July 13, 2005

DeepNines Awarded Prestigious Info Security "Best Deployment Scenario" Awards

DALLAS, TEXAS - DeepNines Technologies, a network security systems provider, was awarded three "Best Deployment Scenario" Awards by the Info Security Products Guide. The awards were given for customer case studies on the University of Georgia, Union Square Technology Group and Aspire.net, and Hamline University.

DALLAS, TEXAS - DeepNines Technologies, a network security systems provider, was awarded three "Best Deployment Scenario" Awards by the Info Security Products Guide. The awards were given for customer case studies on the University of Georgia, Union Square Technology Group and Aspire.net, and Hamline University.

The Info Security Product Guide Awards honor products, technologies and people that are shaping today's security industry, and the "Best Deployment Scenario," award winners were selected based on real-world solution deployments that had the most positive impact on customer security. DeepNines was able to win this prestigious award based on their capability in identifying the most critical business challenges and security issues for their customers and having the products and solutions to solve them.

"We are pleased that DeepNines has won this year's Best Deployment Scenario award," said Judy Shelton, group editor with Silicon Valley Communications, the publishers of Info Security Products Guide. "We evaluated each nominee's contribution to the security industry on a global scale. DeepNines demonstrated leadership and vision with their converged security appliance and illustrated three very successful deployments of their Security Edge Platform that provided complete security for their customers."

DeepNines Security Edge PlatformT (SEP) is a converged security appliance that integrates intelligent firewall, intrusion prevention, traffic management, anomaly and signature-based detection and best-of-breed anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-phishing and anti-spyware. The SEP is the first and only appliance that sits in front of the router to provide router security and protect from Denial of Service (DoS), Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), viruses, worms and blended threats at the network edge.

"The SEP has nearly 200 installations across the world, securing more than 4 million users," said Dan Jackson, president and COO of DeepNines. "The Info Security award is an excellent validation of what our customers already know ­ we can successfully deploy our converged security solution in any network to stop malicious traffic, secure the router and reduce bandwidth costs."

About Deep Nines Inc. DeepNines offers a scalable security platform for Global 2000 companies with a vertical market focus in education, government, telecommunications, energy and financial services. The DeepNines Security Edge PlatformT integrates intelligent firewall, intrusion prevention, best of breed secure content management functionality, forensics and reporting that operates outside the network infrastructure, improving organizations' security "deep into the nines." DeepNines' Security Edge Platform, the company's patent-pending security system, is a fully automated intrusion prevention and traffic management system and serves as the single, centralized network security system for an entire organization. The Security Edge Platform runs on Solaris and Linux platforms from Sun Microsystems. To learn more about Deep Nines visit www.deepnines.com.

About Info Security Products Guide Awards 2005 The Info Security Products Guide plays a vital role in keeping end-users informed of the choices they can make when it comes to protecting their digital resources. It is written expressly for those who are adamant on staying informed of security threats and the preventive measure they can take. You will discover a wealth of information in this guide including award winning case studies and deployment scenarios, people and technologies shaping info security and the best selling products. The Info Security Products Guide Awards 2005 recognizes and honors excellence in all areas of information security. To learn more, visit us at www.infosecurityproductsguide.com and stay secured.