Enterasys Secure Networks Solution Achieves OPSEC Certification from Check Point

Dragon Intrusion Defense integrates with industry's most recognized security framework to detect, locate and respond to known and unknown threats with unprecedented granularity

ANDOVER, MA - September 21, 2004 - Enterasys Networks (NYSE: ETS), the Secure Networks CompanyTM, today announced that its Enterasys Dragon Intrusion Defense System has achieved OPSECTM (Open Platform for Security) certification from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. Through OPSEC certification, Enterasys Dragon now seamlessly integrates with Check Point's market-leading VPN-1/FireWall-1 Next GenerationTM with Application Intelligence software, allowing enterprises to detect and combat against misuse or attacks—both internal and external to the network—across their entire IT infrastructure.

"With the multivendor, complex security systems that many enterprises currently have in place, open, interoperable, layered security solutions continue to be significantly important," said John Roese, chief technology officer for Enterasys Networks. "Our Secure Networks approach provides customers with the most granular level of security available today. The integration of Dragon with Check Point's VPN-1/FireWall-1 Next Generation with Application Intelligence software enables enterprises to take advantage of these leading security solutions to ensure network reliability and business continuity in the face of ever-increasing security threats."

Designed specifically to meet the unique and challenging security requirements of the enterprise environment, the Enterasys Dragon Intrusion Defense System offers comprehensive features that deliver improved, embedded network security. With its unique network-based detection and active response capabilities, modular host intrusion detection components, server management and event management, Dragon provides a reliable solution for detecting and responding to the broad array of attacks present in today's constantly changing security landscape. For more information about the Enterasys Dragon Intrusion Defense System, visit www.enterasys.com/products/ids/.

"The Enterasys Dragon product leverages the OPSEC interfaces to provide automated alerts and notifications to VPN-1/FireWall-1 Next Generation with Application Intelligence," said Upesh Patel, director, business development for Check Point Software Technologies. "Through this integration, customers will extend their abilities to respond in real time to threats aimed at their networks, such as worms, viruses, denial-of-service (DoS) and zero-day attacks or to internal misuse and abuse."

The Enterasys Secure Networks Advantage
Enterasys' industry-leading Secure Networks technology and solutions provide the most granular level of security available today, providing visibility and control down to the network device, individual user and application level. The unmatched security comes from the integrated, policy-based management software architecture that works with the embedded security capabilities Enterasys designs into its entire product line. This unique approach offers significant operational and business benefits, unmatched by vendor offerings that simply add hardware or software to multiple network access points in an attempt to increase security. In fact, Secure Networks technology can even make networks with competitors' equipment more secure.

About Enterasys Networks
Enterasys Networks (NYSE: ETS) is a global provider of Secure NetworksTM for enterprise customers. Enterasys' innovative network infrastructure offerings deliver the security, productivity and adaptability benefits required by Global 2000 organizations, coupled with the industry's strongest service and support. For more information on Enterasys and its products, including multilayer switches, core routers, WAN routers, wireless LANs, network management, and intrusion defense systems (IDS), visit enterasys.com.