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Yankee Group Names StealthWatch by Lancope Best of Breed for Network Behavior Analysis (NBA)

Research Confirms Lancope as a “Powerhouse” and Market Leader

ATLANTA, December 13, 2006—Lancope, Inc., the leading provider of StealthWatch™, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response solution, today announced that Yankee named the company a market leader in its research report titled, “NBA Finds Its True Calling by Adding Intelligence to Management and Monitoring Tools.”ˆ Championing the convergence of the NBA and management/monitoring markets into Behavior-Enhanced Management and Monitoring, Yankee confirms StealthWatch as a best of breed NBA technology that serves as a “powerhouse for providing context into other current network and security solutions.”

Recognizing that “Lancope’s offerings are complementary to both network and security,” the Yankee report applauds StealthWatch’s “unified flow-analysis system that combines behavior-based anomaly detection with traffic reporting and network optimization data.”  In addition to the detection of “zero-day, targeted, low-slow and unknown attacks [that] make it a relevant part of network security,” the report also praises StealthWatch’s ability to deliver “end-to-end” visibility, which enables network teams to “efficiently manage complex networks without requiring significant amounts of additional hardware and software.”

In its report, Yankee predicts that identity management will be a strong component of NBA system functionality.  The June launch of the StealthWatch IDentity appliance, the first solution to tie network traffic and host behavior directly to user identity, reflects Lancope’s proactive R&D efforts in this area and demonstrates its continued market leadership. 

StealthWatch is the first flow-based solution to unify network performance monitoring with behavior-based anomaly detection to deliver total network visibility, ensuring network security, performance and availability.  Expanding beyond the capabilities of traditional network security products, StealthWatch collects, categorizes and analyzes network traffic to create comprehensive security intelligence at both network and host levels. Providing a cost-effective, single point of reference for optimizing security and network operations, StealthWatch enables organizations to improve the network health and security posture of their networks.

“Security and network teams must continually meet IT demand, optimize efficiency and simplify management,” said Harland LaVigne, president and CEO of Lancope. “By delivering a best of breed solution that unifies network performance monitoring and behavior-based anomaly detection, we are meeting a critical need and enabling organizations to cost-effectively optimize their security and network operations. This Yankee report further validates Lancope’s leadership of this rapidly evolving market.”

About Lancope

Lancope is the provider of StealthWatch, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response solution that unifies behavior-based anomaly detection and network optimization capabilities 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 hundreds of enterprise customers, more than all direct competitors combined.  Lancope’s Technology Alliance Partners include Cisco Systems, Foundry Networks, ArcSight, IBM Tivoli, SecureWorks, 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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ˆ  Yankee Group, "NBA Finds its True Calling by Adding Intelligence to Management and Monitoring Tools," by Chris Liebert. November 21, 2006.