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Friday, February 09, 2007

NetClarity, Inc. Receives Award as One of the Three Most Innovative Network Security Companies at the RSA® Conference 2007

The only next generation vulnerability management and intrusion prevention company to be so honored winning prestigious award at the world's leading information security conference and exposition.

Bedford, MA; San Francisco, CA (PRWeb) February 9, 2007 -- NetClarity, Inc., a leading provider of proactive vulnerability management and intrusion prevention network security products and services, today announced that on the heels of Best of 2006, Best Buy and Five Stars products awards by SC Magazine it has been awarded third place as one of the most innovative network security companies in the world, at the RSA® Conference 2007 today.

Judged by a panel of experts includes Asheem Chandna of Greylock Partners, Herbert H. Thompson of Security Innovation, Ted Schlein of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Renee Guttmann-Stark of Time Inc., and Michael Barrett of PayPal, NetClarity beat out seven of the top competitors. First place went to an innovative mobile security hardware vendor from Israel, second place went to a database compliance company and third went to innovative vulnerability management and intrusion prevention company, NetClarity, Inc."

The RSA Conference Innovation Station Showdown is a great competition that allows emerging companies, such as NetClarity, to showcase innovative technology," said Sandra Toms LaPedis, area vice president and general manager of RSA Conferences. "This company has been recognized by the judging panel for presenting a solid business model."

"This is an extreme honor to be named one of the Top Three Innovators and be placed in the INFOSEC spotlight by RSA, the most respected and trusted brand in the industry," said Gary S. Miliefsky, Founder & CTO, NetClarity, Inc.

"We are pleased to see NetClarity, a CVE compatible vendor, selected by RSA as one of the top three network security Innovators in the world," said Robert A. Martin, compatibility lead, MITRE Corporation.

According to USCERT, 95% of network downtime and information technology (IT) compliance issues are a direct result of an exploit against a Common Vulnerability and Exposure (CVE).

About NetClarity, Inc.NetClarity is a leading provider of vulnerability management, intrusion prevention and network admission control (NAC) products that provide preemptive, proactive network protection. The company's Auditor line of appliances has received widespread recognition, including two Best Buy Awards, 5 Star ratings, and Best of 2006 from SC Magazine and according to CRN is one of the Who's Who in NAC. Auditor enables customers to clearly see and better protect their network assets, identifying with pinpoint accuracy the root causes of data leakage, regulatory compliance gaps and network downtime using MITRE's CVE® standard. Based in Bedford, Massachusetts, NetClarity is privately held. For more information, visit http://www.netclarity.net/

For more information, please visit: http://www.rsaconference.com/2007/US/content/additional/innovation/

RSA and the RSA Conference logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of RSA Security Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. NetClarity, Auditor, Protection for Windows and the NetClarity logo are trademarks of NetClarity, Inc. CVE is a registered trademark of MITRE Corporation. All other marks are trademarks of their respective companies.

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