Security-7 Joins ISS Adaptive Network Security Alliance; SafeGate to Provide Enhanced Security Solutions at the Gateway.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 1998--Security-7 Software, Inc., the leading provider of mobile code security for businesses using Internet-based applications and services, announced today that it has become a charter member of the ISS Adaptive Network Security Alliance (ANSA), an open, industry-wide initiative dedicated to delivering a new adaptive network security framework for enhanced enterprise security. ANSA provides the technology needed to create interoperability between adaptive network security systems and critical security and network infrastructure products.

For businesses seeking competitive advantage via the Internet, the ability to securely deploy Web-based applications and services relies on enabling the enterprise to receive and transport mobile code. However, because mobile code technology can be used in a harmful manner to attack the enterprise, companies must ensure that potential security breaches are headed off at the pass. As an ANSA partner, Security-7 will utilize Adaptive Network Security (ANS) Modules, software development kits engineered by ISS, to integrate adaptive network security functionality into its SafeGate products. Initial ANS modules will support embedded adaptive security functionality for malicious code software, integrating real-time adaptive security capabilities across systems and applications and providing automated responses to security risk conditions.

"Security-7 can now create key interoperability for their customers in conjunction with our award winning adaptive security products," said Tom Noonan, president and CEO, ISS. "While ANSA's technology will enable automatic, enterprise-wide information protection, SafeGate enhances our capabilities by offering customers additional protection with its unique method of security, based on policy screening and trust relationships."

Security-7 enables the secure deployment of Internet-based business applications with its innovative Dynamic Behavioral Inspection(tm) (DBI) technology, examining each ActiveX(tm) component, Java(tm) applet and any other designated executable at the gateway, identifying and denying all malicious code and allowing only trusted executable objects into the enterprise network. SafeGate employs its patented, kernel-based DBI engine to perform five methods of inspection driven by centralized management policies implemented at the gateway. By dynamically examining mobile code packet-by-packet in real-time, SafeGate avoids the performance limitations of the resource-intensive, proxy-based systems used by older technologies.

"We applaud the concept of integrated adaptive security enforcement and are pleased to be a charter member of the ANSA," said Jack Hembrough, executive vice president, Security-7 Software, Inc. "Our policy-based Dynamic Behavioral Inspection technology and SafeGate product are well-suited for integration with the adaptive environment and can bring the secure enablement of Java, ActiveX and other executables to the enterprise."

Pricing and Availability of SafeGate

SafeGate is available now in varying multi-user licenses, and prices begin at $4,000. SafeGate is easy to install on any Windows NT platform via a wizard template. It is managed from a point and click GUI-interface and contains pre-configured policies that implement security at installation. For more information or to order SafeGate, please contact Security-7 at 781/932-9300. You can also visit Security-7's Website at www.security7.com.

About Security-7 Software, Inc.

Based in Boston, Mass., Security-7 Software, Inc. is the leading provider of mobile code security technology that enables information-dependent organizations to securely deploy Web-based applications and services. Founded in 1996, the Company's flagship product, SafeGate, is the only security solution available to utilize Dynamic Behavioral Inspection (DBI) of mobile code at the gateway, where it identifies and denies all malicious code, allowing trusted code to gain access to the enterprise. Security-7 can be located on the World Wide Web at http://www.security7.com.

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