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Netect Expands World Class Anti-Hacker Security Team
10:44 a.m. Nov 02, 1998 Eastern
CHICAGO, at CSI Conference, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Netect Inc., a leading
provider of anti-hacker software solutions, today announced the addition
of prominent security experts to its anti-hacker security team. The team
members are represented by some of the industry's most well-known security
talent including: Paul Cormier, former AltaVista executive; Adam Shostack,
internationally recognized security expert; Paul Ashton, leading NT
security guru; and Scott Blake, network and security expert. The team's
charter is to proactively protect network users in the ongoing war against
hackers. This announcement was made today at the 25th Annual Computer
Security Conference and Exhibition.
Netect's investment in its security team reinforces its commitment to
defending network users against the latest security vulnerabilities. By
researching, documenting and coding security checks, the team provides
ongoing protection to Netect's customers. Last month the company announced
HackerShield, an off-the-shelf, easy to use anti-hacker product that finds
and closes security holes on servers. The hacker techniques and security
checks detected by the team are stored in HackerShield's database of known
security vulnerabilities. As the team uncovers new security
vulnerabilities, HackerShield's digitally signed RapidFire UpdateO feature
delivers them to users, protecting them against the latest security
threats.
"The ability to continually protect corporate networks from hacker attacks
is a serious challenge for many system administrators. IS professionals
need a security vendor that can keep up with the latest hacker techniques
and provide timely protection against ongoing threats," said Steve Foote,
vice president, research strategy/director, Hurwitz Consulting. "Netect
offers two key elements for success: an anti-hacker security team, to
constantly uncover vulnerabilities and follow current hacker trends, and
digitally signed RapidFire Updates."
The Anti Hacker Security Team
Netect's security team combines a solid foundation in security with the
ability to deliver timely customer driven solutions. Together the team
represents more than 30 years of network security expertise. A partial
list of team members include:
-- As a Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Netect, Paul
Cormier has more than 10 years of experience in moving technology from
concept through customer deployment, most recently as part of Digital's
AltaVista Internet Group. His extensive experience includes the creation
of Digital's first Internet software development organization, which
resulted in the industry's first commercial NT firewall and VPN. Cormier
also is recognized for his effort in managing the software development
team which brought MIT's project Athena from research to a commercial
software offering. -- Netect's Director of Technology, Adam Shostack is
an internationally recognized security expert. Prior to joining Netect,
Shostack advised leading financial, medical, security and networking
companies on the implementation of security policies and risk management
procedures. The author of several published papers on topics such as
security, coding practices and cryptographic protocol failures, Shostack
often speaks at leading security conferences and trade shows. -- A former
systems and security consultant for a number of international financial
institutions, Paul Ashton, Netect's senior security expert, brings
extensive experience in the security arena to the team. Ashton has worked
with numerous organizations to evaluate, design and test security
solutions. Specifically he is credited for uncovering flaws in Microsoft's
NT domain control implementation, Internet Explorer, Internet Information
Server, and Sun Microsystem's Solaris and NIS+. -- As Netect's Director
of Technical Services, Scott Blake lends his security knowledge and
technical expertise to all aspects of his technical support
responsibilities. He brings experience in systems administration, network
engineering and security consulting.
Responsible for information technology infrastructures for two companies,
Blake designed and built LANs/WANs for many small and large organizations
and performed security audits and security policy development efforts for
several telecommunications, financial services and medical organizations.
Blake is co-author of "Health Data Security in the Internet/Intranets Age"
which appears in The 1998 Guide to
Health Data Security.
Netect Inc.
Netect was established in 1996 with the mission of providing a secure
computing environment where all users are protected against hackers
breaching the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information.
Privately held, Netect provides the mass technical audience with
anti-hacker software aimed at reducing the risk of network intrusions from
both internal and external sources. Netect is a member of the Microsoft
Security Partner Program (Nasdaq: MSFT), the Sun Development Program
(Nasdaq: SUNW) and Dell's Direct Effect Program (Nasdaq: DELL). Additional
information about Netect is available at http://www.netect.com or call
1-888-2-NETECT.
HackerShield and Anti-Hacker Suite are registered trademarks of Netect,
Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE Netect Inc.
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