Mu Security Nominated as Finalist for Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal's Emerging Technology Awards 2006.

Pioneer of New Security Analyzer Market One of Three Finalists in Hotly Contested Security Category

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Mu Security, a pioneer in the new security analyzer market, today announced it is a finalist in the security category for the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal's 2006 Emerging Technology Awards. Mu Security has been selected as one of only three finalists in the Security category out of a field of hundreds of competing companies vying for recognition as the most innovative and high-impact security vendor to emerge from Silicon Valley.

"Given the level of technical innovation that continually comes out of Silicon Valley, especially within the security market, it is very gratifying to be selected as a finalist for the Emerging Technology Award," said Mu Security Vice President Marketing Adam Stein. "It's particularly rewarding to be acknowledged for our technical distinction and ability to help our users including Motorola, Juniper Networks and Network Appliance's Decru subsidiary maintain their customer's maximum service integrity or network uptime by proactively eliminating costly and disruptive vulnerabilities."

"We are excited to recognize the achievements of these emerging companies in technology-rich Silicon Valley," said Vintage Foster, publisher of the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. "The companies we are celebrating have pioneered technologies with the potential to profoundly impact people and their businesses."

Using Mu Security's products ensures all IP-based systems from today forward Co home gateways, printers, IPTV set-top boxes, VoIP systems as well as larger industrial networked products or networks including routers, 3G equipment, triple-play service offerings, power plants, aircraft carriers, commercial jets, military communication systems and automobiles Co are more secure, robust and immune from hacker attacks. The Mu-4000 Security Analyzer provides customers with an automated means to discover both unknown 0-day and published vulnerabilities in any network or service offering, target application or product before deployment.

Mu Security's extensive platform capabilities proactively prevent service disruption, revenue loss, customer loss and helps Mu Security users address underlying robustness and security vulnerabilities. Mu Security's flagship product, the Mu-4000 Security Analyzer, helps service provider and critical infrastructure end users as well as network equipment manufactures deploy a custom and complete security analysis lifecycle replicating a "tiger team" in a box.

Winners of the Emerging Technology Awards will be announced on November 14, 2006, at the Crowne Plaza Cabana in Palo Alto, CA. The event will kick-off with a cocktail reception at 5:45 pm, with the awards beginning at 8:00 pm. For ticket information call [phone] or email [e-mail]. For more information please visit http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/event/2760.

About Mu Security

Mu Security offers a new class of security analysis system, delivering a rigorous and streamlined methodology for verifying the robustness and security readiness of any IP-based product or application. Founded by the pioneers of intrusion detection and prevention technology, Mu Security is backed by preeminent venture capital firms that include Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital and DAG Ventures. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.musecurity.com.