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Lancope Announces StealthWatch 3.0 For Enhanced Enterprise-Wide Security and Improved Manageability

Leading Intrusion Detection System Provides Intelligent Protection For Networks and Hosts

ATLANTA, Ga., April 14, 2003 - Lancope, Inc., the leading provider of Advanced Threat Protection solutions, today announced StealthWatch™ v3.0, an innovative behavior-based Intrusion Detection System (IDS). StealthWatch enables users to rapidly identify, prioritize and respond to malicious network and host behavior by dynamically detecting deviations from normal traffic patterns and acceptable security policies. The latest version provides enhanced network and host level security through improved policy management and enforcement as well as insightful visualization of network intelligence.

"StealthWatch sets new standards for security, manageability and performance," said Harland LaVigne, president and CEO of Lancope. "By delivering comprehensive real time intelligence and detection capabilities across network, security and IT assets, StealthWatch bridges the gap between network and host-based IDSs and dramatically reduces the administrative burden associated with effectively managing security."

Walter Pritchard, software analyst with SoundView Technology Group, stated in a recent report, "Security buying centers remain fairly distinct between those that deal with networks, servers and desktops. This split will lead to a challenge for any vendor trying to leverage their position across the multiple buying centers."

"Lancope recognizes this challenge and has incorporated functionality in StealthWatch v3.0 to answer this market need. Unlike many security solutions, StealthWatch synthesizes the efforts of security, network and IT teams by offering unparalleled insight into host activities for policy enforcement," added LaVigne. "StealthWatch's continuous measurement, correlation and analysis of network behavior enable these teams to work collaboratively to ensure business continuity and protect intellectual property."

"This investment endorses Lancope's position as a pioneer in the enterprise network security market," said Harland LaVigne, president and CEO of Lancope. "With the combined resources of our investors, the tremendous customer response to our technology and our early market leadership, Lancope will fully capitalize on the momentum that we have created in the market."

StealthWatch delivers new significant features:

Advanced "Group and Policies"

Through StealthWatch v3.0's advanced Groups & Policies feature, users can create virtual security zones by grouping hosts with similar network and application behaviors for effective hierarchal management of host profiles. This new feature dramatically enhances the ability to create, assess and enforce network and security policies across the enterprise, while significantly reducing complexity in managing host level security. In addition to greater control and manageability, this feature also improves detection of malicious activity and policy violations that pose security risks.

Enhanced Visualization of Network Behavior

StealthWatch v3.0 offers enhanced visualization of detailed information that is collected about traffic and behavior across the network. This enhanced visualization provides immediate detection of Denial of Service attacks, discovery of suspicious trends in network traffic, greater understanding of network activities and real time network troubleshooting. This enables the user to immediately identify and contain attacks and malicious activity as well as optimize network performance.

StealthWatch v3.0 will be generally available in second quarter 2003. Pricing for StealthWatch G1, which handles high-speed traffic of up to one Gbps, begins at $35,000. Pricing for StealthWatch M100, which is capable of handling traffic at speeds up to 100 Mbps, begins at $20,000.

About Lancope and StealthWatch™

Founded in 2000, Lancope is the leading provider of next-generation network integrity solutions that deliver behavior-based threat defense, policy enforcement and insightful network intelligence. With integrated visibility across network security, traffic characteristics and host-level activity, Lancope's StealthWatch solutions provide unparalleled network protection and optimization. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria certified, StealthWatch has received numerous accolades. Most recently StealthWatch received a 5-star rating for technology excellence from CRN Magazine. In addition, StealthWatch has received the Innovation In Infrastructure Award from eWeek and PC Magazine and was honored "Most Impressive" by eWeek. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, Lancope protects the critical assets of today's sophisticated enterprises. For more information, visit www.lancope.com.

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