Leading Analyst Firm Praises Trusteer for New Approach to Fighting Viruses and Malware

Business Wire,  June 26, 2008  

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Frost and Sullivan Report Says Trusteer Addresses the Need to Protect Information from the Keystroke to its Endpoint

NEW YORK -- Trusteer, the customer protection company for online businesses, today announced that Frost & Sullivan, a leading technology research firm, released a Market Insight report that praises Trusteer's new approach for protecting private information on the Web from viruses and malware. Frost & Sullivan says that Trusteer's Rapport product creates an untapped market category that secures online transactions and information from the end user's computer to the target website, always assuming that the computer is infected with active malware scripts and applications.

The report entitled, "Trusteer: Rethinking the Battle Plan," dated June 17, 2008, is available at: http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/market-in sight-top.pag?Src=RSS&docid=134911737.

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According to the report, the Trusteer solution opens a new market segment that addresses the need to protect information from keystroke, through a secure connection, to the endpoint. This market is untapped and Trusteer has a major advantage in their approach to a threat that is top of mind with many executives. Frost & Sullivan sees this new approach as a break through in securing information from the key stroke to the SSL connection.

"With anti-virus/anti-malware solutions under increasing fire from thousands of new attacks per day, our vision was to fill the gap so that end users are continually protected from attempts to steal their credentials and private information even if the computer is already infected," said Mickey Boodaei, CEO of Trusteer. "A new market occurs when there is an unmet need, and Frost & Sullivan's validation that Rapport directly addresses a void in the web transaction security stack is extremely valuable to us."

About Rapport

Regardless of whether a user's PC is already infected, Rapport creates a "secure pipe" from the keypad to the online application. Rapport protects the customer's online session by:

1. Blocking operating-system-level application programming interface (API) calls by malware that can send session information out to unknown, unauthorized destinations via the Internet. This unique capability also prevents malware from tampering with the communication in order to alter transactions.

2. Encrypting customer keystrokes at the keyboard driver level and keeping the data encrypted until it is being transmitted to the website over SSL.

3. Validating the bank's Web site by ensuring the customer is interacting with the correct IP address and SSL certificate, and preventing the user from entering sensitive credentials into unauthorized websites.

About Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, partners with clients to accelerate their growth. The company's TEAM Research, Growth Consulting and Growth Team Membership[TM] empower clients to create a growth focused culture that generates, evaluates and implements effective growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan employs over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from more than 30 offices on six continents. For more information about Frost & Sullivan's Growth Partnerships, visit http://www.awards.frost.com.

About Trusteer

Trusteer enables online businesses to establish a secure communication tunnel with their customers over the Internet that stretches from user's keyboard into the company's website. Trusteer's flagship product, Rapport, allows online banks, brokerages, and retailers to protect their customers from identity theft and financial fraud. Unlike conventional approaches to Web security, Rapport protects users' confidential information even if their computer is infected with malware including Trojans and keyloggers, or is victimized by pharming, phishing attacks. Trusteer is a privately held corporation led by former executives from Cyota/RSA Security, Imperva, and NetScreen/Juniper. For more information visit www.trusteer.com.

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