BindView Secures Nearly 750,000 Exchange Mailboxes, Announces New Customers Using Enhanced bv-Control for Microsoft Exchange v3.0.

Business & Technology Editors

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2001

BindView's Security Management Solutions Enable Morinda,

o2wireless and Carriage Services to Securely Assess and

Administer Exchange Environments

Microsoft Exchange Conference 2001--BindView Corporation (NASDAQ: BVEW), a leading provider of IT administration and security management solutions, announced today that o2wireless, Inc., Morinda, Inc. and Carriage Services, Inc. are among the hundreds of companies that have selected BindView's bv-Control for Microsoft Exchange solutions to manage their Microsoft Exchange messaging systems. Nearly 750,000 user mailboxes are secured and administered using BindView's bv-Control for Microsoft Exchange solution, with customers spanning the government sector as well as the technology, financial services, health care, education and insurance industries.

"BindView's bv-Control for Microsoft Exchange allows me to constantly monitor the state and the security of our messaging system, from assessing mailbox size and quotas to determining user access and enforcing company-wide policies," said Jon Williams, global IS systems administrator at Morinda, Inc., one of the world's most successful health supplement companies. "In addition to daily security and administration management, we are using bv-Control for Microsoft Exchange to prepare our directories for our upcoming migration to the Windows 2000 platform."

Joining Morinda among BindView's customers are o2wireless, (NASDAQ: OTWO), a leading provider of outsourced network services to the global wireless telecommunications industry; and Carriage Services, Inc., (NYSE: CSV), one of the largest funeral and cemetery services companies in the U.S. These three companies represent a cross-section of BindView customers, spanning the wireless, telecommunications and technology industries, as well as more traditional, `bricks-and-mortar' marketplaces. All are using BindView's bv-Control for Microsoft Exchange solution to manage and secure their messaging environments, as well as to prepare for Exchange 2000 migrations and deployments.

BindView's bv-Control for Microsoft Exchange v3.0 solution offers enhanced analysis and monitoring capabilities to securely manage the Exchange 2000 and Active Directory messaging environments. As part of BindView's bv-Control Security Management Suite, the solution continues to provide BindView customers with innovative security assessment, auditing and e-mail policy enforcement capabilities for their Exchange environments.

"BindView is proud to offer our customers bv-Control for Microsoft Exchange v3.0, which allows them to access more critical Exchange information, prepare to safely and efficiently migrate to Exchange 2000 and secure their overall messaging systems," said Bob Tesh, program director of Exchange solutions at BindView. "With nearly three-quarters of a million mailboxes protected, it's clear that customers trust BindView to secure and manage their Exchange environments."

About BindView Corporation

BindView, the leader in the vulnerability assessment market, provides software solutions which enhance business performance by helping to ensure the integrity of the IT infrastructure. BindView's comprehensive software offerings secure and simplify the management and administration of network operating systems, directories and related applications. By enabling corporate IT professionals to effectively leverage their existing technologies, BindView's award-winning products play a critical role in achieving business goals. More than 20 million licenses of BindView's solutions have been shipped worldwide to approximately 5,000 companies, including more than 75 of the Fortune 100 and 24 of the largest 25 U.S. banks. 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 [phone] or at [phone].

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