AlgoSec and Leading Japanese Distributor CreDist Launch Strategic Channel Partnership

Security Risk Management Leader's Firewall Audit Solutions Penetrate Japanese Enterprise Market


RESTON, VA--(Marketwire - June 25, 2007) - AlgoSec, Inc. and CreDist, Inc., a leading Japanese reseller of enterprise-class software solutions, today announced a strategic channel partnership to distribute AlgoSec's leading firewall security risk management solutions. This alliance enables CreDist's enterprise clients to use the AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer™ (AFA) to receive unparalleled visibility, analysis and intelligence into their firewall configurations to effectively audit, manage and mitigate their exposure to risk.

Enterprises worldwide rely on AlgoSec's solutions to provide firewall and router security compliance, audit, change management, risk management and policy optimization.

"We are excited to work with AlgoSec to deliver its market-leading firewall management solutions to enterprises across Japan," said Hiroshi Tomita , CEO of CreDist. "AlgoSec's ability to provide key members of the architecture and security teams with unprecedented visibility into their firewall configurations without having to access their production network is invaluable. Our clients have been asking for a proactive solution that allows them to audit firewall configurations across multiple vendors. AlgoSec products not only meet their needs but exceed them."

"We are delighted about our partnership with CreDist and look forward to maximizing our reach in Japan through CreDist's established customer base and innovative software distribution model," said Yuval Baron, AlgoSec CEO. "Our alliance enhances our exposure to the Japanese market while providing enterprises with the local support they need to proactively manage their firewalls."

With the AFA security and IT team members can query firewall configurations and view policies from any web browser. AFA is non-intrusive, easy to deploy and use and supports the major platforms in the enterprise market: Check Point (FireWall-1 and Provider-1 on Solaris, Nokia, SecurePlatform, Alteon, Crossbeam and Windows), Cisco firewalls (PIX, ASA and FWSM), Cisco routers and Juniper Netscreen.

About CreDist

CreDist Inc. was established in December 2000 to "create new distributions of software products for vendors and users." Backed by two of Japan's leading companies, Software Research Associates, Inc. (SRA) and Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd (MKI), CreDist provides a novel type of ASP service named ILD (Internet License Distribution) where the application programs are located at client machines and CreDist distributes/controls their licenses so that, different from other ASPs, the software rental is enabled without overloading the ASP server. For more information, see www.credist.co.jp

About AlgoSec

AlgoSec provides advanced firewall risk management solutions that deliver unparalleled visibility, analysis and intelligence into organizations' firewall policies. Global 2000 organizations around the world rely on AlgoSec's market leading AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer (AFA) solution to ensure firewall and router security compliance, audit, change management, risk management and policy optimization.

AlgoSec Inc, Algorithmic Security, AlgoSec Firewall Analyzer and the AlgoSec logo are trademarks of Algorithmic Security Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective holders. For more information about AlgoSec visit: www.algosec.com

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