Diversified Data Services Selects Antura Vision; Advanced Anomaly Detection Capabilities Enhance Service Provider's Network Security.

Business Editors

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2004

System Detection, Inc., the developer of the first IT security solutions to harness the power of predictive anomaly detection for enhanced IT security, today announced Diversified Data Services, Inc. has selected Antura(TM) Vision for deployment. Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Diversified Data Services provides systems integration and customer service and support solutions to commercial and governmental clients.

"We need to assure our clients we can maintain a robust security perimeter when we support customer service solutions," observed Craig Robinson, Chief Financial Officer for Diversified Data Services. "Our evaluation of Antura Vision proved its ability to enhance the intrusion detection technologies we already have in place, increasing our confidence in our ability to detect and defend against security threats," he said, adding "It's a great addition to our network perimeter that delivers benefits in our ability to protect our - and our customer's - information technology assets."

An "early warning system" for network-based security threats, Antura Vision provides executives a high level of confidence that attacks to the integrity of their network borders are being detected and repelled while providing the information needed to support their threat management efforts. Antura's unique anomaly and surveillance detection capabilities ensure analysts are alerted to the most critical security threats, while significantly reducing the amount of time needed to monitor network security. Antura Vision assesses, analyzes, and reports on threats to network security based on intelligence and alarms from multiple alert sources. By performing sophisticated analysis of alerts and activity, Antura Vision provides security managers with an overview of attack precursors, trends in external reconnaissance, identification of potential threats as well as their targets, and provides analysts with a wealth of attack data in a concise, easily understandable web-based report format.

Diversified Data Services and its affiliated company 1 to 1 Contact Centers, Inc. help organizations improve customer service by providing "high-touch" technologically savvy solutions able to be accessed and used by all. The company works with a wide variety of customers, including government, utilities, and healthcare.

About System Detection

System Detection, Inc. is the developer of the Antura automated threat management system. Antura delivers a suite of security solutions that use sophisticated data mining, machine learning, and statistical analysis and detection techniques to significantly improve the ability of security managers to detect and protect against threats to the integrity of networks, systems, and applications. System Detection customers benefit from the improved effectiveness and reliability of security initiatives and the boost in productivity that its Antura products deliver. And, because System Detection's Antura augments the security products that organizations already own, their current investments are protected. To learn more please visit www.systemdetection.com

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