PatchLink UPDATE 6 Addresses Executive-Level Computer Security Concerns; PatchLink UPDATE 6 with PatchLink Secure to be Unveiled at RSA 2004 in San Francisco this Week -- Booth 427.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

RSA Conference 2004

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2004

Primarily seen as an IT departmental function to date, patch management and vulnerability remediation are gaining greater attention in the boardroom. Adherence to regulatory compliance and auditing requirements, increased pressure on company revenues, and persistent network exposure are bringing the area of patch and vulnerability management to the attention of company executives and directors at public and private organizations worldwide. Complementing these executive-level requirements for a layered approach to computer network security, PatchLink(TM) Corporation ( www.patchlink.com ) today announced Version 6 of its PatchLink UPDATE(TM) patch and vulnerability management system, available in Q2 2004.

PatchLink UPDATE 6 will give customers higher levels of platform security and availability, while significantly reducing costs. Additionally, enterprise customers will benefit from features specifically designed to speed deployment and automate monitoring and management across their global organizations.

According to PatchLink Corporation CEO Sean Moshir, "While patching is of course a critical security element, it is becoming apparent that as this software category takes hold, demand for greater security control is ever increasing. Our private and public sector clients are clamoring for more comprehensive patch and vulnerability capabilities daily. We are confident that PatchLink UPDATE 6 will deliver satisfaction in many functional areas previously unavailable in the market."

New features and enhancements for PatchLink UPDATE 6 include:

PatchLink Secure(TM)

-- Gives enterprise customers a complete range of vulnerability

detection at a high rate of accuracy; provides CSOs and IT

personnel the 360-degree network security they require.

-- An extremely powerful security management system that is

designed to detect and remediate the remaining percentage of

security vulnerabilities that are not patch related.

PatchLink Distribution Point(TM)

-- Gives enterprises a scalable, multi-tier distribution patch

distribution option for PatchLink UPDATE.

-- Allows PatchLink customers to leverage the benefits of WAN

patch distribution even over networks with low bandwidth or

highly utilized connections between remote offices.

-- Fast Patch(TM), also a new technology component, intelligently

finds the closest distribution point to download the patch.

Increased System Availability

-- Auto-Agent Install, PatchLink Distribution Point(TM), Auto

Qchain, and Auto Patch Ordering provide greater assurance that

enterprise patch management policies are immediately and

automatically implemented, to maximize system uptime.

Broader Cross-platform Security Coverage for AIX, HP-UX, W2K3, and Macintosh.

Enterprise Enhancements and Scalability

-- Extended support for enterprise customers through the addition

of Desktop Deployment Manager, PatchLink Distribution Point,

and enhanced AD/LDAP support.

Security Costs Management

-- Minimized WAN distribution and desktop deployment costs and

leveraged investments in existing Active Directory/LDAP.

An advocate of the core features PatchLink UPDATE brings to corporate and public sectors, George Russ, network system security manager at The Military College of South Carolina / The Citadel, candidly explains why automated patch management done right makes so much sense. "Expediting the installation of patches is critical in combating the network congestion and damage un-patched computers place on our network. Using PatchLink UPDATE the implementation of new patches takes only a few hours instead of days or weeks."

ABOUT PATCHLINK(TM) CORPORATION

Consistently ranked by industry experts as the proven leader in patch management, PatchLink Corporation ( www.patchlink.com ) currently celebrates 13 years of enterprise security success. With a strong reputation for providing the IT community with unparalleled network and security management software products, today PatchLink's software is installed on millions of nodes worldwide. The company has garnered much attention for its PatchLink UPDATE(TM) automated, cross-platform, security patch management software. PatchLink UPDATE is a revolutionary solution for rapid enterprise-wide detection and deployment of critical patches and vulnerability remediation for software, hardware and drivers from a wide variety of vendors.

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