ClickNet Software Names VP of Strategy; Maker of entercept Anti-Hacking Solution Appoints Yona Hollander to Vice President of Strategy.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2000 ClickNet An earlier network diagramming program for Windows from PinPoint Software Corporation, San Jose, CA. More than 2,300 predefined images and 80 management reports were included. PinPoint renamed itself ClickNet Software Corporation and later Entercept Security Technologies (www.entercept. Software Corporation, a leading provider of proactive anti-hacking solutions for e-business (Electronic-BUSINESS) Doing business online. The term is often used synonymously with e-commerce, but e-business is more of an umbrella term for having a presence on the Web. , today named Dr. Yona This article is about the Pali word. For the Biblical prophet, see Jonah. ''For the village on Guam, see Yona "Yona" is a Pali word used in ancient India to designate Greek speakers. Its equivalent in Sanskrit is the word "Yavana". Hollander to vice president of strategy. The appointment leverages Hollander's extensive technical experience in enterprise network and Internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. technologies and emphasizes ClickNet's focus on producing the most advanced anti-hacking solutions and technical resources for its customers. As vice president of strategy, Hollander is now responsible for identifying security market trends and engaging ClickNet's product development resources to engineer new and innovative anti-hacking solutions. His responsibilities will include conducting extensive research and analysis, and defining the company's product roadmap and future technologies. Hollander reports directly to Lou Ryan, ClickNet president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Dr. Yona Hollander has a remarkable track record in identifying and implementing advanced security solutions that make anti-hacking products more effective, more practical and easier for customers to deploy and use," said Ryan. "He is uniquely qualified to identify ways that future entercept(TM) solutions can best meet the security needs of e-business." "ClickNet clearly foresaw the need for a security solution that protects the host and stops hackers who were making it through the firewall," said Hollander. "Now that entercept has set the standard for anti-hacking protection, ClickNet is developing an even more advanced architecture, enhancing its ease-of-use features and addressing additional markets that can benefit from this important breakthrough." Since joining ClickNet, Hollander has played a crucial role in the development of entercept's anti-hacking capabilities. Hollander was founder and president of CoreKT, a Boston-based network security solutions provider that was acquired by ClickNet in 1999. Before founding CoreKT, Hollander served as vice president of business development at Netect where he designed HackerShield, a highly automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. security assessment tool that was later acquired by Bindview, a Texas-based leader in IT risk management solutions. HackerShield, which is still praised by the industry press for its user friendly design, identifies security holes throughout network systems and provides automatic fixes from a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. console. As a research fellow at IBM's Haifa Research Group in Haifa, Israel, Hollander investigated and developed I/O intensive Refers to an application that reads and/or writes a large amount of data. The performance of such an application depends on the speed of the computer's peripheral devices and can cause a computer to become I/O bound. See I/O bound. applications. He was also a member of the computer science faculty at Israel's Inter-Disciplinary Center for three years. Hollander holds an MS degree and a PHD in Computer Science, both earned from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. About entercept entercept proactively prevents hackers from damaging e-servers and applications. By proactively stopping attacks, entercept prevents systems from being compromised from both known and unknown attacks, ensuring that e-servers are safe from intrusion. About ClickNet Software Corporation ClickNet Software Corporation is the premier provider of anti-hacking software solutions for securing e-business assets. ClickNet is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and can be reached by calling its world headquarters directly at 408-576-5900, toll free at 1-800-599-3200, 44-208-387-5500 for its European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. offices, or by visiting its web site at http://www.clicknet.com. Note to Editors: ClickNet , the ClickNet logo and entercept are trademarks of ClickNet Software Corp. 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