Cheryl Traverse President and CEO Xceedium

Xceedium, the premier provider of solutions that enforce security policy and validate compliance for technical users, has announced its GateKeeper product has been verified as Citrix Ready. Delivering industry-first compartmentalization, containment, alerting, tracking and reporting capabilities for technical users, Xceedium GateKeeper™ provides Citrix customers with government-grade security policy enforcement, control and compliance capabilities for technical users working through the Citrix Presentation Server™.

Combining the strong security features of Citrix Presentation Server at the application layer and Xceedium Gatekeeper in the command line/infrastructure layer, as well as Xceedium’s LeapFrog Prevention™ technology for Citrix Presentation Server, customers receive superior capabilities to isolate and contain technical users to authorized areas. Additionally, the powerful session recording capabilities of SmartAuditor in Citrix Presentation Server, combined with the comprehensive tracking and reporting capabilities of Xceedium GateKeeper give customers the ability to quickly and unobtrusively implement and validate controls to meet audit and compliance requirements. 

“We are pleased to welcome Xceedium as a Citrix Ready partner,” said Bob Thompson, Sr. Director, Alliance Programs & Marketing, Citrix. “The Citrix Ready initiative helps make the selection process as straightforward as possible for our customers by providing validation and verification of the compatibility and readiness of third-party market solutions, and the Xceedium GateKeeper has met all our requirements.”

Available exclusively to Citrix Global Alliance Partners, the Citrix Ready initiative showcases complementary third-party solutions that add the greatest value to Citrix-driven environments and provides Citrix customers with an additional measure of confidence in the quality of these approved solutions.

Common Criteria EAL-3, FIPS 140-2, Level 2 and JTIC PKI/CAC certified, the Citrix Ready Xceedium GateKeeper delivers a solution to meet new requirements in security and compliance assurance for technical users. The GateKeeper works seamlessly with Citrix Presentation Server and other Citrix products to enforce security policies, track all events and activities, record sessions and automatically deliver comprehensive audit reports. Together, the Citrix and Xceedium functionalities combine to deliver a compelling and powerful compliance solution for the marketplace.

“More than 200,000 organizations rely on the Citrix Presentation Server to enable the secure use of applications anywhere, and we are pleased that our Xceedium GateKeeper technology meets all of the Citrix Ready requirements and delivers complementary protection in organizations for their technical users,” said Cheryl Traverse, president and CEO for Xceedium. “We are honored to have achieved the Citrix Ready verification, which helps to validate GateKeeper’s strengths and compatibility for the important Citrix community.”

The Xceedium GateKeeper™ is a hardened appliance that enforces security policy and validates compliance for technical users working within critical infrastructure at Fortune 200 and large US government agencies. Technical innovations include:  compartmentalization, containment through patent-pending LeapFrog Prevention™, comprehensive tracking and easy-to-produce reporting for C-level executives, infrastructure managers and auditors. Target markets cover government, financial services, retail and managed service industries. The product integrates with existing enterprise systems such as Citrix, Active Directory, PKI/CAC etc. and supports PCI, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and is Citrix Ready Certified. Xceedium GateKeeper has achieved Common Criteria EAL3, FIPS 140-2, Level 2 and JITC PKI/CAC certifications. Xceedium is headquartered in Jersey City, N.J.

For more information, visit www.xceedium.com.