Sana Security Tapped by Intensity Computers for Identity Theft Protection; PC Manufacturer Will Use Primary Response SafeConnect to Block Malicious Attacks

Business Wire, August 14, 2006

SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Sana Security, Inc., a security software company, today announced that Intensity Computers, a Canada-based custom personal computer assembly shop specializing in security best practices, has chosen Primary Response SafeConnect to provide instant and constant protection against malicious programs without relying on signatures and scanning. Intensity Computer's custom PCs are built with best-in-class components, extending the durability and lifespan of each system far beyond mass merchandise, assembly line computers. To enforce a security strategy that matches the life of the PCs, Intensity Computers is adding Sana's anti-malware solution, to safeguard against data and identity theft threats.

"The Internet is littered with nasty programs that are difficult to identify and remove before it's too late," said Al Lamontagne, founder, Intensity Computers. "Primary Response SafeConnect enhances the user's experience by transparently protecting their system, automatically removing malicious software, minimizing support requirements and making their Internet experience safer and more satisfying."

With over 10,000 deployments and a growing customer base, Sana's strategic alliances with organizations around the world are helping to expand its global reach to secure sensitive data and the identities of end-users and enterprises throughout the world. Sana's Primary Response SafeConnect provides clients with a combination of broad threat protection, behavioral heuristics and ease-of-use for addressing the rise of malicious Internet-based attacks.

"Identity theft has become a formidable issue among those who conduct online transactions for both business and personal use," said Timothy Eades, senior vice president of sales and marketing, Sana Security. "Stealthy rootkits account for more than 20 percent of all malicious programs removed from Microsoft Windows machines, and 88 percent of computers connected to the Internet are infected with spyware. Intensity Computers is a great example of how manufacturers can integrate Primary Response SafeConnect to erode the fearful posture we've come to accept as part of the Internet experience. Malicious code has recognizable behavior patterns and our behavior analysis model stops the attack before it begins, well before signature-based solutions have time to identify the attack and release a patch."

In March of 2006, Sana Labs detected an "in-the-wild" rootkit, dubbed the Hearse worm, which was discovered to be stealing upwards of 40,000 pieces of personal and financial information and sending it to a Russian server. Sana Security's detection capabilities enabled SafeConnect users in the field to identify and remove the threat before any traditional anti-virus vendor and disable the rootkit. The progressive, stealthy worm exploited thousands of computer users, with the exception of Sana's customers deploying its anti-malware solution.

At the core of Primary Response SafeConnect is Sana Security's latest technology, Active Malware Defense Technology v2.0 (Active MDT). Unlike reactive solutions, Primary Response SafeConnect is the first commercially available anti-malware software using behavior heuristics to instantly detect and completely remove malware before it can harm PCs. Malicious software components, including kernel level rootkit attacks, are quarantined and eliminated to prevent reinstallation upon reboot. PCs are protected with always-on, proactive protection for immunity against known and unknown threats which disrupt business continuity and exploit online identities and information.

About Sana Security

Sana Security creates award-winning security software that is autonomous, aware of environment change, adaptive to new threats and active in preventing attacks before they do harm.

Sana Security's anti-malware software is designed to provide immunity against threats, both known and unknown. Unlike reactive, legacy solutions that require updates, signatures and scanning, Sana's products offer enterprises, small businesses and consumers instant and constant protection against threats, increasingly complex attacks, data compromise and identity theft.

Sana Security, together with its research organization Sana Labs, is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California with offices in global business and technology centers. For more information, visit www.sanasecurity.com or contact the company by phone at 650.292.7100.

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