BindView Sets the Stage for Insight 2003; Customers Build Skills, Gain Expertise for Managing Risk and Advancing Performance of Business-Critical IT Infrastructures.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2003

Continuing its commitment to help customers maximize the value of their technology investments, BindView Corporation (NASDAQ: BVEW) today unveiled plans for its annual user conference - Insight 03. Scheduled Oct. 15-17 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Insight 03 provides a collegial forum for BindView customers, partners, resellers and consultants to advance their technical knowledge and collaborate with other companies and industry experts.

Insight 03 attendees will have the opportunity to learn innovative methods for building and measuring security best practices, assessing and securing the enterprise, and deploying and optimizing enterprise directories. Participants will learn how BindView enables organizations to secure and optimize their mission-critical infrastructures to achieve a verifiable return on their IT investments.

"Offering three days of informative sessions and events, the annual Insight conference puts customers and partners in touch with the latest methods for improving their company's security risk/compliance profile," said BindView Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Ron Rosenthal. "This year's expanded format, based on input from customers and partners, includes many more opportunities for direct interaction and collaboration with BindView experts, including work sessions, presentations and keynote addresses on best practices for the 24/7 vigil of managing business policy, IT security and directory administration."

Attendees will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge base in topical areas affecting everyday business operations:

-- Learn about the risks of cyber-terrorism and gain insights

into protection strategies from security technology experts;

-- Hear successful strategies behind real-world customer

implementations;

-- Collaborate with peers on methodologies and best practices.

Additionally, Insight 03 includes new features to enhance interaction between customers, their peers and BindView experts:

-- Pre-conference workshops on Oct. 13-14: In-depth instruction

and hands-on demonstrations offered prior to the conference

arm attendees with new strategies for security management,

hacker techniques and migration.

-- Idea Exchange: Each day features group discussions on current

topics between conference attendees and hosted by a session

leader.

-- Guru's View: There will be opportunities for participants to

engage in one-on-one discussions with experts at the

conference.

For more information and to register, visit www.bindview.com/Insight2003/, or call BindView at 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 email at [e-mail] or visit our website at http://www.bindview.com/. BindView can be reached at 800-749-8439 or 713-561-4000.