Wave Issue 0501 1/7/05 Article 10-01

***Mirage Networks Offers Free, 1-Day Network Assessment to Law
Firms; Virtually In-Line Appliance Immediately Reveals Networks'
Threats and Abuses

AUSTIN, Texas
Jan. 4, 2005

Mirage Networks, Inc., has announced a free, 1-day interior
network assessment to qualified law firms. The appliance-based
solution, CounterPoint, locates exposures to network threats and
abuses that bypass traditional perimeter-based, signature-based,
and agent-based security products. Five of the nation's most
prominent law firms have moved beyond assessment and have fully
deployed CounterPoint for full-time interior network defense.

By mirroring the traffic from a switch and monitoring for
malicious behavior, CounterPoint immediately and surgically
contains malicious behavior at its source as effectively as any
in-line appliance. It also significantly reduces network
scanning, discovers mis-configured firewalls, and increases the
overall effectiveness of any network security policy.
CounterPoint is switch vendor agnostic, and is deployed at the
network interior -- normally at the access or distribution layer.
Installation typically requires less than one hour and does not
interfere with network performance as it resides virtually in-
line, or physically out of band.

2004 was a record year for rapidly propagating threats (RPTs)
with 263 recorded to date. Noteworthy RPTs include Sasser, Witty,
Mydoom and new variants of Blaster, Gaobot and Welchia.
Predictions for 2005 indicate a doubling or tripling of the
number of RPTs from the 2004 level. While the forecasted increase
in number of RPTs is alarming, of even greater concern is that
worms are becoming more sophisticated in their ability to evade
traditional security defenses, and with far more damaging
consequences.

According to mi2g, Sobig accounted for the greatest worldwide
economic damage in 2003 ($36.7 billion), followed by Klez ($19.4
billion), Yaha ($11.3 billion), Mimail ($10.5 billion) and Swen
($10 billion). This list does not include other well known
viruses that rippled through the legal community such as Sasser,
Mydoom, and Gaobot. Continued exposure to network abuses and RPTs
leads to a high risk of data access blockage at critical times,
missed filing deadlines, and ultimately, lost billable hours.

CounterPoint can be deployed at headquarters and/or remote office
locations. This unique network defense solution provides day-zero
protection against RPTs at the access/distribution layer -- where
staff and guest computers regularly attach to a firm's network.
If a local or remote staff member plugs an infected device into
the network and attempts to propagate an infection, the appliance
immediately identifies the traffic as malicious and logically
removes that device from the network. The device remains fully
functional on its own, but can no longer access the network. This
is accomplished without client-based software, without network
redesign, and without the need to continually update signatures.

To schedule a 1-day network assessment, please call 1-512-874-
7800 and press 1 for sales or email sales@miragenetworks.com.

www.miragenetworks.com