BindView is First to Help Customers Address the Latest Wave of Security Threats and System Vulnerabilities.

Business/Technology Editors

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2002

BindView Enables Users to Locate and Repair Vulnerable Microsoft

and Novell Systems Across their Enterprise

BindView Corporation (NASDAQ: BVEW), a leading provider of IT security management solutions, announced today it has made available downloadable product updates that identify newly announced security flaws in Microsoft and Novell systems. The product updates are available to customers via BindView's RapidFire Updates(TM) using the company's bv-Control solutions for Microsoft and Novell platforms. The bv-Control solution allows customers to quickly locate vulnerabilities across a wide range of platforms, directories and applications. These RapidFire Updates are available immediately at BindView's Web site at: http://www.bindview.com/spotlight/ADV_BufferOverrun.cfm.

Over the past two days, serious vulnerabilities were discovered in both Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) and Novell's Remote Management (Portal.NLM) products. These vulnerabilities all use the common "Buffer Overflow" approach, which allows a hacker to remotely execute commands on a target machine and could, in the most serious case, enable a hacker to take over someone else's server. Microsoft has already released patches to address these vulnerabilities and Novell is expected to do so soon. Security professionals and IT administrators can utilize BindView's downloadable updates to determine if their systems are vulnerable and to take the steps necessary to install these patches - ensuring the security of their IT infrastructure.

These RapidFire Updates were developed by BindView's RAZOR Rapid Response Team. BindView's RAZOR team has continued to provide leadership through research and analysis on many of the security issues that have plagued organizations over the last year, such as Nimda and Code Red.

About BindView Corporation

BindView Corporation, the leading supplier of vulnerability assessment solutions worldwide, delivers proactive security management solutions to help safeguard computer systems and networks from security breaches before they occur. Unlike traditional approaches, the company's solutions work from the inside out to help protect business systems from both internal and external threats, thus reducing business risks. BindView's suite of cross-platform software and associated services help secure, automate and reduce the costs of managing information technology infrastructures. More than 20 million licenses of the company's solutions have been shipped worldwide to approximately 5,000 companies, including more than 80 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].

Editors Note: BindView(R), the BindView logo, and the BindView product names used in this document are trademarks of BindView Development Corporation, which may be registered in one or more jurisdictions. The names of products of other companies mentioned in this document, if any, may be the registered or unregistered trademarks of the owners of the products.