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TripWire Achieves OPSEC Certification from Check Point Software

PORTLAND, OR - FEB. 19, 2002- Tripwire, Inc., the data integrity assurance company, today announced that it has been accredited with the internationally recognized OPSEC Certification by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP) for its Tripwire for Servers 2.4.2 software. OPSEC (Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity) Certification ensures that Tripwire for Servers integrates with Check Point FireWall-1 Next Generation (NG) and VPN-1 through the Event Logging (ELA) API using the OPSEC interface to provide centralized logging and dynamic policy configuration.

Tripwire for Servers 2.4.2, data integrity assurance software, establishes the foundation for data security by notifying users if, when and how files have changed from a desired, good state. Tripwire for Servers detects all change, whether accidental or malicious, from outside or within, ensuring quick problem discovery and fast, efficient remediation.

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As part of Check Point's OPSEC Alliance, enterprise customers can blend Tripwire's unique data integrity assurance solution together with Check Point Software's leading network security capabilities. Joining these two cutting-edge solutions enables corporations to safely and securely verify the integrity of critical data systems to prevent downtime and maximize uptime.

Check Point Software's award-winning Check Point FireWall-1 enterprise security solution is a comprehensive application suite that integrates access control, authentication, encryption, network address translation, content security, auditing, and connection control. FireWall-1 is part of Check Point's integrated, policy-based secure enterprise networking solutions and is unified by Check Point's OPSEC policy management framework, which provides integration and enterprise management for Check Point's and many third-party network security and management applications. Check Point VPN-1 is the tightly-integrated product family of solutions comprised of Check Point Software's FireWall-1 enterprise security suite and standards-based VPN encryption/tunneling technology and centralized management.

About Check Point's OPSEC
OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) is the industry's open, multi-vendor security framework. With over 300 partners, OPSEC guarantees customers the broadest choice of best-of-breed integrated applications and deployment platforms that support Check Point's Secure Virtual Network Architecture. Products that carry the OPSEC Certified seal have been tested to guarantee integration and interoperability. For complete OPSEC Alliance program information, including partner and product listings, the freely available OPSEC SDK (software development kit) and evaluation versions of OPSEC Certified products, visit http://www.opsec.com.

About Check Point Software Technologies
Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. It is the confirmed market leader of both the worldwide VPN and firewall markets. The company's Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture provides the VPN and security infrastructure that uniquely enables secure and reliable Internet communications. SVN solutions, as delivered in the company's Next Generation product family, secure business communications and resources for corporate networks, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. Extending the power of SVN is Check Point's Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from over 300 leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of 2,000 certified partners in 203 countries. For more information, please call us at (800) 429-4391 or (650) 628-2000 or visit us on the Web at http://www.checkpoint.com or at http://www.sofaware.com.

About Tripwire Inc.
Tripwire Inc. is the data integrity assurance company. Tripwire software assures the integrity of data by establishing a baseline of data in its desired state, detecting and reporting any changes to the baseline, and ensuring rapid discovery and remediation when undesired change occurs. Tripwire is highly recommended as a Best Practice by many security advisory groups, and is featured in the NSA's "60 Minute Security Guide." Tripwire customers include Global 3000 companies, e-business corporations, and key public sector organizations such as Intuit, AT&T, Ernst & Young, and the U.S. House of Representatives. Tripwire customers include Intuit, AT&T, Ernst & Young, and the U.S. House of Representatives. Tripwire is headquartered in Portland, Ore., with offices in Silicon Valley, Calif., and 15 countries around the world. For more information about Tripwire, please visit our Web site at www.tripwire.com.

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Tripwire for Servers 2.4.2 is a trademark of Tripwire Inc.