January 29, 2003

Deepnines Technologies and Network Associates to deliver integrated security solution

DALLAS, TEXAS - DeepNines Technologies, a leading enterprise network security company, and McAfee Security, a division of Network Associates (NYSE: NET), today announced an agreement to offer enterprise customers an integrated attack mitigation, intrusion prevention and anti-virus solution that sits inline, in front of the router. This relationship will provide customers with a technology that adds a new layer of protection from Internet threats by stopping blended attacks before they reach the network.

McAfee Security is an important partner for DeepNines because of the companys long-standing leadership position in the anti-virus marketplace, said Dan Jackson, president of DeepNines Technologies. McAfee shares our mission to provide customers with unequaled integrated security solutions that protect corporate data from internal and external threats.

As an in-line device sitting in front of the router, Sleuth9 detects and prevents cyber attacks from entering or leaving a network, while providing security professionals with complete access control features and intrusion prevention functionality. The integration of McAfee scanning technology into the Sleuth9 Security System places anti-virus protection outside of the perimeter of the network, enabling the solution to prevent viruses before they can attack a computing device inside an organization. The integrated solution will be available in Q1 of 2003.

By combining attack mitigation, intrusion prevention and anti-virus protection into a single solution that sits in front of the router, DeepNines and McAfee Security provide customers with multiple layers of protection, said Art Matin, president of McAfee, a Network Associates Business. McAfee Security's partnership with DeepNines reflects our commitment to protecting customers from the threat of viruses and other forms of malicious code at all points of the network.

About McAfee Security McAfee Security is a product division of Network Associates, Inc. that protects businesses from security breaches, virus attacks and blended threats. McAfee Security provides comprehensive network protection through industry leading anti-virus, encryption, desktop firewall, intrusion detection, viral vulnerability assessment and online managed services. All McAfee Security products and services are backed by the world-leading anti-virus research organization, AVERTÃ" (Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team), the team responsible for providing cures for major outbreaks like LoveLetter, CodeRed and Nimda. For more information, McAfee Security can be reached at 888-VIRUS-NO, and on the Internet at http://www.mcafeesecurity.com/

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Contact Information: For more information regarding this announcement contact James F. O'Gara at 214-616-6226 or jogara@itsonmessage.com

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, forensics and reporting. It 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 signature and behavior-based, intrusion prevention and traffic management system preventing known and unknown attacks from entering an organization's network. The Security Edge Platform runs on Solaris and Linux platforms from Sun Microsystems. To learn more about Deep Nines visit www.deepnines.com.