Barclays Bank Selects Shavlik Technologies' Solution for Patch and Security Configuration Management.

Shavlik and Satisnet Team to Ill Immediate Need for Fast and Accurate Patch Status and Configuration Policy Enforcement for Global Banking Leader

ST. PAUL, Minn. & LONDON -- Shavlik Technologies, LLC, a leading automated vulnerability and security configuration management provider, today announced that Barclay's, one of the largest financial services companies in the world, selected Shavlik's NetChk[TM] Protect for its UK network patch scanning requirements, and Shavlik NetChk[TM] Compliance to scan, remediate and report on network configuration policy status. Both solutions were selected on the basis on their rapid assessment and remediation management, and accuracy in determining the security status of Barclay's enterprise network.

The project is being led by Satisnet, Shavlik's Premier Partner in the UK. The initial contract covers Barclay's network in the United Kingdom - over 60,000 systems - with potential for worldwide deployment. Barclay's turned to Shavlik Technologies after determining other market solutions lacked the ease of installation, speed and accuracy required for the company's patch scanning and configuration management requirements.

"Both of Shavlik's solutions more than proved themselves over the course of the Barclay's validation testing for proof of concept," said John McGinley, sales director, Satisnet. "Shavlik provides a more accurate picture of the network's security status so the customer can rapidly accommodate patch deployment and configuration management in a timely manner. Shavlik NetChk Protect outperformed the competition in the areas of patch detection intelligence, patch status reporting, ease of use and value. Shavlik NetChk Compliance outshined the competition in automation of policy and baseline development, policy enforcement, and audit-ready reporting. No other solutions were seriously considered."

"We are pleased that Barclay's selected Shavlik's latest solutions to solve their policy and compliance challenges," said Mark Shavlik, president and CEO of Shavlik Technologies. "Everyday, we talk to more enterprise customers who need a simpler way to answer the question, 'How secure am I?' and quickly determine which systems on their networks are in or out of compliance with defined policy. We are able to provide our customers with easy to use security solutions that reduce their overall risk and increase their organization's audit readiness."

The Shavlik NetChk Protect provides integrated patch management and application control. The solution offers a simpler more automated approach to enterprise vulnerability management, while at the same time addressing the needs of the larger enterprise with features such as support for high distributed environments, flexible deployment options, rich reporting capability, and up to the minute assessment data.

Shavlik NetChk Compliance is a policy management solution that scans for, compares, and enforces security settings on the network. The solution simplifies and automates policy and security configuration management, and includes policy mapping support to map selected policies to established industry best practices.

About Shavlik Technologies

Shavlik Technologies, LLC is the market leader in the simplification of complex enterprise network configuration, compliance and security. Shavlik's solutions support an organization's need for Active Vulnerability Management - the automated and continual process for preventing, detecting, and removing critical security threats from corporate networks while maintaining policy-driven security configurations.

Founded in 1993, Shavlik Technologies is the de facto industry standard for patch management solutions. With more than 10,000 customers worldwide, Shavlik is trusted to provide the most up-to-date security patch data and the most comprehensive discovery capability to maintain a customer's overall network security integrity. Company CEO Mark Shavlik is a founder of the patch management industry as he teamed with Microsoft in 1999 to create the patch engine for Microsoft Base Security Analyzer (MBSA). This technology is still used by an installed base of millions of users across the globe. Shavlik also licenses its technology to more than 20 leading security companies such as IBM, BMC, Symantec and iPass. Shavlik's products have won multiple awards from leading industry trade journals. For more information, contact Shavlik at www.shavlik.com or call 1-800-690-6911 or [phone].

About Satisnet

Founded in 2000, Satisnet has developed into a pan-European Group specializing in IT and Network Security, providing Sales, Marketing, Support, and Training Services. Satisnet is the leading Security Systems Integrator and the Trusted Security Partner for many of the FTSE 250. As a specialist in information systems security, our expertise lies in identifying, analyzing and minimizing network and system security risks and offering comprehensive solutions that address the total IT requirements of our customers, allowing them to grow and achieve their business goals securely. Satisnet has been instrumental in introducing some of the leading technologies and services into EMEA and continues to research new technologies and bring them to market.

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