Top Layer Networks Partners with Enterprise Network Services, Inc. to bring Intrusion Prevention Systems to North Carolina; NC-based Reseller to Offer Top Layer IPS as Part of Its Security Solutions Portfolio

Business Wire, Sept 19, 2005

WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -- Top Layer Networks, the global leader for high performance intrusion prevention solutions, today announced its partnership with Enterprise Network Services, Inc. (ENS), a provider of enterprise networking and security solutions. The Raleigh, NC-based company will offer Top Layer's Attack Mitigator IPS 5500 intrusion prevention solution family of products as part of its security solutions portfolio. Under the partnership, ENS will resell Top Layer's IPS 5500 and Top Layer will provide product and sales support.

"We see significant interest in intrusion prevention technologies from companies throughout North Carolina and surrounding areas. The increasing creativeness, intensity and frequency of cyber threats, worms and viruses have driven companies to the realization that firewalls and anti-virus are no longer enough to provide adequate protection," said Ike Bunn, president of Enterprise Network Services, Inc., a Top Layer business partner. "We're committed to providing our customers with comprehensive security services and products that provide effective protection. Top Layer's Attack Mitigator IPS 5500 is the centerpiece of our intrusion prevention offering because of its high-performance and reliability in protecting companies from content-based, rate-based and unauthorized access attacks."

ENS provides security and networking services to organizations in North Carolina and surrounding areas. Its "Defense-in-Depth" security services include: Network Security Audits; Physical Infrastructure Assessments; Server Audits; Network Access Protection; Intrusion Prevention/Detection Systems; Antivirus; Antispam Solutions; ; Desktop Security; Blade PC Technologies; External Security Analysis; Wireless Security; Remote Access; and Internet Access Aggregation and Auto Failover Appliances.

Peter Rendall, president and CEO of Top Layer, added, "Organizations in every region are making intrusion prevention purchases to deal with the growing number of cyber threats that they face like the recent Zotob worm. Partners like ENS that have the local knowledge will help those organizations and Top Layer alike by matching our award-winning technology with their specific security needs."

About the Top Layer Attack Mitigator IPS 5500

The Attack Mitigator IPS 5500 family offers the strongest levels of network IPS protection, performance and reliability on the market today. By improving upon the most powerful characteristics of stateful firewall technology and intrusion detection systems, Top Layer has developed the IPS 5500 in order to protect against attacks in real-time with minimal interruption of legitimate traffic. Top Layer executes high performance, non-disruptive deep packet inspection and analysis coupled with intelligent blocking of attacks through TopFire(TM) second-generation ASIC technology and TopInspect(TM) Deep Packet Inspection.

To learn more about the Attack Mitigator IPS 5500, visit www.toplayer.com or call 508-870-1300.

About Enterprise Network Services, Inc.

Enterprise Network Services, Inc. (ENS) is a North Carolina Corporation chartered in the early 90's with a mission to assist clients in building and evolving communications systems. Since its inception, ENS has successfully provided its customers cost effective and comprehensive vendor independent solutions in the voice, video, and data environments. ENS' services are delivered by experienced professionals trained and certified in their fields of expertise. The staff includes network infrastructure designers, network engineers, and telecommunications engineers. These skill sets coupled with a focus on network services and a commitment to deliver quality services distinguish ENS in today's marketplace.

For more information about ENS, please visit www.ens-nc.com or contact Ike Bunn at 919-510-0510 X 23.

About Top Layer Networks, Inc.

Founded in 1997, Top Layer Networks develops network security solutions that enable enterprises worldwide to protect their infrastructure and critical online assets from cyber-threats. The Company's patented, ASIC-based products are engineered to deliver accurate and reliable protection mechanisms while operating as robust in-line network security devices. Top Layer Networks is headquartered in Westboro, Massachusetts with sales and support presence in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.