Intellinx Signs IDI to Promote Security Software in the Northeast

Published: August 29, 2006

by Alex Woodie

Security software vendor Intellinx and Information Design Inc. (IDI), a systems integrator based in Connecticut, have teamed up to offer Intellinx's user activity monitoring software to medium-to-large sized IBM customers in the Northeast, the companies announced last week.

The Intellinx product, which was spun out into its own company following the acquisition of Sabratec by Software AG in 2005, is designed to allow large enterprises to track all user activity occurring on back-office systems, including iSeries servers, mainframes, and other transactional systems commonly used in the financial services industry. The product accomplishes this by using patented and agent-less "sniffer" technology to capture all screen displays, keystrokes, and messages communicated between workstations and servers, which is then compressed and stored on an Intel-based database server.

The signing of IDI as a distributor expands the potential user base for Intellinx, which is headquartered in Israel and has an office in New York City. Ian Kinkade, IDI's CEO, says he immediately saw the potential benefit of the Intellinx product for his company's security practice when he first saw the product.

"Throughout many engagements at customer sites, the insider threat has always been an issue and is now one of the most challenging tasks on the CISO [chief information security officer] agenda," Kinkade says. "The Intellinx solution opens a new dimension to auditors and information security officers offering unparalleled visibility to user activity at the application level."

Yovel Badash, Intellinx's vice president of U.S. operations, says IDI's expertise makes it a valued partner: "We are excited about partnering with IDI to raise awareness of the severity of the insider threat crisis facing large organizations today," he says.

For more information on Intellinx, what the product does, and how it works, see "Intellinx Keeps an Eye on Internal Security Threats".