Tresys Technology Announces the Release of the SELinux Policy IDE Version 1.1

Columbia, Maryland–April 18, 2007 – Tresys Technology, a leader in network security technology and services and a primary contributor to Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux), has released version 1.1 of SLIDE, an integrated development environment (IDE) for SELinux policy developers and integrators.  Tresys SLIDE, a free, open-source project, provides features that make writing and testing SELinux policies easier.  SLIDE is designed for use with Reference Policy, another open-source project by Tresys that has become the standard for SELinux security policy development.  The new version of SLIDE provides enhancements to the development interface, such as indicating disabled interfaces, and supports the latest version of SETools.

The SLIDE project is just one of several Tresys-developed open source technologies for SELinux.  For more information on SLIDE and other Tresys open source SELinux technologies, visit oss.tresys.com.

About Tresys Technology

Tresys Technology is a principal open source contributor to Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux), with an emphasis on making SELinux easier to use and manage. In addition to its extensive Secure Linux technology development, services, and training experience, Tresys is developing the Tresys Brickwall™ and Tresys Razor™ suite of products to allow Linux users and administrators to easily leverage the power of SELinux. Tresys also provides business and government organizations with expert security engineering services, including security testing, evaluation and certification support, cryptographic solutions, and security technology innovation. For more information, visit www.tresys.com.