For Immediate Release

Sana Security Honored by Info Security Products Guide with the Shaping Info Security 2006 Industry Award

SAN MATEO, Calif. – October 16, 2006 – Sana Security, Inc., a security software company, today announced that Dr. Matthew Williamson, principal scientist at Sana Security, has been honored with the “Shaping Info Security 2006 Industry Award” by Info Security Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication and the world’s leading publication on security-related products and technologies. The Shaping Info Security awards honor individuals whose research, ideas and innovations are positively impacting the security industry and addressing today’s highly sophisticated and blended attack environment. Dr. Williamson has been recognized for his research and work in developing behavior-based, proactive anti-malware technology that mitigates excessive administration and update procedures.

“Behind every successful security vendor that is consistently pushing new areas of research and enhancing security as a result, there is one obvious characteristic and that is the brilliance in research, engineering and development they have supporting their vision.” said Rick Justice, chief technology editor with Info Security Products Guide. “We were most impressed with Matthew Williamson’s achievements in shaping a new security landscape and are proud to acknowledge his positive contribution to the industry in awarding him the Shaping Info Security award.”

In his relatively short career, Dr. Williamson has helped move the needle of traditional security to advance protection across the enterprise. Recognized for his contributions in researching and applying multi-layered analysis of malware behavior to create proactive anti-malware solutions, Dr. Williamson’s research has challenged the industry to look beyond traditional signature-based solutions, which were created more then 17 years ago when data protection was not top of mind, and which are limiting in protection scope and often compromise IT operations. He continues to support Sana’s mission of constantly innovating new and cutting-edge technology and has been a main driver in developing Sana’s patent-pending technology Active Malware Defense Technology v2 (Active MDT), the first commercially available anti-malware technology to detect and remove malicious software without relying on signatures and scanning. The technology works by tracking the relationships between the various components of malware, instead of single executables, as malware is often split into multiple pieces in order to evade traditional protection mechanisms. Williamson’s contributions to Sana Security have enabled the company to provide proactive solutions that are capable of staying ahead of the evolving threat landscape and can safeguard enterprises and end-users more effectively and with less human intervention than ever before possible.

“Our Internet experiences as we know them are changing with the steady growth of online collaboration and active content creation. This growth is also changing the daily challenges of security professionals world-wide, forcing them to look beyond the concerns of today in order to project what’s to come,” said John Zicker, CEO, Sana Security. “We’re proud to have the expertise and talent that we have here at Sana. Matthew Williamson continues to push the envelope in security development and has supported our goals in becoming a leader in the industry by creating anti-malware solutions that instantly and constantly protect against emerging vulnerabilities that are common among the Internet’s evolving collaborative platforms.”

Sana’s behavioral heuristic technology, Active Malware Defense v2 (Active MDT v2), sits at the core of its anti-malware solution to protect client desktops in real-time by detecting stealthy malware and removing malicious code. As malware is detected , the information is transmitted to Sana Labs and published through Sana Security’s new Active MDT Center to assist Sana customers with the information necessary to adjust security postures to meet these emerging “in the wild” threats. This information is timely and gives a relative comparison of how well Active MDT technology does in detecting, identifying and removing malware long before legacy AV solutions create signatures. As an example, On September 22, the automated forensic analysis generated by Sana Labs revealed a glimpse into the impact of sneaky malware and its alarming effects impacting system security:

• 41 different varieties of malware had gone undetected by traditional AV solutions since May 12
• Major AV vendors took up to 21 days to detect malware, after it had been identified by Active MDT Center
• Popular AV solutions missed up to 68 percent of malicious threats in their initial scan, and up to 54 percent afterward
• The most common categories and variants of malware were attributed to stealthy Trojans

The technology and subsequent data collected provides proactive functionality and offers broader threat protection through Sana’s anti-malware client solution, Primary Response SafeConnect. Installed worldwide and collecting and reporting on known and unknown threats, it offers behavior-based malware removal and ease-of-use for defending against today’s leading threats. Unlike legacy reactive solutions that require updates, signatures and scanning, Primary Response SafeConnect uses a multi-behavioral approach to examine the operational characteristics unique to each PC and can instantly and constantly protect PCs online or offline, connected or not and with no further action required on behalf of the user, including signature downloads and system scanning.

About Silicon Valley Communications Awards
Info Security Products Guide, published by Silicon Valley Communications, plays a vital role in keeping end-users informed of the choices they can make when it comes to protecting their digital resources. It is written expressly for those who are adamant on staying informed of security threats and the preventive measure they can take. You will discover a wealth of information in this guide including tomorrow’s technology today, best deployment scenarios, people and technologies shaping info security and independent product evaluations that facilitate in making the most pertinent security decisions. The Info Security Products Guide Awards recognize and honor excellence in all areas of information security. To learn more, visit www.infosecurityproductsguide.com and stay secured.  

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 provides anti-malware software for 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's suite of centrally managed, standalone and on demand products drives innovation in anti-malware solutions. 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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