TippingPoint Extends Intrusion Prevention to Remote Offices and Branch Locations

TippingPoint 10 Extends In-line Network Security to Protect Local Applications,
Data and Network Resources
SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
TippingPoint, a leader in intrusion prevention, today announced availability of
the TippingPoint® 10 Intrusion Prevention System (IPS). This new product is
designed to help enterprise organizations keep malicious traffic off their
remote office and/or branch office networks. Additionally, the design of the
device opens the door for managed security service providers (MSSPs) to offer
more value-added services to their small to medium-sized business customers.

The TippingPoint 10 is a full featured IPS in a small form factor that preserves
availability, performance and security on remote networks. Like all of
TippingPoint`s IPS solutions, the TippingPoint 10 provides comprehensive traffic
inspection and filtering using TippingPoint`s Digital Vaccine® service to
identify and block security threats before they impact the network. Customers
using the TippingPoint Security Management System (SMS) can easily manage
multiple TippingPoint 10 units and quickly administer and deploy filters that
will keep remote offices from being taken offline by security attacks.

Addressing the Network Security Challenges of the Remote Office

Large organizations with numerous branch offices face a unique set of challenges
- the remote office networks must remain highly available and productive, yet
often these offices do not include IT or networking personnel who can maintain
them. The TippingPoint 10 delivers the proven reliability, redundancy,
performance and security accuracy to keep these remote offices up and running
without the risk of blocking legitimate traffic that is critical to local
operations, unlike many "all in one" security devices.

"Many large organizations rely on branch offices to keep business running
smoothly - banking, insurance, manufacturing, etc. These offices are often the
front lines for an organization`s localized customer service, so high
availability is paramount," said Richard Stiennon, founder of IT-Harvest. "They
are also a direct link into the organization`s critical data, meaning security
should not be taken lightly."

The TippingPoint 10 is easily installed in remote office networks by local
personnel in minutes and immediately begins filtering out malicious and unwanted
traffic. The IPS is deployed seamlessly with no IP or MAC address
configurations. All systems ship with "Recommended Settings," which provide
preconfigured policies that automatically and accurately block attacks without
any tuning, significantly reducing the amount of time and resources required to
protect and maintain a healthy network. The TippingPoint 10 also provides
traffic management to stop bandwidth hogging applications like Peer-to-Peer and
Instant Messaging. This approach decreases IT security cost by eliminating
ad-hoc patching and alert response, while simultaneously increasing IT
productivity through bandwidth savings and protection of critical data and
applications.

Providing Easy Manageability for Managed Security Service Providers

The TippingPoint 10 provides MSSPs with a new value added service to provide to
customers. Currently, the options for MSSPs to provide security services to
customers are through on-site management or in a hosted, "cloud" environment
where traffic from all clients is run through one network. With the TippingPoint
10, MSSPs can provide their customers with a full featured on-site IPS that can
be easily managed remotely.

"Our customers were looking for a way to provide in-line IPS - with all of the
benefits of immediate blocking and thresholding - to smaller, remote offices,"
said James Collinge, director of product management at TippingPoint. "The
TippingPoint 10 solves this customer need for an ever increasing IPS role in the
enterprise network providing reliability, performance, security accuracy and
ease of use."

Availability and Pricing

The TippingPoint 10 IPS is now shipping to customers. Pricing for the
TippingPoint 10 varies by volume purchased. For more information on the
TippingPoint 10 IPS, please visit http://www.tippingpoint.com/tp10.

About TippingPoint

TippingPoint is a leading global provider of comprehensive network security
solutions that address the security and regulatory compliance needs of complex
network environments for enterprises, government agencies, service providers and
academic institutions. With the TippingPoint IPS-Secured Network, which includes
the TippingPoint® Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and Network Access Control
(NAC) solution, network infrastructure, applications, and critical data are
protected from malicious cyber attacks. TippingPoint`s 360° approach to network
security enables enterprises to enforce security policies across all users,
devices, traffic flows and content; while preserving existing infrastructure and
ensuring business continuity to help lower total cost of ownership.
TippingPoint`s security intelligence is powered by DVLabs, TippingPoint`s
premier team of expert internal researchers for vulnerability analysis and
discovery. DVLabs is supplemented by over 900 external Zero Day Initiative
researchers. For more information, please visit www.tippingpoint.com, or the
press center at http://www.tippingpoint.com/press.

About 3Com Corporation

3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS) is a $1.3B global converged network
infrastructure supplier that helps customers achieve business success by
delivering solutions that provide exceptional value. The company`s H3C
enterprise networking portfolio provides best-in-class performance, efficiency
and reliability and delivers unparalleled return on investment. Through its
TippingPoint division, 3Com is a leading provider of network-based intrusion
prevention systems that deliver in-depth application protection, infrastructure
protection, and performance protection. For further information, please visit
www.3com.com, or the press site www.3com.com/pressbox.

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TippingPoint
Jennifer Lake, 512-681-8111
jlake@tippingpoint.com
or
Connect2 Communications
Joyce Wady, 919-554-3532, x2
joyce@connect2comm.com

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