Network Computing Magazine Names OKENA Its Editor's Choice Award Winner in Host-Based Intrusion Prevention Review.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2002

OKENA StormWatch 3.0 and StormFront 2.0 Beat out Competing Products from Argus, Computer Associates, Entercept, Harris and WatchGuard

OKENA(TM), Inc., the leading developer of intrusion prevention software, today announced that the company has received the Editor's Choice award from Network Computing magazine in its host-based intrusion prevention comparative review. OKENA StormWatch 3.0 and StormFront 2.0 won the competition, receiving an A- grade overall. The products received three perfect scores for the breadth of protected resources, breadth of application policies and manageability.

The Network Computing Real-World Labs(R) team in Syracuse, NY thoroughly tested StormWatch 3.0 and StormFront 2.0 against seven other products from five companies. According to the review, "StormWatch takes our Editor's Choice because of the breadth and depth of its configurable options. The more options, the tighter you can lock down applications and services, which is what these products are all about. Add in stack-buffer-overflow protection, a robust policy-definition system, multiagent management, including policy and software updates, detailed logging and auditing, and tiered management, and you're looking at one powerfully HIP product."

"To receive this award from Network Computing, one of the most highly regarded technology publications and independent testing labs, is a great honor," said Shaun McConnon, president and CEO of OKENA. "This award reinforces our strong convictions about the power of our breakthrough architecture for intrusion prevention, StormSystem. We are truly proud of how we are changing the security landscape for the better with our unique behavior-based intrusion prevention technology."

For the complete review, please visit http://www.networkcomputing.com/1322/1322f23.html or purchase the October 21, 2002, issue of Network Computing magazine.

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About OKENA

Since 2001, OKENA has been delivering breakthrough security software products that proactively preserve the operational integrity of applications and host systems. OKENA's policy-based, application-centric technologies enforce authorized application behavior to allow acceptable business activity while proactively preventing dangerous activity from executing. This behavioral approach reduces high IT costs associated with the maintenance and deployment of traditional attack-centric signature technologies. OKENA, headquartered in Waltham, Mass., was founded in 1999 and is privately held. For more information on StormSystem and OKENA's INCORE architecture, visit the OKENA Web site at www.okena.com.

OKENA, INCORE, StormSystem, StormWatch and StormFront are trademarks of OKENA, Inc. Other trademarks used in this document are the properties of their respective owners.