Quest Software Public Sector Joins TSCP

HERNDON, Va., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Software Public Sector, Inc., a subsidiary of Quest Software, has joined Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP) in the silver membership category. Quest Software is the latest to recognize the role TSCP plays in developing and deploying secure information-sharing solutions in highly sensitive environments, and commit to contributing to the integration and adoption of TSCP standards.

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Quest Software brings more than 23 years of experience to TSCP. The company provides innovative solutions in the areas of cybersecurity, information technology consolidation and virtualization for federal, state and local government agencies, as well higher education institutions.  The company expects to be at the forefront of advancing innovation and setting global standards in information security through its membership in TSCP.

"With cybersecurity and identity and access management being some of Quest Software's key business and thought leadership areas, we're eager to collaborate with TSCP in helping design solutions to information security challenges worldwide," said Paul Garver, president and chief executive officer of Quest Software Public Sector. "Joining TSCP and leveraging its information-sharing resources will enable us to better equip our federal customers with the most reliable, cutting-edge security technologies on the market and to effectively foresee and prevent security breaches," he added.

As security threats to critical assets around the world increase and become more sophisticated, the need for a common, robust approach to ensuring the protection of information escalates. Meeting this need is the core mission of TSCP – the aerospace and defense (A&D) consortium dedicated to identifying, prioritizing, developing and testing requirements for all aspects of information-sharing – from identity management and Secure E-mail to document sharing with identity federation.

"We're pleased to welcome Quest Software Public Sector to TSCP," said Keith Ward, TSCP chairman. "We strongly believe that with all parties working together toward a common goal, we can reduce the risk of information security breaches, accelerate secure information sharing across A&D organizations, and reduce overall program costs."

TSCP members include global government and defense agencies, leading A&D companies, and solutions providers. For more information about membership, contact JP Calderon at [email protected].

About TSCP

TSCP is the only global government-industry partnership specifically focused on designing solutions to address the most critical issues facing the A&D industry: mitigating the compliance, complexity, cost and IT security risks inherent in large-scale, multi-national collaborative programs. TSCP was founded in 2002, and has delivered several specifications and guidance documents on securing A&D supply chain data. The group today focuses on identity federation policies and governance. TSCP is open to government organizations, prime contractors, integrators, suppliers and member trade groups. For more information, please visit www.tscp.org.

About Quest Software, Inc.

Quest Software (Nasdaq: QSFT) simplifies and reduces the cost of managing IT for more than 100,000 customers worldwide. Our innovative solutions make solving the toughest IT management problems easier, enabling customers to save time and money across physical, virtual and cloud environments.  For more information about Quest solutions for application management, database management, Windows management, virtualization management, and IT management, go to www.quest.com. 

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