For Immediate Release

SANA SECURITY ANNOUNCES PRIMARY RESPONSE MEMORY SHIELD

SAN MATEO, Calif. – September 25, 2006 – Sana Security, Inc., a security software company, today unveiled Primary Response Memory Shield, anti-malware software for Microsoft Windows servers that provides advanced protection against worms, including "buffer overflow" code-injection, targeted attacks and variants. Primary Response Memory Shield is easy to manage and operates proactively, without relying on signature patching cycles and without configuration and updates. The product's out-of-the-box protection and zero-touch administration avoids business disruption, scales across the enterprise and can be an easy add-on to virtual machines within a server, thus enabling a layered defense approach to complex infrastructures.

While traditional anti-virus programs may be successful at detecting some existing worm-based threats on known signatures, it is inherently more challenging to keep pace with zero-day, self-propagating network worms. Until a worm is identified and a patch is created, anti-virus solutions cannot protect against this form of malicious code. Primary Response Memory Shield compliments traditional anti-virus solutions by filling the vulnerability gaps that are left open. The solution proactively protects organizations' core information assets from known and zero-day attacks, which are often found on file servers and email servers, without impeding productivity. Additionally, by deploying Primary Response Memory Shield via SMS and utilizing popular management applications, it is easy to manage, control, provision and update on Windows-based servers, significantly reducing costs.

"Sana's approach to security in freeing the enterprise from a reliance on signatures and frequent updates, improves the security posture of our customers while reducing operating costs," said Dan Nester, CEO, Data Insights. "As a built-in security offering, we can ensure a more comprehensive method for a broad-range of protection that maintains its transparency at the OS. This type of proactive protection is exactly what our customers are looking for and with Sana Security we can be the first to offer it to them."
Primary Response Memory Shield is the only solution suitable for mass deployment in servers running the Windows OS. It installs as a kernel loadable module (KLM) and does not require rules or signature updates to effectively protect the device. Upon completing a one-time installation that is centrally managed through industry standard consoles (and can be turned on and off directly in the product), Primary Response Memory Shield eliminates the need for extensive training or the setting of complex policies. It works quietly in the background, thereby minimizing human intervention, improving the businesses network health, enhancing employee productivity and reducing operational costs.

"Malicious spyware that steals identities and financial information continues to make headlines, but good old-fashioned network worms still cause plenty of trouble for enterprises," said Andrew Jaquith, senior analyst, Yankee Group. "Last year, half of all enterprises we surveyed (49%) suffered from a worm that disrupted at least one business unit. Products that detect memory-based attacks address threats that anti-virus products cannot -- and protect assets when vendor patches aren't available."

Primary Response Memory Shield works by tracking the normal behavior of Windows core services at the system call level and can detect abnormal behavior, including code injection from known and unknown worms. By operating within the OS where programs are executing, Sana adds another level of protection and can defend in real-time.

"We're continually evolving our product lines to provide the most competitive solutions for today's destructive class of attacks. While the frequency of network worms has decreased in recent years, its damaging effects have not. Traditional rules and signature-based solutions were built on dated architectures and are not equipped to protect against the memory-based threats that are impeding enterprise productivity," said John Zicker, CEO, Sana Security. "With an average delay of 63 days to deploy patches, the window of time for vulnerability exploits is narrowing. Primary Response Memory Shield supports our continued dedication to closing the vulnerability gaps with its ability to instantly and constantly protect. Its zero-touch model reduces IT overhead, requires no configuration and integrates easily with Windows server infrastructure.

Availability and Pricing
Primary Response Memory Shield is now available and can be purchased online for $349 per server.  For more information or to purchase online, visit www.sanasecurity.com or call 1-866-900-SANA. 

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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