Guardednet’s Neusecure Named A 2002 Finalist By Network Computing For Well-Connected Award

neuSECURE Tops Security Information Management Security Information Management (SIM) Systems For Real-Time Correlation And Threat Analysis, Trouble-Ticket Tracking And Report Generation

Atlanta, GA, April 22, 2002 – GuardedNet announces that its neuSECURE enterprise security management software was selected by CMP Media’s Network Computing magazine, as a 2002 Well-Connected Award finalist in the category of Security Information Management (SIM). The product was chosen because of its combination of real-time correlation and threat analysis, trouble-ticket tracking and report generation that makes it the most flexible, cost-effective solution in the security information management (SIM) marketplace.

“neuSECURE is quickly gaining ground on industry incumbents because it is the most intuitive and useful and most directly mimics the threat-management processes followed by today’s enterprise security analyst,” commented Robert T. Hughes, president and CEO of GuardedNet. “Network Computing’s Well-Connected Award is another validation of our product, our mission and our vision – to become the standard enterprise threat management platform by providing comprehensive threat and vulnerability correlation, analysis and response.”

“No other annual awards program in the industry uses hands-on evaluations to choose its winners,” said Fritz Nelson, publisher of CMP’s Network Computing. “Our editors worked at length to research and test the best offerings in the enterprise arena. Being named a Well-Connected Award Finalist is a true reflection of product quality rather than merely product popularity or marketing effectiveness.”

neuSECURE is a web-based software solution designed to provide a comprehensive, coherent view of enterprise security. It correlates log data files from disparate machines such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS), routers, and servers or desktop computers – automatically analyzing this data to uncover threats to the enterprise. neuSECURE guides security analysts to high-priority investigations that focus on the mission-critical task of responding to threats as they occur, rather than suffering the damage of an attack. With neuSECURE, your security team can manage security threats from early detection to final resolution from a single, intuitive, web-based console. This year, the winners of the Network Computing Well-Connected Awards will be revealed at a gala event held on the evening before one of the industry’s largest trade shows, Networld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas. All finalists will be highlighted in the May 13th issue of Network Computing and at Network Computing Online at http://www.networkcomputing.com.

About Network Computing

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About CMP Media LLC

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About GuardedNetâ„?

GuardedNet Inc. delivers the best in enterprise security management (ESM) software solutions. Its flagship product, neuSECURE, centrally monitors and performs threat analysis in multi-vendor enterprise security environments. Its ability to correlate and analyze log data files from disparate machines in real-time enables security administrators to overcome log data overload to detect and respond to security breaches as they are occurring, rather than after the damage is done. neuSECURE has improved the security and the operational efficiency of numerous corporate security operations centers (SOCs), including those at leading financial and data communications institutions. GuardedNet is a private company, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information about GuardedNet, please visit www.guarded.net or contact us at sales@guarded.net or (404) 591-8200.

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