Solution Enables Enterprise Customers to Accurately and Effectively Respond to Network Security Information in Real-time

(ALISO VIEJO, CA) December 22, 2003 — eEye Digital Security, a leading developer of enterprise security software solutions, and e-Security, Inc., the leading global provider of enterprise security management (ESM) software, today announced the development of an integrated enterprise threat management solution. Integrating vulnerability data from eEye’s Retina Network Security Scanner with e-Security’s real-time management console, the solution enables organizations to quickly identify attacks and vulnerabilities in real-time.

The Retina Network Security Scanner will scan every machine on a corporate network and immediately make that information available to the e-Security ESM console, ensuring that network administrators have the most accurate and timely information available for prioritizing resources for vulnerability remediation.

"This partnership delivers a solution that allows IT security professionals to focus on the critical threats to their network, not false alarms,” said Firas Raouf, COO of eEye Digital Security. "Leveraging our open architecture, the combination of our award winning network scanning technology with e-Security’s comprehensive event management of network security systems allows customers to allocate their security resources to best respond to threats.”

eEye's Enterprise Vulnerability Assessment combines process and technology into a single, effective solution allowing security professionals to create and enforce security policies, perform regular audits, remediate issues, verify corrective actions, and report on the entire network threat reduction process. This enterprise security workflow allows for the utmost in efficiency when identifying and managing security threats.

e-Security’s ESM solution delivers comprehensive security event management via a central console, enabling large enterprises and government agencies to view the status of all of their security information and alerts in one place, and then report on that entire picture. This ensures comprehensive protection of a heterogeneous security environment to protect critical information assets, enabling organizations to pass audits and be more effective in their IT security operations.

"Customers require a real-time solution for effectively analyzing and managing the security events occurring within their enterprise,” said Julian Waits, vice president of business development at e-Security, Inc. “Combining eEye’s vulnerability assessment data with the real-time security information of e-Security, organizations can increase their efficiency in remediating the most detrimental network security threats first. “

About e-Security, Inc.
e-Security, Inc. is the leading global provider of software for Enterprise Security Management. The company works with large enterprises, government organizations, and managed security service providers (MSSPs) to help them increase the effectiveness and efficiency of their security operations and improve compliance with security policies. e-Security pioneered the ESM market in 1999 and has the largest installed base of ESM customers.. For more information about e-Security, please visit www.esecurity.net.

About eEye Digital Security

eEye Digital Security is the global leader in a new class of security solutions: comprehensive vulnerability management and zero-day endpoint security protection. eEye enables secure computing through world-renowned research and innovative technology, supplying the world's largest businesses with an integrated and research-driven vulnerability assessment, intrusion prevention, and client security solution. eEye's research team is consistently the first to identify new threats in the wild and our products leverage that research to deliver the insights and tools necessary to protect our customer's operating environments. For more information, please visit http://www.eeye.com

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