September 16, 2003

Deepnines announces that the Sleuth9 Security System will be showcased at the 2003 Sun network conference

SAN FRANCISCO - Sun Network 2003 Conference and Pavilion -- September 17, 2003 -- DeepNines Technologies, a leading enterprise network security company, today announced that the Sleuth9 Security System has been selected to be demonstrated at the 2003 SunNetwork Conference during the keynote address Wednesday, September 17th, at 9:00am by Mark Tolliver, Sun's Chief Strategy Officer. Sleuth9 is an integrated intrusion prevention and anti-virus solution that sits inline, invisibly, in front of the router to prevent DoS, DDoS, port scans, Trojan horses, self-propagating worms and viruses, as well as other known or unknown attacks from entering or leaving a network. Sleuth 9 is currently available as an appliance on Solaris SPARC with the Operating System hardened for security.

DeepNines also announced that it will release a version of the Sleuth9 Security System which will support Solaris x86, in October of 2003. In addition, DeepNines announced that Sleuth9 will also run on the new Sun Fire V250 server, a secure and reliable two-processor tower server from Sun Microsystems.

"By combining Sleuth9 and the secure, reliable computing power from Sun, small and large enterprises can take advantage of our world-class security solution," said Dan Jackson, DeepNines' president and COO. " The new Sun Fire V250 provides Sleuth9 customers with even more options for secure, reliable and low-cost computing."

"DeepNines provides customers with a proactive, intelligent, intrusion prevention and anti-virus solution that stops complex, blended threats," stated Manish Bhuptani, Director, Network Services, Market Development. "With Sleuth9 on Solaris/SPARC and Solaris x86, large and small companies can be confident they have a robust solution for network security."

Sleuth9 Security System is available from select Sun iForce Partners that are Certified DeepNines Resellers including: AC Technologies, Applied Computing Systems, Commercial Data Systems, Dynamic Systems, Eakins Open Systems, FusionStorm, Northrop Grumman, and Paragon Systems.

DeepNines Reseller Partners, Applied Computing Systems and FusionStorm, will be demonstrating Sleuth9 in Booth IS-133 and Booth BT-144 during the 2003 SunNetwork Conference September 16th-18th, 2003 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, CA.

Availability The Sleuth9 Security System and the Sun Fire V250 can be purchased through DeepNines' Direct Sales Team and Certified DeepNines Resellers. Call 214-273-6996 or contact sales@deepnines.com for more information. To learn more about Sun Microsystems and Sun Fire servers, go to www .sun.com.

About The SunNetwork 2003 Conference The SunNetwork 2003 Conference and Pavilion is the only conference 100 percent dedicated to showcasing end-to-end solutions from Sun and our iForce partners. SunNetwork 2003 will provide information and insights through more than 200 education and technical sessions about products and innovations designed to reduce the cost and complexity of network computing. More information about Sun Network 2003 and registration is available online at http://sunnetwork.sun.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.