Tenable and Enterasys Partner to Deliver Security Product Interoperability and Ease of Deployment.

Tenable's Nessus and Passive Vulnerability Scanner Available for Deployment on Dragon IDS and IPS Sensors

COLUMBIA, Md. & ANDOVER, Mass. -- Tenable Network Security[R], a leading developer of security management solutions and creator of the popular and award-winning Nessus[TM] vulnerability scanner, and Enterasys Networks[R], the Secure Networks Company[TM], today announced the certification and availability of Tenable's Nessus Vulnerability Scanner (Nessus) and Tenable Passive Vulnerability Scanner (PVS) for deployment and support on Enterasys Dragon[R] Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention sensors. Tenable has joined the Enterasys' Secure Networks Certified Program. Customers who have existing or planned Tenable and Enterasys security solutions should consider this deployment option.

Under the terms of the partnership, Enterasys is providing Tenable access to the Dragon operating system to support integration and interoperability certification testing. Through this partnership, Tenable is providing unique installation packages for Nessus and PVS which install directly onto the Dragon IDS and IPS appliances. Enterasys and Tenable will maintain support of their respective technologies. For organizations that have multiple Dragon sensors in place, Tenable's Nessus and PVS can be deployed on these devices. Typically, a Dragon IDS sensor is optimally deployed for passive network monitoring for a PVS as well as active vulnerability scanning with Nessus.

Integrated Vulnerability Management and IDS Capabilities with Ease of Deployment

Both Tenable and Enterasys provide separate management capabilities for their individual products to provide administration, monitoring and reporting. Tenable's Security Center can receive IDS events from the Dragon management console. These events undergo realtime vulnerability analysis such that real attacks that are likely to succeed are immediately highlighted. The accuracy of this correlation is greatly enhanced with realtime network vulnerability monitoring by the PVS. For even greater event correlation, the Tenable Log Correlation Engine (LCE) accepts IDS events from Dragon sensors and can correlate these with netflow, system logs, firewalls and many other devices. The LCE has many specific correlation scripts which correlate IDS events with network change, new device behaviors, known hacker compromise techniques and worms/botnet communication patterns.

Enterasys Dragon Security Command Console utilizes vulnerability information from Nessus as part of its correlation matrix. Tenable's Security Center can also extend the information discovered by Dragon securely to different groups within your organization. Both companies' products allow each group to gain access to IDS events targeting just their network or assets without deploying a dedicated sensor. Every organization can view their security data through a web-based interface and create custom reports. The ability to add custom reports greatly enhances a business ability to comply with financial and government regulations.

Customer Benefits

Enterprise customers who take advantage of the combined capabilities of Enterasys and Tenable will realize many benefits, including:

-- Reduced capital expense

    -- Single sever platform with an similar deployment models reduces
       cost of ownership

    -- Reduce network tap points and latency is kept to a minimum

-- Reduced operating expense

    -- Lower maintenance costs with one hardware platform to support

    -- A single server reduces the cost of network compliance,
       monitoring and management.

"Enterasys is pleased to work with Tenable Network Security so both companies can bring our unique security capabilities to our mutual customers," said Chris Crowell, Enterasys' executive vice president of R&D. "Tenable's Nessus and Passive Vulnerability Scanner, combined with Enterasys' Dragon IDS and IPS deliver unparalleled security capabilities to enterprise customers that need to protect their network and vital information."

Ron Gula, CEO of Tenable, says the combination of Enterasys' Dragon and Nessus and PVS deliver a powerful solution to the enterprise marketplace. "Customers want solutions that solve their problems, particularly when it comes to network security. Enterprises that rely on Dragon for unmatched IDS and IPS capabilities will also benefit from deploying Tenable's products to realize the most comprehensive network threat detection and analysis available today."

About Enterasys Networks

Enterasys Networks--the Secure Networks Company--is owned by a private investor group led by The Gores Group, LLC and Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC. Enterasys' unique Secure Networks solutions secure any network from any vendor and ensure the integrity and performance of IT services and the business users that rely on them. Thousands of leading companies, government agencies and educational institutions in more than 70 countries rely on Secure Networks solutions to maintain business continuity and protect vital information. The company's culture is centered on the principle "There is nothing more important than our customers." Delivering on that commitment, Secure Networks provides granular, policy-based command and control of individual user, application, device, port and flow performance, and security. Enterasys' architectural approach to network security offers a long technology lifecycle and significant operational and business benefits, while reducing total cost of ownership. Information about Enterasys' award-winning policy-enabled switches, routers, wireless products, security software, and services is available at www.enterasys.com.

About Tenable Network Security

Tenable Network Security is a leading provider of network security software solutions for enterprise vulnerability, security event, and compliance management. Tenable's award-winning products are utilized by many Global 2000 organizations as well as federal government agencies to unify vulnerabilities detected with active, passive, and host-based auditing with enterprise security log data to precisely assess and proactively minimize network risk. For more information, please visit us at http://www.tenablesecurity.com.