Riptech Announces Elad Yoran to Speak At World Bank On Cyber Security

Business Wire, March 20, 2002

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2002

Riptech, Inc., the premier provider of scalable, real-time managed security services, today announced that Elad Yoran, executive vice president, will speak at an internal World Bank forum on the topic of cyber security on March 21, 2002.

Yoran will discuss recent information that shows a steady increase in cyber-security threats, especially those targeted against specific industries such as electric power and financial services. This information is extrapolated from Riptech's Internet Security Threat Report, the first report to present cyber attack trends based on the empirical analysis of actual cyber attacks detected against a global sample of security devices. Yoran will discuss the meaning of recent trends and explain the steps organizations are taking to secure their information systems from attack and intrusion.

About Riptech

Riptech, Inc., the premier provider of scalable, real-time managed security services, protects clients through advanced outsourced security monitoring and professional services. Riptech's unique Caltarian technology platform provides real-time information protection through around-the-clock monitoring, analysis, and response. The Caltarian technology is capable of processing large volumes of network security data to separate security threats from false positives in real-time, with carrier-class scalability. Additionally, Riptech's Security Professional Services group provides security policy development, assessment and auditing, penetration testing, incident forensics, and response. Riptech security specialists have secured hundreds of organizations including Fortune 500 companies and federal agencies. Based on its analysis of attacks against a customer base of more than 300 companies in over 25 countries, Riptech regularly publishes the Internet Security Threat Report, which can be found at www.riptech.com. Founded in 1998 by former Department of Defense security professionals and market experts, Riptech is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia with offices in San Jose, California, and New York City.

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