Taking immediate action to locate and isolate threats and vulnerabilities improves
network resilience, availability, and security

Concord, N.H. – November 28, 2005 – Bradford Networks, developer of Security and Policy Enforcement Solutions for Enterprise Networks, today announced that it has added integrated functionality into the Bradford Campus Manager solution, which features a plug-in application to receive alerts from NitroSecurity’s Intrusion Prevention System. The addition of this new functionality will integrate the two solutions to seamlessly work together in identifying network threats and take immediate control action on a device at the point of access.

Deploying Bradford Campus Manager in a network not only controls network access and ensures endpoint security compliance, but can also take a variety of proactive control actions to isolate ‘at-risk’ devices. The extensive identity management database embedded in Bradford Campus Manager contains information on each registered user and device, which includes name, MAC address, IP address, and specific location data. This data allows Bradford Campus Manager to disable a MAC address at a specific port, re-assign a user’s VLAN, or send a notification message.

NitroSecurity, a leading provider of Intrusion Prevention System solutions, specializes in detecting and correlates a large number of network threats and vulnerabilities within the enterprise by inspecting network traffic and packets inline. When the two solutions, NitroSecurity and Bradford Networks, are combined in the network, the result is a proactive tool to identify potential security risks and take action to notify a user or isolate the device into a safe quarantine area.

“Adding device support for NitroSecurity’s IPS product line is another important step in expanding the valuable capabilities of the Bradford Campus Manager solution,” said Rick Leclerc, VP of Sales & Business Development of Bradford Networks. “Most customer network environments are made up of products from more than one vendor. We have combined the strengths of two leading vendors and as a result are able to provide a powerful solution to our customers.”

Bradford Campus Manager has the ability to enforce acceptable use and security policies within a network. The product is designed with an open interface to be able to receive information from IDS/ IPS products, including NitroSecurity’s IPS products. In this case, when Nitro Security identifies a threat, communication is established with Bradford Campus Manager, whose role it is to enforce a policy and take the appropriate predefined action.

About Bradford Networks

Bradford is an industry leader in developing innovative enterprise network security and policy enforcement solutions. We allow our customers to leverage their current investment in their multi-vendor network infrastructure and deliver significant features and benefits in the areas of policy enforcement, monitoring, and control of enterprise networks. Through the enforcement of network usage policies, our solution helps ensure that a customer’s network is safe and secure. We solve real world network issues, such as: controlling unwanted users, enforcing version control, setting policies, network access, and overall client and device management.

About NitroSecurity

NitroSecurity, headquartered in Portsmouth, NH, develops a highly scalable line of Active Intrusion Prevention Systems ( IPS), leveraging its patented Security Event Aggregation and Correlation Engine (N- SEAC™), to protect the internal network infrastructure in enterprises of various size and scope. Utilizing both signature and anomaly-based detection, NitroSecurity's products provide protection, analysis and security management for enterprises looking to secure their networks with real-time active threat mitigation without business disruption. NitroSecurity is the first in the industry to offer a protection system that integrates intrusion prevention and a high-speed security aggregation and correlation engine. NitroSecurity's engineering team originates from the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory (INL), where they developed real-time security solution and ultra high-speed embedded database products. NitroSecurity is headquartered in Portsmouth, NH. More information is available at: www.nitrosecurity.com