Trusted Network Technologies Delivers Greater Control for Meeting Compliance Demands.

DENVER -- TNT's Identity solution offers broader integration with customer environments and expanded deployment options

Trusted Network Technologies Inc. (TNT), the developer of identity-driven enterprise solutions, announced today at the Digital ID World Conference 2004 that it has enhanced its access policy definition and expanded deployment options in the 1.7 release of its Identity product. Identity is the market's first and only solution which helps companies ensure visibility, control and compliance by extending identity across the IT infrastructure without having to re-architect.

"Our customers have provided valuable feedback on product functionality which has helped to support and validate our product development," said Steve Gant, CEO of TNT. "As organizations begin to understand the significance and impact of their directory and identity projects at an IT and business level, they're gaining an appreciation for how TNT can expedite the deployment and delivery of those projects."

TNT provides a simple, identity-driven solution which enables enterprises to automatically identify and control who is accessing corporate resources, and support that knowledge with in-depth reporting. By proactively, continuously and transparently identifying users, TNT helps its customers securely manage and shield their critical IT assets in order to attain regulatory compliance at a fraction of the cost and complexity of customized, layered solutions.

"Whether it's Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, CA1386, Visa CISP, or other regulatory demands you're dealing with, organizations need a solution that can provide control and visibility into the activities of employees, customers, partners or any users of corporate applications across different systems," said David Shay, TNT chief technology officer. "With our latest LDAP and protocol enhancements, we've made it even simpler to deploy and use Identity so that it integrates easily in existing environments."

Among the new features, the new Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) support enables users to import user and user group information from existing directory services that use LDAP, including LDAP, Primary Domain Controller (PDC) and Active Directory. This enhances integration with business processes and simplifies Identity's implementation for organizations using LDAP to manage user accounts.

An enhanced level of access policy enables Identity administrators to define access to all servers in one simple step. The expanded policy options reduce management requirements and allows for staged implementation. It also provides for the enforcement of access controls by enabling quick creation of a single access policy that applies to all servers.

As a result, to accommodate fluctuating business requirements, administrators have the ability to implement a broad policy, which doesn't require defining individual servers and applications, or they can define policies at a more granular level if needed. Administrators can define three levels of access -- to all protected assets, individual servers, and applications. They can also drill down and look at reports to see activity and then create more specific policies as they gain a better understanding of user activity.

New functionality also includes Inter-Switch Link (ISL) and 802.1Q trunking protocol support. Identity can now be deployed between switches running ISL and 802.1Q encapsulation. These VLAN decodes are automatically triggered by Identity when they are identified, simplifying Identity implementation in a variety of environments.

Visit Trusted Network Technologies at booth 16 at Digital ID World.

About Trusted Network Technologies Inc.

Trusted Network Technologies (TNT) provides identity-driven enterprise solutions that seamlessly integrate into your business environment to ensure visibility, compliance and control. By proactively, continuously and transparently identifying users before connection, TNT helps customers shield their critical IT assets and attain regulatory compliance at a fraction of the cost and complexity of customized solutions. TNT enables organizations struggling to deal with today's ever-increasing security and IT challenges to mitigate risk from out of control vulnerabilities, as well as prove compliance for audit and policy enforcement. TNT provides assessment services and innovative identity-based network solutions for a variety of industries including financial and government agencies, as well as retail and manufacturing. The company is headquartered in Atlanta. For more information, visit www.trustednetworktech.com or call 678-990-5430.