BindView CEO Opens Annual Customer Forum Urging Adoption of Risk Management Lifecycle to Guard Against Proliferation of Vulnerabilities.

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Insight 03

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2003

Insight 03 Opens Today with 400 Attendees, Multiple Keynotes, New

Automation and Best Practices Demos, and Industry Visionaries on the

Future of Technology and IT Risk Management

Committed to helping organizations effectively manage the security of business-critical infrastructures, BindView Corp. (NASDAQ: BVEW) kicked off Insight 03, its annual customer forum, being held today through Oct. 17 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. With more than 400 participants attending, including customers, partners and consultants, BindView Founder, President and CEO Eric Pulaski opened the conference underscoring the need for organizations to take a risk management lifecycle approach toward hardening business-critical infrastructures against a bevy of known security problems, as well as the proliferation of new, more virulent security vulnerabilities making their way across the Internet.

Welcoming attendees, Pulaski noted "Today, public and private sector organizations face the dual challenge of establishing repeatable processes to assure regulatory compliance and ultimately a secure IT infrastructure, as well as the ability to quickly react to breaking security threats as they occur." Citing industry survey and trend results, Pulaski detailed an evolving worldwide IT ecosystem, what works and what doesn't from a security perspective, and best practices for managing to an organization's risk tolerance.

The risk management lifecycle will be a theme echoed throughout Insight 03. The collegial, collaborative forum includes presentations, demonstrations and business-oriented keynotes from experts like futurist Dr. Michio Kaku and Warren Featherbone CEO Gus Whalen, offering new tools, techniques and methodologies that will allow participants to leave with actionable plans to help safeguard their business-critical infrastructures.

Visionary Discusses How Technology Will Transform Business in 2020

In a separate keynote address today, world-renowned theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku shared observations on the future of business with comments aimed at helping customers identify and understand the impact of change on the technology and business landscape.

In his remarks, Kaku offered a futurist's view of how technology will change the way organizations conduct business. "Though technology and the Internet provide a vehicle to change the business landscape, the creativity and intellectual capital of individuals within the organization provides the engine for propelling business forward. Every individual can help build the infrastructure for the future by coupling analysis and wisdom with the seamless communication and possibilities presented with new technologies," stated Kaku.

New Capabilities for BindView Vulnerability Management Solutions

Insight 03 also provides a forum for BindView to showcase significant updates to its products. BindView RMS Console & Information Server, an interface designed to improve usability and extend the reporting functionality for BindView's suite of Vulnerability Management solutions is one such example. New customization and automation capabilities available in RMS Console 7.30 allow customers to obtain a complete view of network vulnerability data, increasing their ability to make timely and strategic risk management decisions.

New features to the RMS Console debuting at Insight 03 include:

-- Enhanced Notification: Customers receive automatic violation

alerts when policies do not meet their internal standards.

-- Improved Usability: Key additions for customers include new

report management, a simple scheduling wizard and improved

installation using Windows Installer.

-- Better Decision Making & Prioritization: Measuring against a

static baseline, customers can now quickly track changes

throughout their environments, providing more accurate data

for rapid decision making when critical vulnerabilities occur.

Mapping Out Migration: Best Practices for Windows Migration

According to Giga Research, a leading market research firm, only about 40 percent of installed Microsoft servers have migrated to Active Directory. To support the vast number of organizations planning to migrate, BindView is providing a series of best practices for successful enterprise migrations during Insight 03.

"Successful migrations are the result of organizations strategically planning each step of their project before any work begins," said Ezra Duong-Van, BindView's Director for Directory Administration and Migration. "It's no small task to undertake a migration when thousands of devices and the organization's business-critical IT infrastructure are at risk."

Migration planning frameworks shared during Insight 03 sessions and illustrated through BindView Directory Administration & Migration product demos include the need to:

-- Evaluate Resources. Migrations can take up to a year to

complete. Evaluate all resources before beginning the work,

reviewing IT skill sets and resources.

-- Train in Advance. Whether an organization chooses to manage

the migration in-house or via Professional Services 

consultants, an IT staff that is knowledgeable about the new

platform before, during, and after the migration helps

mitigate unnecessary problems, including system downtime and

avoidable security vulnerabilities.

-- Outline Business Requirements. No IT project should be

undertaken in a vacuum. When evaluating a migration path,

consider the organization's IT requirements and their

relationship to its business goals, risk tolerance and timing.

-- Take the Test. Create a test bed that mimics the

organizational environment as closely as possible before

deployment, leaving as little as practicable to chance.

-- Take the Test - Again. Even the smoothest migration is not

without bumps - plan to test critical business applications on

the new platform once the upgrade is complete to ensure a

seamless transition for all users.

About Insight 03

Scheduled Oct. 15-17 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Insight 03 provides a collegial forum for BindView customers, partners and consultants to advance their technical knowledge and collaborate with other companies and industry experts. Attendees have the opportunity to learn about innovative methods to build and measure security best practices, assess and secure the enterprise, and deploy and optimize enterprise directories. Participants learn how BindView helps organizations to secure and optimize their mission-critical infrastructures and to achieve the highest return on their IT investments. For more information, visit www.bindview.com/Insight2003 or call 713-561-4247.

About BindView Corporation

BindView Corporation is a leading provider of proactive business policy, IT security and directory management software worldwide. BindView solutions and services enable customers to centralize and automate policy compliance, vulnerability assessment, directory administration and migration across the entire organization. With BindView insight at work(TM), customers benefit from reduced risk and improved operational efficiencies with a verifiable return on investment. More than 20 million licenses have shipped to 5,000 companies worldwide, spanning all major business segments and the public sector. Contact BindView via e-mail at [e-mail] or visit BindView's World Wide Web Site at http://www.bindview.com. BindView can also be reached at 1-800-749-8439 or at 1-713-561-4000.