October 10, 2003

Deepnines' Sleuth9 Security System immediately stops

The intrusion prevention solution with integrated best-of-breed anti-virus technology stops known attacks such as MSBlast, Sobig, and Nachi, along with other unknown, complex attacks.

DALLAS, TEXAS - DeepNines Technologies, a leading enterprise network security company, today announced its Sleuth9 Security System is capable of stopping known viruses and worms and mitigating the effects of zero-day attacks using its patent-pending network protection technology. Sleuth9 customers were not impacted by the latest series of network attacks including Slammer, MSBlast, Sobig, and Nachi. Sleuth9 sits inline, invisible, in front of the router to protect corporate networks from an ever-growing number of known and unknown attacks. According to CERT, in 2002 the number of security incidents reported by companies totaled 82,094. In Q1 and Q2 of 2003 alone, there have been 76,404 security incidents reported. These numbers reflect the increasing number of complex, blended attacks that organizations must combat on a daily basis.

"The fact is we must extend perimeter security to include the router, stop these attacks from entering or exiting the network and provide an intelligent solution that can detect and prevent the unknown attacks as well as the known attacks. With Sleuth9, DeepNines is arming companies with a hardened layer of perimeter security." said Dan Jackson, DeepNines' president and COO. "By providing an integrated security platform, we have created a cost effective solution that can deliver an immediate return by protecting your technology infrastructure and business. It is imperative that IT professionals look at their current network security infrastructure and ask themselves if the security devices they have in place are truly armed to combat the new generation of network attacks."

Sleuth9 is designed to stop complex, blended attacks at the edge of the network. The solution sits inline, is invisible to network hackers and uses a multi-method inspection process on all ports and protocols. Unlike signature based solutions, Sleuth9 stops known and zero-day attacks, in its default configuration, using traffic and anomaly heuristics on all incoming and outgoing network traffic at the packet level. Sleuth9's unique behavior monitors and patent-pending Adaptive Rate Control functionality mitigate the effects of zero-day attacks before they can take down any critical network or application. By integrating best-of-breed virus protection and intrusion prevention at the edge of the network, DeepNines is the only solution that can detect and stop blended threats at the edge before they enter or exit a network. Sleuth9 also keeps Trojans, worms, and viruses out of the network providing an extra layer of protection.

Availability The Sleuth9 Security System can be purchased through DeepNines Field Sales Team or Authorized Resellers. Call 214-273-6996 or contact sales@deepnines.com for more information.

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.