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 CyberCop Scanner's New 'AutoFix' Technology, Enhanced Feature Set, Flexible
 Licensing and Industry-Leading 700+ Vulnerability Database Provide Strongest
                             Intrusion Protection

    WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Network Associates, Inc.
(Nasdaq: NETA) today announced the newest version of its CyberCop Scanner
product with "AutoFix" technology, allowing security professionals to achieve
an almost instant return on investment by enabling the immediate repair of
security holes discovered during an audit.  With an industry-best
720 vulnerability checks, unique firewall scanning capabilities, OS detection,
improved performance and new flexible licensing, CyberCop Scanner 5.5
continues to lead its competitors in virtually every metric.  Along with
CyberCop Monitor for Solaris 2.0, also announced today, this next generation
of intrusion detection tools from Network Associates confirms the company's
leadership in providing comprehensive security for e-business together with
enterprise-level manageability.
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    "The new features in CyberCop Scanner will allow us to apply both
proactive and reactive security strategies to help automate the task of
keeping our network secure," said Cheryl Ann Costa, security engineer for
Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems.  "CyberCop Scanner is more
flexible than ever, giving me the ability to easily design my own audits, and
the standards-compliant database will allow us greater manageability of data."
    CyberCop Scanner 5.5 has a number of new features designed to give network
administrators even more power to check their networks for known
vulnerabilities.  The new version of Scanner ships with the capability to test
-- and the information to repair -- over seven hundred network, protocol and
application vulnerabilities.  New vulnerabilities are discovered and
documented on a regular basis by Network Associates' Vulnerability Research
Team of white-hat hacker security experts.  The VRT team employs over
100 researchers in 40 countries who constantly investigate new software and
hardware while staying abreast of the latest hacking techniques.  Their
research supports CyberCop Scanner's AutoUpdate feature, which enables
administrators to ascertain whether their networks are susceptible to newly
discovered vulnerabilities days or even hours after their discovery.
    "In CyberCop Scanner we have created a powerful tool for network
administrators to police their networks, and with AutoFix we have added the
capability to close holes the second they are found," said Andrew Maguire,
product marketing manager for Network Associates.  "Regular network scanning
can greatly increase the level of security an administrator can create and
enforce on his or her particular network, offering powerful, customizable
capabilities for security policy enforcement."

    Other features of CyberCop Scanner 5.5 include:

    -- Rapid Scan Architecture -- CyberCop's new scan engine fully utilizes
Microsoft's 32-bit multi-threaded architecture for vastly improved scanning
speed to provide complete control over bandwidth usage and scanning of up to
100 hosts simultaneously.
    -- OS Fingerprint Detection -- CyberCop Scanner's new Operating System
(OS) fingerprint detection identifies the operating system type of hosts on a
network.  Once operating system types are identified, modules are then
disabled that do not pertain to that device, greatly increasing scanning
speed.  In addition, CyberCop's new OS scan selection feature allows for
specific group audits of devices by OS, enabling straightforward management
within large, heterogeneous environments.
    -- Scanning Templates -- Administrators can create a portfolio of scan
configurations for multiple engagements, either by departments, network
address range or module options (i.e. "Marketing Department scan," "Quarterly
No-Holds-Barred scan") and save them as pre-configured scanning templates that
can be run and rerun, further easing administrative load on regular tasks.
    -- Firewall Auditing Analysis -- CyberCop Scanner is the only security
auditing tool to offer the most comprehensive firewall checks that verify
access control, password, packet, protocol, and port usage on firewalls and
other packet filtering devices to greatly enhance perimeter security.
Utilizing a unique "tracer packet" technology, CyberCop's new firewall sentry
allows for ease of use and report generation that makes important firewall
audits effortless.
    -- Flexible Licensing -- While many vulnerability scanners will not work
unless they have been licensed for the specific IP address being scanned,
CyberCop Scanner is licensed for use on any network.  This new flexible
licensing scheme makes CyberCop Scanner the preferred tool of both security
professionals who provide auditing services for multiple clients and network
administrators whose networks grow and change daily.
    -- New Reporting and Redesigned Interface -- CyberCop Scanner's new report
generation features integrate with the Microsoft Management Console and
Crystal Reports to allow for easier management, customization and presentation
of scan results.  CyberCop's new GUI and menu navigation simplify the ease of
configuration, removing complexity normally associated with security auditing
tools.
    -- Custom Scripting Capability -- Security professionals can write testing
scripts in either Visual Basic or CyberCop's Custom Audit Scripting Language
(CASL) to create custom scanning tests for any IP device or protocol.

    CyberCop Scanner is a core component of the CyberCop Intrusion Protection
Suite, the industry's only complete product line to help network
administrators scan, monitor and apprehend intruders.  The suite is completed
by CyberCop Monitor, a next-generation real-time intrusion detection system
designed to thwart both network- and system-based attacks, as well as CyberCop
Sting, a "decoy server" that silently traces and tracks hackers, recording and
reporting all intrusive activity to security administrators.  The full
CyberCop Suite is integrated with Network Associates' Active Security
framework, which allows products such as the intrusion detection system,
firewall, antivirus and help desk operate in concert, actively communicating
alerts and adapting security policies for real-time response when threats are
detected.  For more information or to download a free trial version of
CyberCop Scanner or the full CyberCop Intrusion Protection Suite, visit
http://www.nai.com/asp_set/products/tns/cybercop_intrusion.asp.

    Pricing and availability
    The new version ships free of charge to current CyberCop users under the
Network Associates subscription-pricing model.  For new customers, CyberCop
Scanner is priced per node scanned, and begins at $5,080 for 254 nodes.
Pricing for the full CyberCop Intrusion Protection Suite begins at $9,398 for
254 nodes.
    With headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Network Associates, Inc. is a
leading supplier of enterprise network security and management software.
Network Associates' Net Tools Secure and Net Tools Manager offer
best-of-breed, suite-based network security and management solutions.  Net
Tools Secure and Net Tools Manager suites combine to create the Net Tools
solution, which centralizes these point solutions within an easy-to-use,
integrated systems management environment.  For more information, Network
Associates can be reached at 408-988-3832 or on the Internet at
http://www.nai.com.
    NOTE:  Net Tools and CyberCop are registered trademarks of Network
Associates, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries.  All
other registered and unregistered trademarks in this document are the sole
property of their respective owners.

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