StealthWatch by Lancope Secures 9 U.S. Federal Government Agencies; Expands Federal Team in Response to Strong Demand for StealthWatch.

ATLANTA -- Lancope, Inc., the leading provider of Network Behavior Anomaly Detection (NBAD) solutions, today announced outstanding success in the Federal market with the selection of StealthWatch as the behavior-based network security solution of choice for the following 9 Department of Defense, Intelligence and Civilian agencies:

--U.S. Army

--U.S. Navy

--U.S. Air Force

--National Security Agency (NSA)

--Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

--U.S. Department of Energy

--U.S. Department of Justice

--U.S. Department of the Interior

--Commodities Futures Trading Commission

Deployed on the Federal government's complex, geographically dispersed collection of networks that support a myriad of connectivity devices, StealthWatch maximizes availability for mission-critical operations, thwarts constant cyber attacks and secures remote users.

Responding to increasing Federal demand for StealthWatch, Lancope has expanded its Federal Sales team to include Phillip Higgs as Federal Sales director and Chris Guidry as Regional Sales manager. With a successful sales and management career with companies, including Securify, Mazu Networks and McAfee (formerly Network Associates), Higgs brings several years of experience successfully selling NBAD and Intrusion Prevention technologies in the Federal market. Former Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Guidry was also affiliated with Securify. Together, they bring over 15 years of combined sales experience to Lancope.

"2004 was a landmark year for Lancope in terms of continued NBAD market dominance, technology leadership, new customer acquisition and revenue growth," said Harland LaVigne, chairman, president and CEO of Lancope. "In the Federal market alone, we achieved almost 750 percent record growth in 2004. The expansion of the Federal team will only strengthen our leadership in this market."

LaVigne added, "StealthWatch meets the nation's highest security mandate for national security. Increasingly, Federal government agencies are turning to StealthWatch to manage mission critical systems in a cost-effective, reliable and secure manner. Through its ability to detect anomalies, isolate known and unknown threats, defeat zero-day attacks and identify network exposures before they become incidents, StealthWatch ensures network integrity and unparalleled performance on these mission critical networks."

During the evaluation process for each agency, StealthWatch outperformed competitive behavior-based solutions. Minimizing the total cost of ownership for the Federal government, StealthWatch combines bandwidth analysis, denial of service (DoS) and behavioral IDS functionality into a single solution. Unlike competitive technologies, StealthWatch stores 10 times more data and is 10 times faster in detecting attacks, two significant differentiators for mission critical operations. Whereas some products cannot store past queries or export result files, StealthWatch maintains an accessible log of queries that can be exported as both .csv and .txt result files. In addition to its broad functionality and user-friendly GUI, StealthWatch offers native NetFlow compatibility with Cisco, Juniper and Foundry enterprise networking infrastructures to provide a unifying infrastructure that delivers cost-effective integrity, security and performance.

Currently Lancope partners with industry-leading government resellers and systems integrators, including Apptis, Aquila, iGov, Intergraph, Merlin, NCI, Northrop Grumman IT, Spectrum Solutions, Spectrum Systems and True North Solutions. StealthWatch can be procured through multiple Federal Government Contract Vehicles, including GSA, SEWP III, ECS III and 8A. Additionally, StealthWatch carries NIAP's prestigious Common Criteria EAL 2 government certification.

About the StealthWatch System

The StealthWatch System, which includes StealthWatch, StealthWatch Xe, SW+T and StealthWatch Management Console, enables organizations to improve the network health and security posture of their networks. As the eyes and ears of the network, StealthWatch allows network and security administrators to quickly identify and prioritize internal and external threats on the network, respond to real-time security alarms of on-going attacks and automatically mitigate threats on a zone-by-zone basis. Providing previously unavailable network visibility and contextual awareness, StealthWatch offers comprehensive insight into network traffic utilization without requiring costly deployment of appliances throughout the network and at remote locations.

About Lancope

Lancope is the leading provider of NBAD solutions that defeat zero-day worms, internal network misuse and other anomalies that compromise network integrity. Lancope's StealthWatch integrates security and network management technology to reduce network risks and maximize network availability by rapidly identifying, prioritizing, mitigating and resolving critical threats, whether new or well-known. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch was named InfoWorld's 2005 Technology of the Year and finalist for Network Computing Magazine's 2004 Well Connected Awards. Additionally, it has received outstanding reviews from InfoWorld, eWeek and CRN magazines. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, Lancope's StealthWatch protects over 150 enterprise customers and 15 million hosts worldwide. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, call 888-419-1462 or visit www.lancope.com.

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