August 17, 2006

DeepNines Wins 2006 InfoSecurity Best Deployment Scenario in Education Award

DALLAS (August 17, 2006) - DeepNines Technologies, a network security solutions provider, announced today that Info Security Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication and the world's leading publication on security-related products and technologies has named the Highland Park, TX Independent School District (ISD) case study, a winner of the 2006 Best Deployment Scenario Award in Education.

This prestigious award recognizes security vendors with advanced, ground-breaking network security solutions that are helping set the bar higher for others in all areas of information security. The Highland Park ISD case study was selected by the editors of Info Security Products Guide based on real world solution deployments making the most positive impact on security in today's highly sophisticated and blended attacks environment.

Highland Park ISD was faced with the challenge of students using web proxies to circumvent current security devices and access pornography, instant messaging, peer-to-peer and other inappropriate applications and content. Highland Park's current security solutions only looked at a limited number of ports and protocols, and therefore were easily circumvented. In just a six-week time period, DeepNines blocked a total of 6,731,202 different violations on Highland Park's network, and improved network performance by an estimated 22%, saving 926 Kbps of bandwidth per second on peer-to-peer downloads alone. To read more about this winning case study, please visit InfoSecurity Case Study

DeepNines Security Edge Platform (SEP) can detect and block unwanted proxy connections, obscene material, online gaming, peer-to-peer file sharing and instant messaging services on any port, with any IP address. The SEP is a unified threat management (UTM) device that also secures the entire network by providing denial of service (DOS) protection, anti-virus, intrusion prevention and firewall functionality. It complements the existing network infrastructure by stopping unwanted traffic that is allowed by typical point security solutions, and ensuring that all wanted traffic passes through the security and hardware devices that are already in place. The SEP provides complete network visibility, control and security.

"With our solution's ability to look at every port and protocol, we are able to completely block access to inappropriate content. We sit invisibly inline and inspect all network traffic, so even the most tech savvy students cannot find a work-around," said Dan Jackson, president and COO of DeepNines Technologies. "This award further validates our commitment to customers that our products and solutions are amongst the best in the industry."

About Silicon Valley Communications Awards Info Security Products Guide, published by Silicon Valley Communications, 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 tomorrow's technology today, best deployment scenarios, people and technologies shaping info security and independent product evaluations that facilitate in making the most pertinent security decisions. The Info Security Products Guide Awards recognize and honor excellence in all areas of information security based upon the highest customer trust and satisfaction. To learn more, visit www.infosecurityproductsguide.com and stay secured.

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 PlatformT runs on Solaris and Linux platforms from Sun Microsystems. To learn more about Deep Nines visit www.deepnines.com.