Aelita Software Introduces InTrust 7.0 to Integrate Security Auditing and Monitoring; IT Audit Data Consolidation, Archiving and Analysis Key to Network Security.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2002

Aelita Software Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise management solutions for Windows-centric networks, today introduced Aelita InTrust, a security product that utilizes IT audit data to prevent intrusion, monitor policy and regulatory compliance, and document network security. The company also announced the immediate availability of InTrust Audit Advisor - a free tool to assist security administrators in determining their storage requirements for InTrust.

"The integrity and security of IT systems has become the number one priority for CIOs in almost every industry," said Ratmir Timashev, president and chief executive officer of Aelita Software. "With InTrust we are integrating security auditing and monitoring in a single solution so that organizations can better use the wealth of data that is generated by their systems and applications to ensure the security of their networks. Monitoring alone can't close the security gap that exists in terms of compliance management and security analysis. InTrust leverages our proven data consolidation and analysis technologies to close this gap, enabling security-conscious organizations to monitor, analyze and investigate security from a single console."

Representing the next generation of Aelita's proven EventAdmin product, InTrust delivers a comprehensive event auditing solution that can be implemented quickly and cost-effectively. It features over 1,000 pre-configured security reports and utilizes a sophisticated Reporting Console to generate, edit, analyze and distribute security data. The Console supports OLAP services, Web-based report distribution, and automatic notification of out-of-norm data.

Raymond James (Financial Services) & Associates, member New York Stock Exchange/SIPC, is using InTrust to consolidate logs from 300 servers across a network that supports 12,000 affiliated users worldwide. "Collecting and analyzing IT data is an important part of our overall security program," said David Bryant, Senior Information Security Engineer at Raymond James. "Aelita understood our requirement to consolidate and analyze logs from our remote locations from both a security and systems management perspective. InTrust has become one of our main sources of security information and alerting. It is an integral part of our overall security infrastructure."

InTrust Audit Advisor is a security utility Aelita is making available free through its Web site (www.aelita.com). It enables organizations to quickly determine storage requirements for archiving IT audit data as well as identify systems that are not compliant with industry standard security policies, such as those published by SANS and the NSA, or company specific policies.

Real-time monitoring capabilities for InTrust are expected to be available by the end of first quarter 2003. Security policy definition and management capabilities will also be added to InTrust. With these capabilities, Aelita InTrust will provide a comprehensive approach to information based security, integrating security monitoring, analysis, report generation, and policy management through a single console.

Working in concert with Aelita's Enterprise Directory Reporter and Enterprise Directory Manager, InTrust enables organizations to proactively protect data from threats coming from inside and outside the network. Enterprise Directory Reporter provides a directory change management solution that enables security officers to track directory changes through the InTrust Reporting Console. Enterprise Directory Manager delivers a secure "rules and roles" approach to administration management that ensures the directory is populated consistent with corporate rules and that administrators have privileges appropriate to their roles.

About Aelita Software Corporation:

Aelita Software, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for software products, provides comprehensive Windows-centric enterprise management solutions that focus on migration, provisioning, security, and backup and recovery. Aelita solutions improve the usability and security of Windows 2000, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange and .NET infrastructures, while also extending Windows-centric network management to multi-platform enterprises. Recent Aelita innovations include ZeroIMPACT(TM) technology migration, the first full-featured Active Directory recovery solution, and a new approach to security and operations management that is enabling network managers, security directors and CIOs to use operating and security data in new ways. Aelita Software is headquartered in the United States, with offices worldwide. Contact Aelita at [phone] or [e-mail]. For more information on Aelita, go to www.aelita.com.