REPEAT/ BindView Ships bv-Control for Active Directory to Configure and Secure the Distributed Windows 2000 Environment

Business Wire, June 6, 2000

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ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2000

IT Risk Management Solutions Leader Launches First

Management Tool for Active Directory

BindView Corporation (NASDAQ: BVEW), a leading supplier of IT risk management solutions, today announced the general availability of bv-Control for Active Directory. bv-Control for Active Directory leverages BindView's expertise in directory management to deliver the most comprehensive configuration and security tool available for the Active Directory environment.

"BindView's bv-Control provides Windows 2000 Active Directory customers with a complementary solution for helping to secure proper system configurations," said Mark Perry, director Windows 2000 server product marketing, at Microsoft Corp. "BindView's comprehensive reporting features for Active Directory allow administrators to measure compliance to their security policies and find security anomalies."

bv-Control for Active Directory Delivers Comprehensive Risk Management Capabilities bv-Control for Active Directory secures the Active Directory environment by allowing administrators to report, analyze and enforce organizational IT policies. Specifically, bv-Control for Active Directory reduces risks associated with the growing complexity of IT environments by providing:

--Comprehensive reporting capabilities for Active Directory

Active Directory is a very powerful database for maintaining network resources and security information. bv-Control for Active Directory's easy-to-use reporting interface acts as a query builder for this large distributed information store, giving multiple views into mission-critical information.

--Measurement of security policy compliance

The setup and configuration of Active Directory determines the level of security of the networked data. bv-Control for Active Directory enables security auditors to assess and configure Active Directory settings to ensure compliance with internal corporate policies.

--Standards based for accuracy and scalability

Using ADSI for access to the Active Directory data store allows bv-Control for Active Directory to accurately report on Active Directory data while also taking advantage of the distributed architecture of the Active Directory. BindView's continued use of industry standards such as ADSI enables fast implementation and ROI while minimizing installation of additional components into the environment.

"BindView has always been committed to providing IT managers with best-of-breed directory management solutions," said Prashanth Viswanath, BindView's vice president of product strategy and management. "As part of our Windows 2000 strategy, bv-Control for Active Directory enhances our directory management solutions for this new platform."

Pricing and Availability

bv-Control for Active Directory is currently available and is priced at $17.95 per user.

About BindView Corporation

Founded in 1990, BindView is a leading provider of IT risk management solutions for controlling enterprise and e-Business infrastructures. BindView's award-winning solutions enable corporate IT professionals to effectively leverage their existing technologies to achieve their business goals. To control IT risks, more than 9 million licenses of BindView's solutions have been shipped worldwide to approximately 5,000 companies, including more than 75 of the Fortune 100 and 22 of the largest 25 U.S. banks. Contact BindView via e-mail at info@bindview.com or visit BindView's World Wide Web site at http//www.bindview.com. BindView can also be reached at (800) 749-8439 or at (713) 561-4000.

Editors Note: BindView(R), the BindView logo, and the BindView product names used in this document are trademarks of BindView Development Corporation, which may be registered in one or more jurisdictions. The names of products of other companies mentioned in this document, if any, may be the registered or unregistered trademarks of the owners of the products.

Statements in this news release not based on historical fact are "forward-looking" statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could differ materially because of factors such as, for example, the risks associated with competition within the network management software industry, with rapid technological change, and with BindView's development of and the market's acceptance of new products. Other such factors include the risk factors and other matters described from time to time in BindView's Form 10-K filings, Form 10-Q filings, and other periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.