Visionael Arms Enterprises with Market's Fastest Weapon to Eliminate Security Threats

First solution to fully integrate security assessment, remediation and validation lets enterprises eliminate security threats before damage to the business occurs

NETWORLD+INTEROP Show, Las Vegas, Nevada., May 11, 2004 - Visionael Corporation® (show booth #3035) today introduced Visionael Enterprise Security Protector™ (ESP), the first security management software to fully integrate vulnerability assessment, remediation and validation in one single-source solution. Visionael's proactive security management speeds assessment and removal of the latest critical network vulnerabilities to protect enterprises, government agencies, and educational and healthcare institutions from internal and external Internet threats before they damage assets and compromise sensitive and proprietary data.

As security threats against networks increase and evolve, vulnerability and patch management solutions play a critical role in protecting assets and controlling costs associated with securing a company's infrastructure. Proactive security management with Visionael ESP can also help organizations avoid costly security breaches. Security research firm mi2g estimates the worldwide economic damage from Sobig virus is $37.1 billion.

"Visionael's integrated approach to three critical areas of security management holds tremendous potential to greatly improve IT security while mitigating risk," said Stephen Buerle, director of the North American Security Practice, Global Infrastructure Services Division, Unisys Corporation. "We view Visionael as a leader in the area of proactive network security not only from a technology and design standpoint, but in their thinking about how best to protect assets as well."

"Enterprises that implement a vulnerability management process will experience 90 percent fewer successful attacks," said Mark Nicolett, vice president and research director, Gartner Inc. "The vulnerability management process must focus on security configuration management as well as vulnerability assessment." Additionally, as more and more organizations move to comply with security regulations and laws, vulnerability management and patch management are emerging as effective tools to ensure compliance.

"A complete lifecycle solution must include all three legs of the stool: vulnerability assessment, remediation and validation," said Marc Jones, president and chief executive officer of Visionael. "Otherwise, security administrators are faced with an overwhelming list of vulnerabilities-including many false-positives-without clear intelligence on what's truly endangering their networks or the best ways to prioritize remediation. Visionael is the first product to integrate these three technologies into a single solution."

Complete Lifecycle Management Cuts Costs and Risks
Organizations use Visionael ESP as a business and technical tool to understand their current risk exposure and bolster their security posture. Device discovery, vulnerability assessment, report generation, vulnerability remediation, vulnerability validation and ticket resolution processes all play a critical role in managing vulnerabilities and protecting assets. Visionael's ESP was designed with this model in mind to enable organizations to safeguard assets as efficiently and effectively as possible.

Visionael ESP highlights:

• Reduces Business Risk - Visionael ESP proactively fixes security vulnerabilities with the highest business impact - high risk vulnerabilities on critical business systems - and manages, mitigates and automates the entire vulnerability management process thus eliminating exposures before damage is caused.
  
• Improves Productivity and Lowers Overhead Costs - The automation and integration of time- and data-intensive processes across the enterprise and the highlighting of business-critical vulnerabilities not only allows IT resources to focus on the areas that matter the most, it reduces the number of personnel required to ensure that assets are protected.
  
• Offers Rapid ROI - Visionael ESP significantly reduces the response time to address the newest vulnerabilities and bring large groups of systems up to consistent and verifiable patch levels.
  
• Simplifies Regulatory Compliance Processes - Visionael ESP enables compliance with major organizational and industry initiatives for network security by providing highly granular tracking and auditing of critical security risks, and protection for an organization's most sensitive data.

Visionael ESP is currently available through Visionael's network of authorized resellers and VARs or by calling Visionael directly at (650) 470-8920. Prices start at $25,000 USD. Potential customers interested in downloading and evaluating Visionael ESP may visit www.visionael.com to experience the value of next-generation vulnerability and remediation management.

About Visionael
Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Visionael is the trusted source for network infrastructure management; enabling IT professionals to more effectively manage and secure their networks. Visionael solutions empower outsourcers, large enterprises and service providers to discover, document, design, provision, operate and secure mission-critical networks. Visionael has more than 50 large customers worldwide, including Sprint, Verizon, EDS, IBM Global Services, Kaiser Permanente, Fidelity Investments, and The Pentagon. For more information about Visionael, please visit www.visionael.com or call (650) 470-8920.

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