product line. Enterprises worldwide have selected the NetScreen-SA 1000, -SA 3000 and -SA 5000 products because they enable cost-effective deployment of secure access to remote employees, corporate partners and intranet users.
About the RSA Conference 2004
Now in its 13th year, the RSA Conference brings together decision-makers and influencers from all major markets, including consumer, education, financial, government, computer networking, telecommunications, Wall Street and the media for one of the industry’s premier e-security and cryptography events. Later in the year, RSA Conference 2004 continues in Japan and in Europe.
About NetScreen Technologies
NetScreen Technologies, Inc. is a leading developer of network security and access solutions for enterprises and carriers worldwide. NetScreen’s solutions offer multiple layers of network and application-level protection in purpose-built appliances and systems that meet customers’ security, performance and total cost of ownership objectives. NetScreen is located at 805 11th Ave., Sunnyvale, CA, 94089. More information on NetScreen’s products can be found at