Lancope Offers Generous Donation of StealthWatch to Wright College in Chicago.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2004 StealthWatch Deployed in Computer Security and Forensics See computer forensics. Investigation (CSFI CSFI Central (Point) Sequential Fuel Injection CSFI Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (London, England) CSFI Counter-Strike Finland (gaming clan) ) Lab To Facilitate Study of Zero-day Attacks and Next-generation Security Technology Lancope, Inc., the leading provider of behavior-based threat detection and network intelligence solutions, today announced that it has donated its StealthWatch solution to Wright College, one of the seven City Colleges of Chicago The City Colleges of Chicago is a system of seven community colleges which provide learning opportunities for Chicago residents at the schools or online, and also members of the US military through the Navy Campus to enhance their knowledge and skills. . Wright College will use the StealthWatch technology in its Computer Security and Forensics Investigation (CSFI) Lab to support the state-accredited Information Security/Computer Forensics curriculum to help educate students in combating zero-day attacks. The estimated value of the donation is over $20,000. Wright College provides the only state-accredited Cyber Crime/Computer Forensics curriculum in the state of Illinois. Its Advisory Committee features notable information security industry leaders, including Tina LaCroix, Chief Information Security Officer, Aon Corporation; David Hudspeath, Sergeant Chicago Police Department The Chicago Police Department, also known as the CPD, is the principal law enforcement agency of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States, under the jurisdiction of the city mayor. Computer Forensics Unit; Gregory Shipley, Chief Technology Officer, Neohapsis, Inc. and Contributing Editor, Network Computing Magazine; Stacey Williams, Chief Cybercrime cybercrime also known as computer crime Any use of a computer as an instrument to further illegal ends, such as committing fraud, trafficking in child pornography and intellectual property, stealing identities, or violating privacy. Officer, Argonne National Laboratories; Jeffrey Hartman, Senior Vice President, Competitive Advantage Solutions; James Murray, Assistant Director, FBI Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory; Peter Tapling, Chief Executive Officer, Authentify, Inc.; Katrine Helgoson, Regional Manager, Cisco Systems, Inc.; Ann Johnson, Area Manager, RSA Security, Inc.; and Barrett Gobeyn, Information Security Program Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is one of twelve regional Reserve Banks that, along with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C. "We are extremely pleased that Lancope has donated this next-generation technology to our state-recognized lab," said Cyrus J. Walker, program director for the CSFI Program for Wright College. "This technology enables our students to perform cutting-edge research that has real-world applications to technologies being developed today and in the future. Thanks to Lancope's generous gift, our students will gain competitive and intellectual advantages through their hands-on experience with StealthWatch." Harland LaVigne, 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. of Lancope, added, "Lancope was born out of an academic environment, namely Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant among its facilities and programs are the Frank H. , and we remain dedicated to fostering that spirit of learning and ingenuity. By creating alliances with innovative educational programs such as Wright College's, we are helping to accelerate the maturation of the information security industry and protect our nation's critical infrastructure against zero-day attacks." About Wright College Wright College is one of the seven City Colleges of Chicago. The City Colleges of Chicago (Community College District 508) is one of the largest urban community college systems in the nation serving more than 150,000 students annually. The seven separately accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. City Colleges are Daley College, Malcolm X College Malcolm X College is a two-year college of the City Colleges of Chicago located on the west side of Chicago, Illinois, USA, at 1900 W Van Buren St. , Olive-Harvey College, Harold Washington College Harold Washington College is a division of the City Colleges of Chicago, located in the Chicago Loop, at 30 E Lake St. Founded in 1962 as Loop College, the college was renamed for African-American Chicago mayor Harold Washington after his death in 1987. , Wright College, Truman College and Kennedy-King College. WYCC-TV Channel 20 is also part of the City Colleges system. For more information about the City Colleges of Chicago call (773) C-O-L-L-E-G-E or visit www.ccc.edu. About Lancope Founded in 2000, Lancope is the leading provider of next-generation network integrity solutions that deliver behavior-based threat detection, policy enforcement and insightful network intelligence. With integrated visibility across network security, traffic characteristics and host-level activity, Lancope's solutions provide unparalleled network protection and optimization. Recently named a finalist in Network Computing Magazine's 2004 Well Connected Awards for outstanding performance in Network Behavior Anomaly Detection, Lancope also received the Innovation In Infrastructure Award (i3) in the security category from the editors of eWeek Magazine and PC Magazine and was honored "Most Impressive" by eWeek. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, Lancope protects the critical assets of today's sophisticated enterprises. For more information, visit www.lancope.com. |
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