Cloakware Bolsters Government Presence Through Partnership with Carahsoft to Provide Privileged Password Management.

Reseller Agreement Improves Security and Compliance for Federal, State and Local Government Customers

VIENNA, Va. -- Cloakware Inc., a security solutions provider that makes security inseparable from software, announced today that it has partnered with Carahsoft Technology Corp., a leading Value-Added Reseller (VAR) in the government IT community, to provide Cloakware's Server Password Manager (CSPM) to federal, state, local and government agency customers.

With this partnership, Cloakware has been added to Carahsoft's General Services Administration (GSA) schedule, the preferred purchasing method for many civilian and Department of Defense agencies. Carahsoft will act as the Master GSA Schedule Holder for all of Cloakware's products and services. Cloakware's CSPM is the first commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) product to eliminate risks associated with passwords hard-coded into applications that reside on unattended servers. By automatically updating these passwords, as well as fully managing both application-to-application (A2A) and privileged passwords, CSPM eliminates downtime while improving efficiency. Carahsoft will offer CSPM as part of its mission to provide customers with best-of-breed security solutions.

"By adding Cloakware to our portfolio, we are better equipped to meet our customers' security and compliance needs," said Craig Abod, president of Carahsoft Technology Corp. "Strict federal regulations requiring the recurring changing of server passwords presents a challenge to any IT department. Manually changing passwords can take many hours and result in costly downtime. Our customers have identified this issue as a pain point and through our partnership with Cloakware, we are now able to provide them with a proven solution."

With the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) and the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) requiring regular updates to server passwords - including those that are hard-coded in applications on unattended servers - changing and managing these passwords has become an issue that affects every government and enterprise organization. CSPM customers will also benefit from improved quality of service and performance, streamlined data center operations and cost savings. For the first time, organizations can take control of their privileged passwords, put identity management and authentication strategies in place and satisfy the latest regulatory requirements.

"Carahsoft is a trusted provider of hardware and software solutions to government agencies at all levels," said David Canellos, Cloakware executive vice president, worldwide sales. "Adding CSPM to the GSA streamlines the procurement process, enabling customers easier access to the benefits of automated server password management. Through this partnership, Carahsoft and Cloakware will provide government agencies with the highest level of security solutions available, protecting some of the country's most critical data."

About Cloakware Server Password Manager (CSPM)

CSPM is the first commercial solution to address the efficiency and security issues related to updating and managing hard-coded application passwords that affect every organization. CSPM lets IT administrators securely change server IDs and passwords without having to redistribute the passwords to developers or maintain the scripts that use them. This allows organizations to complete their ID management and authentication strategies and meet the latest regulatory requirements. In addition to improved security, CSPM enables data center operations to increase compliance, improve quality of service and performance, and increase efficiency to significantly save costs. To find out more about CSPM, visit http://www.cloakware.com/products_services/server/.

About Carahsoft

Carahsoft Technology Corp. is a trusted government IT solutions provider. The company combines technological expertise with a thorough understanding of the government procurement process to help Federal, state and local Government agencies select and implement the best solution at the best possible value. Carahsoft serves as the master GSA schedule holder/distributor for Adobe, Red Hat, MySQL, Pillar Data Systems, Brocade and Symantec. In addition to information storage/security, open source and Adobe solutions, Carahsoft maintains dedicated teams to support sales and marketing of HR solutions including Avue Technologies and Careerbuilder, as well as intelligence solutions through its partnerships with many of the IN-Q TEL portfolio companies. For more information, visit www.carahsoft.com or call 888-662-2724.

About Cloakware

Cloakware is a security solutions provider that makes security inseparable from the software it protects. From applications and databases deep inside corporations, to consumer devices like music players, to military weapon systems, more and more software applications need to protect themselves from unauthorized user access and tampering. Only Cloakware's patented, layered, and compliance-driven approach to software self-protection delivers the trusted environment that the government, enterprise, and consumer markets require. As a result, Cloakware solutions are on more than 500 million devices, protecting the assets of some of the world's largest, most recognizable and technologically advanced companies. The company is headquartered in Vienna, Va., has offices in Ottawa, Canada and the UK, and regional sales offices throughout the US.