Tuesday, April 01, 2008

BeyondTrust Partners with Kaon to expand distribution in NZ, Aus

BeyondTrust Partners with Kaon Technologies to expand distribution capabilities in Australia and New Zealand markets least privilege management leader extends global reach through partnership with leading network security solution provider

Portsmouth, N.H. (BUSINESS WIRE) - BeyondTrust Corporation, the first provider of Least Privilege Management solutions, today announced a distribution agreement with Kaon Technologies Ltd, one of New Zealand's leading network security solution providers. Under the terms of the agreement, Kaon will serve as a value-added distributor, providing sales and support for BeyondTrust's award-winning Least Privilege Management solutions to enterprises throughout Australia and New Zealand.

"Kaon's success as a security solution provider can be directly attributed to our ability to identify and provide the best security products available to address client needs," said Tony Krzyzewski, CEO of Kaon Technologies.
"BeyondTrust's Privilege Manager and Application Rights Auditor solutions will enable our customers to effectively eliminate administrator rights for their enterprise Windows deployments, a problem that has posed significant challenges to IT, audit and compliance departments for some time. Simply put, BeyondTrust's products make Least Privilege work for enterprises."

Least Privilege strengthens security by limiting users to the permissions they need to do their jobs. BeyondTrust's flagship Privilege Manager software was the first product to enable Least Privilege in Windows environments by allowing organizations to eliminate administrator rights and assign elevated privileges only to authorized applications when they are required. Privilege Manager has quickly become the most widely used product for Least Privilege Management, protecting hundreds of companies against malware, data theft and malicious use.

"Kaon holds a leadership position in Australia and New Zealand and has strong, well-established relationships with leading enterprises in the financial, healthcare, government and other industries," said Joe L'Italien, vice president of global sales for BeyondTrust. "We look forward to working together to help organizations implement the security best practice of Least Privilege to eliminate admin rights across the enterprise and satisfy security and compliance initiatives."

About Kaon

Technologies Kaon Technologies is a leading Information Security company representing best of breed security manufacturers in the New Zealand, Australia and Pacific Islands region. Established in 1993, Kaon Technologies is acknowledged as a pioneer in the Information Security marketplace and backs its products with extensive skills in this area. The company also provides a range of consulting services including network design, technical security evaluations and remote management facilities. For more information about Kaon Technologies, visit http://www.kaon.co.nz.

About BeyondTrust BeyondTrust Corporation, a pioneer in Least Privilege Management, enables enterprises to move beyond the need to trust users with excess privileges or administrator passwords. BeyondTrust Privilege Manager was the first product to enable the security best practice of Least Privilege in Windows environments by allowing administrators to assign end-users permissions for required or selected applications.
Least Privilege strengthens security by limiting users to the permissions they need to do their jobs. Hundreds of organizations worldwide in industries such as financial, healthcare, government and military rely on BeyondTrust Privilege Manager to secure their enterprises. For more information, visit www.beyondtrust.com.

Schwartz CommunicationsDave Bowker or John McElhenny, 781-684-0770 BeyondTrust@schwartz-pr.com

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