Internet Security Systems, Inc. (ISS) today announced the company's entry into the security appliance market with the introduction of its Proventia(TM) family of network protection appliances. Internet Security Systems' Proventia appliances are an integral component of ISS' Dynamic Threat Protection(TM) enterprise security platform, providing customers with maximum protection for the best value. Proventia appliances will feature unified, multi-function protection capabilities designed to identify and prevent all forms of attack with minimal user intervention. They are optimized for the most demanding network environments yet easy to deploy, easy to use and centrally managed, making them extremely cost-effective.
Today, ISS also introduced the first line in the Proventia product family, the Proventia A Series. ISS intends to deliver additional Proventia appliance series with ever-increasing protection and prevention capabilities including inline prevention at multi-gigabit speeds in the next quarter. By the end of 2003, ISS expects to introduce a series of Proventia appliances that unifies multi-function protection technologies including inline prevention, firewall, VPN, gateway anti-virus and spam filtering into a single appliance managed by one, central management system. This series is designed to eliminate the need for managing and maintaining such technologies in multiple standalone forms.
"ISS' Proventia appliances are intended to give customers a single point of protection to prevent all forms of attack, eliminating the need for standalone firewalls, gateway anti-virus and other traditional point technologies that alone fail to provide complete protection against today's complex threats," said Tom Noonan, Internet Security Systems' president and chief executive. "With Proventia, we are simplifying the role of security for our customers, enabling them to focus on their core business operations with the peace of mind that they are protected by ISS."
Proventia appliances are based on ISS' market-leading protection technology. Backed by ISS' world-renowned X-Force(TM) research and development team, this technology combines advanced protocol analysis with a large library of pattern-matching algorithms to protect against threats that other intrusion detection systems, standalone firewalls and anti-virus products never even see. ISS' ability to accurately detect threats lays the foundation for Proventia's inline prevention capabilities and sets it apart from other inline products that plague enterprises by erroneously blocking legitimate traffic.
"By 2007 we believe that roughly 80 percent of all security products will be delivered in an appliance," said Charles Kolodgy, research director at IDC. "ISS has enjoyed success as the worldwide market leader in the network intrusion detection software market and is it effectively positioning itself to succeed in the security appliance market with its launch of Proventia."
ISS Proventia Appliances A Series Inline Multi- series function series Maximum Aggregate Bandwidth 1200 Mbps 2000 Mbps Gigabit TBD Maximum Protected Segments 4 1 Multiple TBD Based on RealSecure Technology X X X DDoS Protection X X X Inline Prevention X X Stateful Packet Filter Firewall X X Stateful Application Firewall X X VPN Gateway X Gateway Anti-virus X Spam Filter X Centralized Management X X X Expected Availability in the Americas Today Q3 2003 Q4 2003 Centrally Managed by ISS SiteProtector Management System
Proventia appliances complement ISS' existing RealSecure(R) products and share common management through ISS' SiteProtector(TM) centralized management system. The SiteProtector management system enables customers to control, monitor and analyze events from all ISS network, server and desktop protection offerings with minimal staffing and operational costs. ISS also provides optional X-Force Managed Protection Services for Proventia customers who prefer to utilize their internal resources elsewhere and let ISS' experts monitor and manage their systems 24/7.
As with all ISS offerings, Proventia appliances receive automatic X- Press(TM) Update product enhancements from security intelligence gathered and analyzed by the X-Force. These updates can be centrally deployed and provide Proventia appliances with the most up-to-date and first-to-know protection possible. To learn more, visit http://www.iss.net/proventia .
About Internet Security Systems, Inc.
Internet Security Systems, Inc. (ISS) is a world leader in Dynamic Threat Protection products and services that protect critical information assets from an ever-changing spectrum of threats and misuse. Products from Internet Security Systems dynamically detect, prevent and respond to sophisticated threats to networks, servers and desktops. Services include 24/7 system monitoring, emergency response and access to the X-Force, Internet Security Systems' renowned research an development team. Internet Security Systems is the trusted security provider for more than 11,000 corporate customers, including all of the Fortune 50, the top 10 largest U.S. securities firms, 10 of the world's largest telecommunications companies and major agencies and departments within U.S. local, state and federal governments. Headquartered in Atlanta, Internet Security Systems has additional operations throughout the Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Middle East. For more information, visit the Internet Security Systems Web site at http://www.iss.net/ or call 888-901-7477.
This release, other than historical information, includes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Some of these forward-looking statements include those describing future products and attributes of products not yet released. The risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: the level of demand for ISS' products; product and price competition; ISS' ability to develop new and enhanced products; the extent to which unauthorized access to and use of online information is perceived as a threat to network security; customer budgets; the assertion of infringement claims with respect to ISS' intellectual property; and risks concerning the rapid change of technology; and general economic factors. These risks and others are discussed in ISS' periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings can be obtained either by contacting ISS Investor Relations or through the Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site at "http://www.sec.gov/".
Internet Security Systems, Proventia, Dynamic Threat Protection, X-Force are trademarks and RealSecure is a registered trademark of Internet Security Systems, Inc. All other companies and products mentioned are trademarks and property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Player Pate of Internet Security Systems, +1-404-236-4018, or ppate@iss.net ; or Jackie Saccone of Cohn & Wolfe, +1-212-798-9518, or jaclyn_saccone@nyc.cohnwolfe.com , for Internet Security Systems ; or At RSA Conference, Samantha Black of Internet Security Systems, mobile, +1-404-229-6236, or office, +1-404-236-2970, or sblack@iss.net ; or Adam Paige of Cohn & Wolfe, mobile, +1-646-391-6659, or office, +1-212-798-9833, or adam_paige@nyc.cohnwolfe.com , for Internet Security Systems
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