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Corero Network Security to Present on DDoS Attacks and Mitigation Techniquesat Interop Las Vegas

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Corero Network Security (CNS: LN), today announced that they are presenting on the evolving DDoS threat landscape at Interop, being held May 6-10 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Hudson, MA (USA), Tuesday – April 17th, 2012 — Corero Network Security (CNS: LN), the leading provider of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Defense Solutions, today announced that they are presenting on the evolving DDoS threat landscape at Interop, being held May 6-10 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ashley Stephenson, executive vice president, will be a featured presenter at Interop. The event will take place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas from May 6-10, 2012.

WHO: Ashley Stephenson, Corero Network Security Executive Vice President
WHAT: “Application Layer DDoS Attacks: Motives, Mechanisms, and Mitigation”
WHERE: The Mandalay Bay ConventionCenter, Las Vegas
WHEN: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 9:00 am PDT

During the session Stephenson will examine the motivations behind today’s DDoS attacks, highlighting how hackers increasingly are using them as smokescreens to divert attention from surreptitious attacks aimed at stealing data. He also will take an in-depth look at the evolving mechanisms used to launch attacks, both newlow and slow application-layer DDoS attacks and traditional bandwidth consuming network-layer DDoS attacks. In addition, hewill share real-world attack scenarios and discuss ways to stop DDoS attacks.

About Corero Network Security:
Corero Network Security (CNS:LN) ( http://www.corero.com/en/products_and_services/ps_services/securewatch_plus ) is an international network security company and the leading provider of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) defense and Next Generation Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) solutions ( http://www.corero.com/en/products_and_services/ips/products_and_services_ips_overview ). Corero’s products and services ( http://www.corero.com/en/products_and_services/ps_services/securewatch_plus ) provide comprehensive, integrated, high-performance protection against constantly evolving network-borne cyber threats. Customers include enterprises, service providers and government organizations worldwide. Corero’s appliance-based solutions are highly adaptive and preemptively respond to modern cyber attacks, known and unknown, protecting critical information and online assets. Corero’s products are transparent on the network, highly scalable, and feature the lowest latency and highest reliability in the industry. Corero is headquartered in Hudson, Mass., with offices around the world.

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz, Principal
MediaPR.net Inc
1 Cabot Road
Hudson, MA 01749 – USA
(978) 594-4134
vcruz@mediapr.net
http://www.corero.com

Technology

Corero Network Security Appoints Ashley Stephenson as Executive Vice President

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Veteran Technology Entrepreneur will lead Corero’s Global Expansion Strategy.

Hudson, MA (USA), Tuesday – April 17th, 2012 — Corero Network Security (CNS: LN), the leading provider of DDoS Defense and Next Generation IPS (NGIPS) solutions, today named veteran IT industry expert Ashley Stephenson as executive vice president. An Internet technology entrepreneur, Stephenson, who has operating experience in the United States, Europe and Asia, will lead Corero’s global expansion strategy.

“We are delighted to have someone of Ashley’s caliber join Corero. His proven executive leadership experience, international expertise and channel know-how will help us take the company’s solutions to the next level in the escalating battle against cyber attacks,” said Marty Meyer, CEO of Corero.

Stephenson co-founded or led several IT companies as chairman or CEO including Reva Systems, acquired by ODIN, and Xedia Corporation, acquired by Lucent. Most recently, he has provided strategic advisory services to leading companies on the evolution of the global IT market. Stephenson has served on the board of directors of several startups and industry consortia. He also was awarded “CEO of the Year” by the Massachusetts Telecommunications Council.

“I’m very excited to join Corero. The company’s game-changing DDoS Defense and Next Generation IPS technology make this a unique opportunity to expand the business as the network security market continues to experience explosive growth,” Stephenson said.

“We will continue to build on our strategy to work with key partners around the globe to build out an intelligent next generation defense infrastructure against cyber attacks. The more enterprises and institutions we protect, the more we learn about the evolving nature of the threats. It is a win-win-win for our partners, our customers and Corero,” Stephenson added.

Corero’s products and services provide its customers with a robust, high-performance defense against the constantly evolving and increasingly sophisticated realm of cyber attacks. Its DDoS Defense System (DDS), which stops DDoS attacks, and NGIPS solutions are pro-actively protecting the networks and IT resources of enterprises, service providers and government organizations worldwide.

About Corero Network Security:
Corero Network Security (CNS: LN) is an international network security company and the leading provider of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) defense and Next Generation Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) solutions. Corero’s products and services provide comprehensive, integrated, high-performance protection against constantly evolving network-borne cyber threats. Customers include enterprises, service providers and government organizations worldwide. Corero’s appliance-based solutions are highly adaptive and preemptively respond to modern cyber attacks, known and unknown, protecting critical information and online assets. Corero’s products are transparent on the network, highly scalable, and feature the lowest latency and highest reliability in the industry. Corero is headquartered in Hudson, Mass., with offices around the world.

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz, Principal
MediaPR.net Inc
1 Cabot Road
Hudson, MA 01749 – USA
(978) 594-4134
vcruz@mediapr.net
http://www.corero.com

Technology

SkyRecon’s StormShield: The Only Real Alternative for Cisco CSA Users

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Matrix Global Partners Releases CSA Comparison Whitepaper.

Indianapolis, IN, Tuesday – September 13, 2011 — Matrix Global Partners, Inc. (Matrix), the exclusive distributor in the Americas for the award-winning endpoint protection solution StormShield®, today announced the launch of their updated “CSA Replacement Program”. With Cisco’s timeline to stop providing updates, fixes, and patches for their critically acclaimed Cisco Security Agent (CSA) beginning December 10th of this year, CSA customers will soon find themselves limited to only phone support and facing the daunting task of finding an effective and up-to-date alternative to protecting their laptops, desktops and servers from targeted intrusions and zero-day attacks with true behavioral security.

There freshed CSA Replacement Program offered by Matrix ( http://www.MatrixGP.com ) includes competitive replacement pricing, exceptional terms and a comprehensive migration program designed to ensure both a smooth financial and operational transition.

“The many CSA users that we are working with have found that the Cisco CSA product currently meets or exceeds their extremely demanding requirements for protection; protection that is not dependent on signatures and/or reputation,” said Bob Foley, Managing Director for Matrix Global Partners. “As we engage with these existing CSA customers, we typically find them in one of two states: knowing that they must change but frustrated with no time nor budget to move off of the discontinued and unsupported CSA product; or “really” frustrated, having allocated significant resources to a replacement project, to only be disappointed by the shortcomings of the traditional top-tier vendors as they search for a viable CSA alternative.”

Cisco has consistently delivered powerful endpoint security protection with one of the strongest Host Intrusion Protection System (HIPS) offerings in the market. Organization shave come to rely on CSA’s behavioral-based capabilities for their protection. But, the window to make a move off the product to an equally effective alternative is closing quickly.

StormShield is unique in that it offers CSA users the highest level of protection available; essentially the same level of protection that they have come to depend on with CSA, along with some enhancements that have not been available from CSA. Industry analysts and CSA users who have reviewed the StormShield full range of HIPS and behavioral protections in depth believe that it truly stands alone, providing protections that both match and exceed the security and management granularity found in the CSA offering.

“Matrix has re-launched this program to help current CSA customers maintain the protection they require in a cost-effective manner with minimum transition challenges,” added Foley. “We believe that the majority of current CSA users will be changing to an alternative security solution to replace CSA between now and the end of 2012. This type of migration takes testing, planning, coordination and time in order to insure a smooth transition and the StormShield CSA Replacement Program assures CSA users that they will have continuous protection with minimal cost and IT support staff impact.”

To request more information about the StormShield CSA Replacement Program, to download the CSA Comparison Whitepaper or to request a 30-day product evaluation, please visit http://bit.ly/csa-replace.

About Matrix Global Partners, Inc.:
Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana Matrix Global Partners, Inc. (Matrix) is a national leader in information security solutions, integration and professional and managed services. Matrix offers a complete line of security and SIEM technologies and, as the exclusive distributor in the Americas for the award-winning Storm Shield security products, Matrix is growing and managing a multi-tier sales and support organization. http://www.MatrixGP.com.

About SkyRecon Systems Inc.:
Founded in 2003, SkyRecon Systems is a visionary global provider of endpoint protection platforms. With its award-winning and analyst-recognized endpoint security solutions, organizations are able to ensure protection and enforce policy for endpoint systems, applications, data and users upon which their business relies. The company is a contributing member of the Secure IT Alliance, has received the prestigious Red Herring 100 Award, and has been named “Entrepreneurial Security Company of the Year” by Frost & Sullivan. Its StormShield Endpoint Security product received the SC Magazine “Best of 2009” award for Endpoint Security. http://www.SkyRecon.com

Press & Media Contact:
Robert Foley
Matrix Global Partners, Inc
Indianapolis, IN
(317) 514-2923
info@MatrixGP.com
http://www.MatrixGP.com

Business

Manulife’s New Protection Plans to Beef-up Coverage for Singapore

Singapore – To help Singaporeans improve their insurance coverage to better protect their loved ones against unfortunate events, Manulife Singapore is enhancing the popular ManuTerm product and launching a new one called Ultimate Protector.

“Despite the average Singaporean having three life insurance policies, they are still 75 percent underprotected according to a survey conduced by the Life Insurance Association,” said Ms Annette King, President and CEO of Manulife Singapore. “Manulife is committed to helping Singaporeans enhance their protection and giving them peace of mind. With this in mind, we have dedicated two new plans for protection that provide good value and offer unique benefits to customers.” 

ManuTerm is a level (fixed premium) or renewable (policy term extendable) term plan with conversion privilege that provides high coverage for Loss of Life and Terminal Illness at affordable rates. 

* Quit Smoking Incentive (for Level ManuTerm) – a first in the Singapore market for a term assurance plan, this benefit encourages customers to lead healthy lifestyles without cigarettes. Smokers who take up ManuTerm with an insured sum of S$500,000 or higher will pay nonsmoker premium rates for the first three policy years. After this period, premiums will be charged at non-smoker rates if customers can provide satisfactory evidence that they have not been smoking for at least 12 consecutive months. Otherwise, smoker premium rates will be charged from the fourth policy year onwards.

*Preferred Premium rates – non-smoking customers in excellent health can enjoy Preferred Premium rates for the insured sum of S$1 million and above.

* Conversion privilege – a ManuTerm/ManuTerm rider policy can be converted without evidence of health to any Manulife whole life, endowment or investment-linked plan before age 65 (for the same coverage benefits only). 

Ultimate Protector is for customers who value protection with accumulation of cash value. A whole life plan, it helps in building a solid protection foundation without having to commit to a lifetime of premium payments. 

* Features a protection multiplier – Minimum Protection Benefit (MPB) – that guarantees coverage for customers of up to 200% of the chosen Face Amount (protection value) until age 65, giving additional boost to protect against Loss of Life, Terminal Illness, as well as Total and Permanent Disability.

* Provides additional Accidental Death Benefit equivalent to 50% of the MPB for customers aged between 12 and 65.

* Singles and married couples can benefit from the Guaranteed Insurability Option, which allows customers to take up a new policy at two life-stage events (marriage and/or birth of child/children) without having to provide evidence of health.

* Offers a choice of premium payment terms of 10, 15 or 20 years to suit the individual needs of our customers.

About Manulife (Singapore) Pte Ltd 

Manulife (Singapore) Pte Ltd is a subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corporation. 

Manulife Financial is a leading Canadian-based financial services group operating in 22 countries and territories worldwide. For more than 120 years, clients worldwide have looked to Manulife for strong, reliable, trustworthy and forward-thinking solutions for their most significant financial decisions. Our international network of employees, agents and distribution partners offers financial protection and wealth management products and services to millions of clients around the world. We provide asset management services to institutional customers worldwide as well as reinsurance solutions, specializing in life and property and casualty retrocession. Funds under management by Manulife Financial and its subsidiaries were $474 billion (US$460 billion) as at September 30, 2010. The Company operates as Manulife Financial in Canada and Asia and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. Manulife Financial Corporation trades as ‘MFC’ on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under ‘945’ on the SEHK. Manulife Financial can be found on the Internet at www.manulife.com.

Media Contact:

Cindy Cheng

Manulife Singapore Pte Ltd

68338162

cindy_cheng_ac@manulife.com