Shavlik Earns Internationally Recognized Common Criteria Certification to Meet Stringent Government Standards

MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- (Marketwire) -- 07/28/10 -- Shavlik Technologies, LLC, a leading provider of Cloud-enabled software for simplifying and automating IT operations and security, today announced that the Shavlik Security Suite has earned Evaluation Assurance Level 3+ (EAL 3+) certification of Common Criteria. This third-party evaluation criterion provides assurance to enterprises worldwide that commercially available products meet internationally recognized security standards.

Common Criteria is used as a benchmark for quality and reliability by U.S. government agencies when acquiring new IT products. Shavlik's active participation in government IT security validations signifies the company's strong ongoing commitment to supplying its customers secure and reliable products.

"With this achievement of the Common Criteria certification, federal government customers, as well as enterprise organizations across the globe, can be assured that Shavlik meets and even exceeds their security standards," said Mark Shavlik, CEO of Shavlik Technologies. "This certification has made it easier for our government customers to continue leveraging our automated solutions for patch management, configuration management, and in depth security policy analytics."

EAL 3+ Common Criteria represents the highest security standards certification essential for any government or international sales requirement. Shavlik partnered with Corsec Security, Inc., a consulting firm with more than 12 years of validation experience to certify their products. "Corsec is proud to have worked with Shavlik on their Common Criteria evaluation," said Matthew Appler, CEO of Corsec Security. "Shavlik's dedication and commitment to their customers is notably apparent in their achievement of the more stringent EAL 3+ evaluation."

By achieving EAL 3+ Common Criteria certification, Shavlik adds to its growing portfolio of government certifications and standards including SCAP Validation, FDCC Scanner and IAV Compliance Reporting that are used on hundreds of thousands of machines throughout the U.S. federal government. The EAL 3+ Common Criteria Certification expands Shavlik's support for government information assurance and cyber security initiatives, and will continue to further Shavlik's presence in the Department of Defense and multiple other government agencies.

"Meeting the critical Common Criteria standard underscores our commitment to the government market and further establishes Shavlik as a de facto solution provider in this space," added Shavlik.

For more information on the International Common Criteria Portal or to view certified products, please visit the International Common Criteria Portal website. The portal is updated daily and all certified products are anticipated to be posted in August 2010.

Shavlik IT Management for Government Agencies
The Shavlik Security Suite Government Edition provides the ideal solution for government agencies and global businesses to automate the systems management challenges most relevant to today's IT environments - asset discovery and inventory, patch and configuration management, compliance auditing, antivirus + antispyware, virtual machine management, and power management. Shavlik provides Enterprise IT capabilities without the enterprise cost or complexity.

The company's Government Edition products are Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)-validated and help customers achieve compliance with Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) and Information Assurance Vulnerability (IAV) alerts, bulletins, and technical advisories.

About Shavlik Technologies
Shavlik Technologies, LLC, is a leading provider of Cloud-based software for simplifying and automating IT operations. Shavlik helps organizations of all sizes to verify, secure and manage their physical, cloud-based and "partly cloudy" IT assets using technology that reduces the time-to-value for IT professionals from months to minutes. The company's NetChk and SaaS-based IT.shavlik.com products, enabled by its PatchCloud™ and OpsCloud™ infrastructures, are deployed in thousands of customers and millions endpoints worldwide to distribute, update and patch software, track physical and virtual assets, manage system configurations, control power usage and ensure endpoint security. Shavlik is also a trusted OEM partner to leading IT and virtualization software companies. More information can be found at www.shavlik.com.