PentaSafe's VigilEnt Security Manager Selected as a 2002 Information Security Excellence Awards Winner

VigilEnt Security Manager Recognized as One of the Industry's Best By Leading Publication

    HOUSTON, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- PentaSafe Security Technologies today announced that its VigilEnt Security Manager(TM) has been selected as a winner in the Enterprise Security Management/Centralized Management category for the 2002 Information Security Excellence Awards.  The magazine asked its subscribers to indicate the products they use and then rate them on a scale of 1 to 5.  The winners were announced at an awards luncheon during MIS Training Institute's InfoSec World Conference & Expo 2002 in Orlando, FL on March 18, 2002, attended by approximately 1,500 security professionals and practitioners.
    Held annually by Information Security, the leading publication covering
the IT and computer security industry, and an independent division of
TruSecure Corp., the Excellence Awards recognize those companies, products and services that the information security community have determined to be leaders in their respective fields.  The Excellence Awards have been cited as one of the most prestigious awards competitions for the information security industry.
    "The information security industry is playing an increasingly critical
role in the overall IT strategy of all organizations and is producing some of
the most cutting edge and important tools used today," said Tim Garon,
Publisher of Information Security.  "We commend the winners for their
excellent work.  They are examples of why infosecurity is the leading concern of corporations and businesses worldwide."
    VigilEnt Security Manager is an enterprise-class management solution that delivers a comprehensive consolidated view of security information and
activity across distributed, heterogeneous IT components.  VigilEnt Security
Manager allows administrators to manage enterprise-wide security from a
central point of control, providing the ability to identify vulnerabilities,
detect security events, take corrective action, and generate detailed reports
across multiple platforms, databases and applications.
    "We are ecstatic to receive such a prestigious award," said PentaSafe CEO Douglas J. Erwin.  "By recognizing VigilEnt Security Manager as the leading enterprise security management solution, customers are validating our mission of delivering a highly scalable, integrated central console to manage their heterogeneous environments.  VigilEnt Security Manager is a critical component to managing any enterprise's burgeoning growth from both a technology perspective and business perspective."
    The 2002 Information Security Excellence Awards are sponsored by
Information Security Magazine, TruSecure Corp., and MIS Training Institute.
For more information, please visit http://www.infosecuritymag.com/awards2002 .

    About PentaSafe Security Technologies
    PentaSafe enables companies to safely grow their business by providing a
complete security infrastructure solution for people, policy, and technology.
Unlike any other vendor, PentaSafe's solutions help educate the people within an organization to comply with information security policies and integrates each policy with best of breed security technology -- all designed to assure maximum protection of information assets throughout the corporate enterprise.
PentaSafe's innovative solutions allow companies to conduct e-business in a
safe and secure IT environment by offering security management solutions for key elements of the IT infrastructure.  PentaSafe has more than 1200 customers worldwide, including one-half of the Fortune 100, and 4 of the "Big 5" auditing firms.  For more information, visit www.pentasafe.com .

    About Information Security
    Information Security is the industry's leading trade publication,
providing news, analysis, insight and commentary on today's infosecurity
marketplace.  Published monthly by TruSecure Corp., the magazine includes in-depth features, "how-to" primers, timely news coverage, authoritative
commentary, an unbiased product testing center and more, all authored by
recognized experts in the infosecurity field.  In 2001, the magazine received
three awards from the American Society of Business Publications Editors
(ASBPE) for outstanding design and editorial content.  The publication is free to qualified readers.  For more information and to subscribe, please visit
http://www.infosecuritymag.com .

     Contact:  Cynthia Smith            Amy Sachrison
               TruSecure Corp.         PentaSafe Security Technologies
               (703) 480-8509          (713) 860-9335
               csmith@trusecure.com     a.sachrison@pentasafe.com

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    /CONTACT:  Cynthia Smith of TruSecure Corp., +1-703-480-8509, or
csmith@trusecure.com ; or Amy Sachrison of PentaSafe Security Technologies,
+1-713-860-9335, or a.sachrison@pentasafe.com /
    /Web site:  http://www.infosecuritymag.com/awards2002
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