Application Security, Inc. Database Security Suite to Support Oracle® Database 11g

Business Wire, July 11, 2007

Company's DbProtect[TM] Suite Augments New Oracle Database Providing Comprehensive Database Security to Enterprises

NEW YORK -- Application Security, Inc., a leading provider of database security solutions for the enterprise, today announced that its database security suite, DbProtect[TM], will support Oracle[R] Database 11g. Combined with the innovative capabilities inherent in Oracle Database 11g, DbProtect bolsters the security of, and control over, an organization's most valued asset: its data.

"Oracle Database 11g raises the bar, reinforcing Oracle's position in the market," said Ted Julian, vice president of marketing and strategy for Application Security, Inc. "As a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, we're excited to work with Oracle to provide the most comprehensive, real-time activity monitoring, auditing and vulnerability assessment solutions to secure sensitive enterprise data."

DbProtect is acknowledged as one of the industry's most complete database security solutions, offering full support for the proven vulnerability management lifecycle. The suite allows enterprises to extend to their databases the same methodology currently used to secure their networks and general-purpose hosts. By doing so, DbProtect secures an enterprise's most sensitive data and bolsters compliance initiatives to protect data privacy and control access to enterprise data. DbProtect complements the many notable security improvements in Oracle Database 11g, ensuring the promise of improved security becomes a reality.

Built on the industry's most extensive knowledge-base of database-specific vulnerabilities, DbProtect combines database discovery, vulnerability scanning, real-time activity monitoring, auditing, and optional encryption. The comprehensive, integrated solution secures enterprise information assets by providing total coverage of, and real-time context for, database activity.

About Oracle Database 11g

Oracle Database is the only database designed for grid computing. With the release of Oracle Database 11g, Oracle is making the management of enterprise information easier than ever; enabling customers to know more about their business and innovate more quickly. Oracle Database 11g delivers superior performance, scalability, availability, security and ease of management on a low-cost grid of industry standard storage and servers. Oracle Database 11g is designed to be effectively deployed on everything from small blade servers to the biggest SMP servers and clusters of all sizes. It features automated management capabilities for easy, cost-effective operation. Oracle Database 11g's unique ability to manage all data from traditional business information to XML and 3D spatial information makes it the ideal choice to power transaction processing, data warehousing, and content management applications.

About Oracle PartnerNetwork

Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 19,500 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer their customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company. http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com

About Application Security, Inc.

Application Security, Inc. (www.appsecinc.com) is the leading global provider of database security solutions for the enterprise. Application Security, Inc.'s products - the industry's only complete database security solution - proactively secure databases in the most demanding environments around the world. Application Security, Inc. delivers up-to-date database protection that minimizes risk and allows organizations to confidently connect with customers, partners, and suppliers.

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DbProtect is a trademark of Application Security, Inc. All other product names, service marks, and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.