Lancope Provides Generous Donation of StealthWatch to Wright College in Chicago

ATLANTA, Ga., March 30, 2004

Lancope, Inc., the leading provider of behavior-based threat detection and network intelligence solutions, today announced that it has donated its StealthWatch solution to Wright College, one of the seven City Colleges of Chicago. Wright College will use the StealthWatch technology in its Computer Security and Forensics Investigation (CSFI) Lab to support the state-accredited Information Security/Computer Forensics curriculum to help educate students in combating zero-day attacks. The estimated value of the donation is over $20,000.

Wright College provides the only state-accredited Cyber Crime/Computer Forensics curriculum in the state of Illinois. Its Advisory Committee features notable information security industry leaders, including Tina LaCroix, Chief Information Security Officer, Aon Corporation; David Hudspeath, Sergeant Chicago Police Department Computer Forensics Unit; Gregory Shipley, Chief Technology Officer, Neohapsis, Inc. and Contributing Editor, Network Computing Magazine; Stacey Williams, Chief Cybercrime Officer, Argonne National Laboratories; Jeffrey Hartman, Senior Vice President, Competitive Advantage Solutions; James Murray, Assistant Director, FBI Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory; Peter Tapling, Chief Executive Officer, Authentify, Inc.; Katrine Helgoson, Regional Manager, Cisco Systems, Inc.; Ann Johnson, Area Manager, RSA Security, Inc.; and Barrett Gobeyn, Information Security Program Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

“We are extremely pleased that Lancope has donated this next-generation technology to our state-recognized lab,” said Cyrus J. Walker, program director for the CSFI Program for Wright College. “This technology enables our students to perform cutting-edge research that has real-world applications to technologies being developed today and in the future. Thanks to Lancope’s generous gift, our students will gain competitive and intellectual advantages through their hands-on experience with StealthWatch.”

Harland LaVigne, president and CEO of Lancope, added, “Lancope was born out of an academic environment, namely Georgia Institute of Technology, and we remain dedicated to fostering that spirit of learning and ingenuity. By creating alliances with innovative educational programs such as Wright College’s, we are helping to accelerate the maturation of the information security industry and protect our nation’s critical infrastructure against zero-day attacks.”

About Wright College

Wright College is one of the seven City Colleges of Chicago. The City Colleges of Chicago (Community College District 508) is one of the largest urban community college systems in the nation serving more than 150,000 students annually. The seven separately accredited City Colleges are Daley College, Malcolm X College, Olive-Harvey College, Harold Washington College, Wright College, Truman College and Kennedy-King College. WYCC-TV Channel 20 is also part of the City Colleges system. For more information about the City Colleges of Chicago call (773) C-O-L-L-E-G-E or visit www.ccc.edu.

About Lancope and StealthWatch

Founded in 2000, Lancope is the leading provider of next-generation network integrity solutions that deliver behavior-based threat defense, policy enforcement and insightful network intelligence. With integrated visibility across network security, traffic characteristics and host-level activity, Lancope's StealthWatch solutions provide unparalleled network protection and optimization. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria certified, StealthWatch has received numerous accolades. Most recently StealthWatch received a 5-star rating for technology excellence from CRN Magazine. In addition, StealthWatch has received the Innovation In Infrastructure Award from eWeek and PC Magazine and was honored "Most Impressive" by eWeek. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, Lancope protects the critical assets of today's sophisticated enterprises. For more information, visit www.lancope.com.