SECURIFY AWARDED PATENT FOR NETWORK SECURITY POLICY
Technology Reinforces Overall Market Consolidation Trends

CUPERTINO, Calif., Oct. 25, 2004 - Securify, Inc., a leading consolidator of network security infrastructure, announced today that it has been awarded patent number 6779120 for a language system it developed to express network security policies in a formalized way. The technical breakthrough provides a real-time view of global networks in one unified platform and can generate policy for the most complex networks in a matter of hours.

"This patent demonstrates the depth of our engineering talent at Securify and indicates the leadership role we are taking in consolidating security," said David Peterschmidt, chief executive officer and chairman of Securify. "Very few security companies have a proven technology infrastructure that is patented. Our innovative solution provides a unified security platform, eliminates disparate point products and helps our customers to strengthen their security by reducing complexity and workloads."

This invention is a core capability that allows companies to easily establish how their networks should operate and monitors in real time the health of their systems against that standard. By analyzing network traffic within the context of their business, the technology provides a platform that can help customers rationalize and measure the effectiveness of their security infrastructure. As a resulting benefit, IT teams can easily, rapidly and proficiently develop their security policies for global networks and enterprises can integrate multiple technologies and interoperate with legacy systems.

About Securify
Securify, Inc., headquartered in Cupertino, California, is a leading consolidator of network security infrastructure enabling large organizations to reduce the number of security and network management systems by replacing and interoperating with legacy products. Through consolidation, the company's unique technology provides a single global view of the network, dramatically improving security with real-time breach identification. Selected by Fortune Magazine as one of the Cool Companies of 2004, Securify customers represent some of the most security-sensitive organizations in the world. For more information, visit www.securify.com.

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