RingCube Enhances Virtual Desktop Security with Gold Certification

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.- (BUSINESS WIRE) - OPSWAT announced today that the latest version of RingCube's enterprise-class desktop virtualization solution, vDesk, has achieved Gold Certification in the virtual machine category from the Certification program powered by OPSWAT. Gold Certification creates a trust between and offers seamless interoperability with software policy enforcement applications particularly from market-leading vendors of endpoint security, SSL VPN, NAC, and compliance solutions.
Solving a Security Problem
OPSWAT's Virtual Machine SDK provides technology solution vendors with a way to add detection and management of virtual machines including RingCube's Workspace Virtualization Engine (WVE) technology to their products.
In order to enhance security, organizations employing various security solutions need to be able to detect whether an endpoint is running inside a virtual environment. With this ability, IT security team members can ensure that employees access corporate networks and business critical systems from locked-down, isolated and encrypted virtual desktop environments.
"IT security providers need to ensure that they are only deploying security software that is interoperable with their network and remote access solutions," said Benny Czarny, President and CEO of OPSWAT, Inc. "The OPSWAT Certification program gives customers the assurance that they are using endpoint security solutions that are both identified and classified correctly by devices and systems."
"With our large production deployment of virtual desktops, we are continuously evaluating and looking to improve the security policies and measures we have in place," said Marc Robinson, Vice President of IT, Cloud 10 Corporation, A Transcom Company. "After more than 4 years of working together, RingCube continues to demonstrate its commitment to the security of its virtual desktop technology. We have undergone and passed the rigors of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) audits utilizing RingCube technology for our remote-desktop at-home solution. We are pleased with the security capabilities of the RingCube vDesk solution for our production deployment."
"Achieving gold certification from the OPSWAT Certification program is just another proof point of RingCube's commitment to continuous improvement of desktop virtualization security," said Doug Dooley, vice president of marketing and product management, RingCube. "Security threats are continuously evolving so the detection and protection against those threats must evolve as well. Virtualization adds a layer of abstraction that can be used for data and application isolation but a secure virtual desktop solution should also leverage security enforcement and protection capabilities from leading vendors through cooperation and interoperability. This is an important certification for ensuring security interoperability."
For a complete listing of gold certified products, please go to this page. Software vendors interested in inclusion in the OESIS Framework's Virtual Machine SDK and OESIS OK certification, are encouraged to visit www.oesisok.com. Certification criteria for each of the 14 application categories are available here.
About OPSWAT
Founded in 2002, OPSWAT (www.opswat.com) provides software engineers and IT pros with software development tools and data services to power manageability and security solutions. OPSWAT, Inc. also founded OESIS OK, an open industry-wide certification program that verifies the interoperability of endpoint security applications with products from market-leading technology vendors. The free "Am I OESIS OK?" Utility hosted on http://www.oesisok.com/ enables end users to assess the interoperability and quality level of their endpoint applications.
About RingCube Technologies, Inc.
RingCube is the leading provider of workspace virtualization. The company's innovative virtualization solution, vDesk, enables users to securely access their complete desktop computing experience from any Windows PC anywhere in the world. With vDesk, organizations can increase user productivity, lower desktop management and support costs, and eliminate the performance and resource overhead commonly found with legacy virtualization approaches. The company is privately held and based in Mountain View, CA.