SRI International Licenses EMERALD Network Intrusion Detection Patents to IBM

MENLO PARK, Calif., March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SRI International and IBM announced today that they have entered into a license agreement under which SRI will non-exclusively license to IBM SRI's "EMERALD" network intrusion detection patents. The patents relate to sophisticated network security technology originally developed by SRI for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – popularly known as DARPA – in the late 1990s. The financial terms of the license were not disclosed.

"SRI is gratified that IBM has chosen to license the EMERALD technology," said William Mark, vice president of SRI's Information and Computer Sciences Division. "As a nonprofit research institute, SRI's public benefit mission, as well as its long-term financial security, depends on its ability to transition technologies to the marketplace. The current license to IBM, as well as the EMERALD licenses we entered into with Symantec Corporation last year, further demonstrates the importance of SRI's network intrusion detection architecture to the world's leading computer security firms."

About International Business Machines Corporation
IBM's security portfolio provides the security intelligence to help organizations holistically protect their people, data, applications and infrastructure. IBM offers solutions for identity and access management, security information and event management, database security, application development, risk management, endpoint management, next-generation intrusion protection and more. IBM operates one of the world's broadest security research and development, and delivery organizations, including 10 security operations centers in the United States.

About SRI International
Innovations from SRI International have created new industries, billions of dollars of marketplace value, and lasting benefits to society—touching our lives every day. SRI, a nonprofit research and development institute based in Silicon Valley, brings its innovations to the marketplace through technology licensing, new products, and spin-off ventures. Government and business clients come to SRI for pioneering R&D and solutions in computing and communications, chemistry and materials, education, energy, health and pharmaceuticals, national defense, robotics, sensing, and more. Visit sri.com for more information.

SOURCE SRI International

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