Control Data Outsourcing Services Focus on Security.

ARDEN HILLS, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 1999--

Control Data Systems, Inc. today announced 24/7 security outsourcing services to protect information assets, global communications, and e-commerce transactions for customers worldwide.

Services focus on perimeter security, data and resource protection, management and monitoring, and identification and authentication, said Matt Kramer, vice president of Control Data's e-commerce outsourcing business.

"Customers have a variety of security technologies across their organizations, including PKI software, firewalls, and VPNs," said Kramer. "This kind of security patchwork creates a unique management challenge and Control Data has the expertise and experience to make it work."

E-mail outsourcing is the one of the fastest growing segments of Control Data's outsourcing business. Security services for messaging include virus scanning, anti-spam filtering, and password authentication. The company manages complex e-mail infrastructures that include both multiple mailer types as well as solutions consisting purely of Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Notes. Control Data manages 500,000 corporate mailboxes, processing over 20 million e-mails a month for these customers.

Control Data's outsourcing group was quick to respond to attacks by the recent e-mail borne Melissa and Worm viruses. The Melissa virus, for example, caused a spike in network traffic during off hours that outsourcing analysts caught using 24x7 monitoring tools. They were then able to quickly create a filter to jail the contaminated e-mails before they were opened by users.

Fort James, an international consumer paper products company headquartered in Norwalk Connecticut, is one of many Control Data e-mail outsourcing customers who benefited from the company's Melissa virus fix. "Control Data was so quick to act when Melissa happened that my 10,000 users didn't even know the virus was an issue. As a result, the productivity savings for us was significant," said Mike Carbone, Director of Telecommunications and Networks at Fort James.

Control Data also provides directory specific outsourcing services such as security authentication, access control, and policy management. "We see directories as key to enterprise security because they are an instrumental part of management and distribution of security information throughout the enterprise," said Kramer.

In addition, available services include specific custom electronic commerce application hosting options.

Control Data uses the customer's existing security technologies and standards-based solutions from industry-leading vendors to address specific security requirements. The company tailors the tools and their tolerances to fit each customer's environment.

Control Data has a 40-year heritage of helping organizations integrating and managing the complex networks and applications necessary to compete in the electronic marketplace.

Control Data Systems, Inc., is a global information services company that delivers enterprise Internet and systems integration solutions, and E-Commerce outsourcing services. For more information, call 1-888-742-5864 (U.S. and Canada) or 1-651-415-4401 (worldwide). Visit our Web site at http://www.cdc.com