Lancope® PRESS RELEASE
Lancope Promotes Adam Powers to Chief Technology Officer
Continues to Showcase Company Growth and Market Leadership
Atlanta, July 25, 2006 - Lancope, Inc., the provider of StealthWatch, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response system, today named Adam Powers Chief Technology Officer. Powers was formerly Director of Technology for Lancope. In his new role, Powers will be responsible for leading the development of the StealthWatch System, the first flow-based solution to combine behavior-based anomaly detection and network performance monitoring.
“This is a well-deserved promotion for Adam as he continues to lead Lancope’s product development,” said Harland LaVigne, president and CEO of Lancope. “Adam has demonstrated consistent leadership and achievement and we are excited to have him as part of our team. In his new role, Adam will drive the direction of the StealthWatch System, further cementing its market leadership as the veteran NBA solution for optimizing security and network operations.”
Powers brings more than a decade of operational and engineering experience in enterprise IP security technologies. He is a significant driver of Lancope’s Research & Development of behavioral algorithms and analysis techniques for the StealthWatch System. Powers commands considerable expertise in datacenter network design, IP flow analysis techniques involving NetFlow and sFlow, and enterprise network security planning and management. During his tenure as a sergeant with the US Marine Corps, Powers managed UNIX and IP networks across five operational datacenters and participated in several highly confidential information security initiatives.
A recognized network operations and security expert and prolific author of technical documents, Powers has spoken at numerous industry events, including RSA and N+I conferences as well as ISSA Chapter meetings throughout the country. He was also selected to participate on Network World’s Security Tour, which featured a panel of distinguished industry thought-leaders. Most recently Powers was a featured presenter at RSA 2006 and CSI's NetSec 2005.
About Lancope
Lancope is the provider of StealthWatch, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response solution that unifies and optimizes behavior-based anomaly detection and network operations and to protect critical information assets and ensure network performance by preventing costly downtime, repair and loss of reputation. StealthWatch streamlines security and network operations into one process, reduces time and resources, and eliminates the costs and complexity associated with non-integrated point products. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch was named Best of Show at Interop2006 and InfoWorld 2005 Technology of the Year. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, StealthWatch protects over 200 enterprise customers, more than all direct competitors combined. Lancope’s Technology Alliance Partners include Cisco Systems, Foundry Networks, ArcSight, IBM Tivoli, LURHQ, CheckPoint and A10 Networks. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, call 888-419-1462 or visit www.lancope.com.
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