Riptech Announces New Customer Wins for Its 24x7 eSentry Managed Security Monitoring Solution

Business Wire, Nov 7, 2000

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ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2000

AETEA, Done.com, NetCreations, and stylewiz.com Leverage Riptech's

Outsourced Solution To Bolster Information Security Protection

Riptech, Inc.(TM), the premier information security service provider, today announced that it has added four e-Businesses to its expanding customer list. AETEA Information Technology, Inc., Done.com, NetCreations, Inc., and stylewiz.com have selected Riptech's eSentry(SM) for real-time managed security monitoring. Emerging businesses, as well as established international corporations, are turning to eSentry for real-time information protection via its intelligent monitoring and management service.

"Our new customer wins reflect the overwhelming demand for Riptech's real-time information security vigilance, which frees customers to focus on their core competitive advantages," said Elad Yoran, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Riptech, Inc. "AETEA, Done.com, NetCreations, and stylewiz.com all exemplify emerging businesses that understand the business-critical importance of a strong security posture."

AETEA Information Technology, Inc.

AETEA Information Technology, Inc., headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, combines 20 years of executive leadership in the Information Technology industry with the energetic exuberance of an entrepreneurial enterprise. AETEA's $120 million IT consulting business has supported technical and Internet development initiatives for a wide variety of clients, from start-ups to the Fortune 500. Today, AETEA's presence reaches into industries spanning telecommunications, financial services, pharmaceuticals, government, consumer services, and emerging businesses.

"We work diligently to first understand our client objectives before developing tailored e-Business solutions, which makes strong information security a critical enabler to client collaboration and to our success," said Steve Heibein, vice president, Internet solutions, at AETEA. "Riptech delivers the security vigilance and expertise required to protect both our proprietary methodologies and our client's business-critical information from ever-evolving malicious threats against e-Businesses."

Done.com

Done.com, headquartered in Belmont, California, is the first Wireless Workflow Application Service Provider (ASP) that enables companies to automatically capture, implement, and improve business-to-business work processes, such as marketing, event management, M&A due diligence, and product launches.

"We manage and maintain large amounts of sensitive customer information through our ASP solution, which makes security assurance critical in expanding our customer base and protecting our corporate brand integrity," said Chadia A. Hallahan, vice president of marketing at Done.com. "By outsourcing our information security to Riptech, we instantly acquire information security personnel with the experience and expertise that are required to stay a step ahead of malicious activities."

NetCreations

NetCreations, headquartered in New York, New York, is the leader in 100% Opt-In(R) e-mail marketing services, and specializes in e-mail address list management, brokerage, and delivery. Through its PostMasterDirect.com service, NetCreations has conducted marketing campaigns on behalf of over 2,000 direct marketing clients to targeted consumers in its database of over 16 million 100% Opt-In e-mail addresses.

"We selected eSentry because it's an economical, tailored solution that is readily expandable to address our projected growth," said Tymm Twillman, director of information technology at NetCreations. "eSentry combines best-of-breed security infrastructure with senior expertise to ensure site integrity around the clock."

stylewiz.com

stylewiz.com, headquartered in New York, New York, is a one-stop guide to the best shops the Web has to offer, and a direct source for instant style ideas for home and fashion. stylewiz.com gathers the best products from the best stores on the Web and makes every product just a click away from the consumer's shopping cart. "As the de facto resource for fashion and home style trends, we are committed to providing inventive style content, partnering with leading retailers, and ensuring that we implement best practices for business-critical functions, including information security," said Christy Ferer, chief executive officer at stylewiz.com. "Enlisting Riptech allows us to focus on our core competency - bringing style to the Internet - and leave the information security to the experts."

Riptech's eSentry service delivers around-the-clock security protection by combining intelligent early warning detection with the agility to immediately defend against potential attacks and emerging vulnerabilities. Riptech enables a single view of customer security activity by continuously monitoring and correlating security log data from firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS), virtual private networks (VPNs), and other devices across the enterprise.