Cryptek to Showcase the ''Strongest Line of Defense'' for Data Centers At NETWORLD+INTEROP; Expands DiamondTEK Family of Network Security Products.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

CHANTILLY, VA.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2001

Cryptek Secure Communications is exhibiting the "Strongest Line of Defense" for data centers at NetWorld+Interop in Las Vegas, May 8-10, in booth No. 1833. The company, whose network security systems are based on stringent military and government specifications, is becoming a leading provider of network access control solutions to the commercial market with its expanded line of DiamondTEK network appliances.

The DiamondTEK managed appliances can be configured to identify and authenticate authorized network users and to provide centralized network control of access to designated data and applications. The policy is set and reinforced by the central network security controller, DiamondCentral, which performs automated monitoring and logs suspicious incidents. DiamondCentral is part of a new DiamondTEK line-up - all with 100 Mbit performance - that provides a timely answer to the increasingly sophisticated security demands of the growing Managed Service Provider (MSP) industry.

"As more and more mission critical data and applications are being outsourced, the need for powerful security controls and sophisticated access management strategies within the data center is mounting," said John Garber, vice president and chief strategic officer, Cryptek. "The existing technologies simply aren't capable of proving the assurances MSPs and their customers are demanding. The new paradigm demands hardened security with granular access control techniques, a combination we are uniquely capable of providing."

Cryptek builds its "Strongest Line of Defense" with a revolutionary hardware design that incorporates powerful commercial encryption, enhanced IP security (IPSec), strong user authentication and unique new Data Driven Access Control(TM) (DDAC) - all housed in an "off-board" self-protecting network security appliance. Because of its unique design, DiamondTEK offers unmatched flexibility and performance in securing network access. The hardware design also means that DiamondTEK will not impact application and user performance and is complementary to other security components and non-intrusive to business processes.

The complete DiamondTEK line-up that will be shown at NetWorld+Interop now includes:

DiamondCentral - Central network security controller for all DiamondTEK components, establishes and enforces network access security policy including operational configuration, control and monitoring

DiamondNIC - Secure network interface card automatically identifies and authenticates the user to the network, encrypts communications and determines which data and servers the user is authorized to access

DiamondLink - Plug-and-play security appliance incorporates DiamondNIC and authentication card reader in a single, compact device installed on the user's desktop

DiamondPAK - Plug-and-play network appliance that provides protection for as many as six servers in a convenient rack mounted configuration

DiamondVPN - Network perimeter security appliance designed to protect the LAN or WAN network perimeter

"We built the DiamondTEK family of appliances to guard military and government data and now we are taking the tools and methodologies learned in that environment and bringing them to the commercial space," Mr. Garber added. "These products, backed by our know-how, provide the most precise and complete information access control that technology allows in a system that's centrally managed and flexible enough to easily configure to a wide variety of business practices.

"Anyone seeking liability abatement, intellectual property protection, better enforcement of service level agreements and maintaining stringent security for proprietary data will find reasons to install this type of system."

About Cryptek

Cryptek Secure Communications LLC is the leading provider of extremely secure, hardened security products for the government and commercial markets. The company's DiamondTEK products provide the first off-board network security solutions in a drop-in network security appliance that provides protections that are superior to conventional security products. DiamondTEK solutions are totally platform-independent and implementable on an enterprise-wide scale with complete support for legacy systems. The hardware-based security mechanisms in Cryptek's DiamondTEK products are derived from network security technology that earned the National Security Agency's (NSA) B2 security rating. Founded in 1986, privately held Cryptek is based in Chantilly, Virginia.