iPolicy Networks and John Brown University to Present at EDUCAUSE Security Professionals Conference

Leading Security Solutions Provider Teams with Top University in Arkansas to Outline Solutions for Defending Campus Networks Against Blended Threats

Fremont, Calif., April 10, 2006—iPolicy Networks, provider of integrated network security solutions, today announced that it will participate with customer John Brown University to present at the 2006 EDUCAUSE Security Professionals Conference. EDUCAUSE brings together collegiate IT security practitioners to advance higher education through information technology. Together, John Brown University and iPolicy will outline how next-generation technology can defend campus networks against blended threats.

iPolicy and John Brown University will discuss how institutions of higher learning of all sizes can benefit from integrated network solutions for increased security. Although campus networks today deploy multiple separate security technologies, these piecemeal solutions are inadequate when faced with next-generation blended threats that proliferate and evolve through multiple mechanisms and can pass through traditional firewalls. The result: universities must cope with disruption, lost productivity, system cleanup and restoration costs, and loss of sensitive digital assets. In this presentation, iPolicy and John Brown University will explore how key security technologies such as stateful firewall, intrusion detection and prevention, and URL filtering can be consolidated into more effective security architecture.

In September 2005, John Brown University deployed the iPolicy 3300 series network security appliance to enforce consistent security policies from a single management console and provide optimal protection for its 1,900 students and its 350 faculty and staff across the campus. John Brown University selected iPolicy because of its unique Single Pass Architecture which provides higher performance than alternative solutions in which security functions execute as separate sequential processes. Additionally, iPolicy offers a platform that can scale over time to defend against new types of security threats.

“We looked at numerous different solutions for implementing a multi-function security protection,” said Ray West, director of network services, John Brown University. “iPolicy’s intrusion prevention firewall product offered the highest performance for our infrastructure needs. We look forward to discussing our successful iPolicy implementation with the EDUCAUSE audience.”

iPolicy’s security appliances combine stateful firewall, intrusion prevention and URL filtering functionality, all within a single appliance, providing a single point of control for swift response to security threats. Its unique Single Pass Architecture performs a layer two-to-seven deep inspection of each packet only once, enabling organizations to enforce a wide variety of real-time security processes without impacting performance. With iPolicy’s Intrusion Prevention Firewall 2000, 3000, 4000 and 6000 series, network security managers can maintain the performance of their high-speed networks from 100 megabits to 4 gigabits per second, while mitigating DoS/DDoS attacks, blocking worms and Trojans, stopping blended threats and preventing undesirable content from entering the network, attacks that readily penetrate conventional firewalls.

For more information or to arrange a briefing at the conference please contact: Analisa Baker, Schwartz Communications, 415-512-0770 or ipolicy@schwartz-pr.com.

About John Brown University
Established in 1919, John Brown University is a private Christian university, ranked sixth by U.S. News & World Report in the Southern Region. JBU enrolls more than 1,900 students from 43 states and 40 countries. JBU is a member of Arkansas’ Independent Colleges and Universities and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.

About iPolicy Networks
iPolicy Networks, an integrated network security product company, empowers customers to dynamically adapt their security to optimally address constantly emerging threats. iPolicy Networks’ intrusion prevention firewall appliances are the only ones to utilize a deep-packet inspection, single pass architecture that enables organizations to enforce a wide variety of real- time security processes at extremely high speeds without impacting performance. Its scalable management solution provides consistent security enforcement across the network, through a large number of geographically dispersed iPolicy Networks appliances and advanced multi-security virtualization. Headquartered in Fremont, California, iPolicy Networks’ customers include some of the world's largest network service providers and leading government, financial services and educational organizations. For more information visit www.ipolicynetworks.com or call 1.510.687.3000.