TippingPoint’s UnityOne Intrusion Prevention System Awarded SANS “Trusted Tool’ Designation
AUSTIN, Texas – May 13, 2004 – TippingPoint Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: TPTI), the leader in intrusion prevention, today announced that its UnityOneâ„? Intrusion Prevention System was selected as a “Trusted Tool’ by the SANS Institute, the world’s premier security research and training organization.
According to Stephen Northcutt, the director of Training and Certification for the SANS Institute, “This is the first time SANS has ever endorsed a security technology, and our standards are extremely high. We have carefully selected our Trusted Tools based on customer interviews and third party testimonials.”
Stephen first heard about UnityOne from one of his students, a systems administrator at the University of North Carolina (UNC). They were evaluating a UnityOne on approval when Blaster hit. The part of the university protected by the TippingPoint system was unscathed, where the rest of the medical school suffered damage. The story caused Stephen to seriously investigate TippingPoint’s technology and intrusion prevention in general. To read Northcutt’s interview with UNC and others, click here: http://www.tippingpoint.com/pdf/resources/casestudies/TPTISANSTrustedTool.pdf.
SANS has just launched the inaugural edition of Trusted Tools, a collection of firstperson descriptions from actual users of hand-selected security tools. Only vendors selected by SANS as trusted technologies are invited to participate in the case studies. The cases are compiled by Stephen Northcutt, the director of Training and Certification for the SANS Institute.
TippingPoint’s Chief Technology and Strategy Officer Marc Willebeek-LeMair said, “We are extremely pleased that our product has achieved the Trusted Tool designation by the SANS Institute. With 250,000 subscribers to the SANS newsletter, there is no higher authority in the area of security than SANS. We are deeply grateful to be honored by such a recognized and trusted third party.”
TippingPoint’s UnityOne provides Application Protection, Performance Protection and Infrastructure Protection at gigabit speeds through total packet inspection. Application Protection capabilities provide fast, accurate, reliable protection from internal and external cyber attacks. Through its Infrastructure Protection capabilities, UnityOne protects routers, switches, DNS and other critical infrastructure from targeted attacks and traffic anomalies. UnityOne Performance Protection capabilities enable customers to throttle non-mission critical applications that hijack valuable bandwidth and IT resources, thereby aligning network resources and business-critical application performance.
About SANS
SANS is the trusted leader in information security research, certification and education. Every year, more than 12,500 security professionals spend a week or more in SANS indepth, immersion training programs. The SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) Institute enables more than 156,000 security professionals, auditors, system administrators, and network administrators to share the lessons they are learning and find solutions to the challenges they face. At the heart of SANS are the many security practitioners in government agencies, corporations, and universities around the world who invest hundreds of hours each year in research and teaching to help the entire information security community.
About TippingPoint
TippingPoint is the leading provider of network-based intrusion prevention systems that deliver in-depth Application Protection, Infrastructure Protection, and Performance Protection for corporate enterprises, government agencies, service providers and academic institutions. Our innovative approach offers customers unmatched networkbased security with unrivaled economics, ultra-high performance, scalability and reliability. TippingPoint is based in Austin, Texas, and can be contacted through its Web site at www.tippingpoint.com or by telephone at 1-88UNITYONE. TippingPoint, the TippingPoint logo, UnityOne, the UnityOne logo and Digital Vaccine are registered trademarks of TippingPoint.