COUNTERPANE INTERNET SECURITY, INC. EXPANDS ITS NORTH AMERICAN SALES EFFORTS WITH TOP-NOTCH RESELLERS

Premier Counterpane Certified Resellers now offering Counterpane's Managed Security Monitoring (MSM) service

CUPERTINO, Calif., July 09, 2001 - Counterpane Internet Security, Inc., developer and leading provider of Managed Security Monitoring (MSM), today announced they have expanded their North American sales efforts by signing Acclaim Technology, Accudata Systems, E-Plus, FishNet Security, Halifax Corporation, National Business Group, OhioOnline, Inc., RF Microsystems, RISC Management, and security4IT to market and sell Counterpane's MSM services as Counterpane Certified Resellers (CCRs).

"Expanding our sales and support presence for customers is part of our strategy in response to the fast growing demand for our services," says John Bruce, Vice President of Business Development for Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. "We're delighted to have chosen partners who have demonstrated they can work to our high standards of customer care"

"With more customers served in a wider array of markets and economies, we improve our knowledge base about the types of attacks being made and the proper responses to them," says Bruce Schneier, co-founder and CTO of Counterpane Internet Security. "The more we know, the more we reduce our customers' risk of doing business on the Internet."

Counterpane's new Certified Resellers have been trained and are now offering MSM services to their customers in their respective marketplaces.

About Counterpane

Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. is the developer and leading provider of Managed Security Monitoring. Established in 1999 by entrepreneurial expert Tom Rowley and security technologist and author Bruce Schneier, Counterpane addresses the critical need for increased levels of security services. Centered around a network of sophisticated Secure Operations Centers, staffed by expert security analysts, the Company provides 24x7 monitoring, as well as penetration detection, and response. Counterpane's Managed Security Monitoring services enable e-business to be conducted safely. The company is funded by Accel Partners, Amerindo Investment Advisors, Inc., Bessemer Venture Partners, Dell, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Equity Fund. Headquarters are located at 1090 La Avenida, Mountain View, California, USA. Phone: 650-404-2400, Fax: 650-903-0461, Website: www.counterpane.com.

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OVERVIEW OF COUNTERPANE'S NEW NORTH AMERICAN CCRs

Acclaim Technology
Acclaim Technology is the premier eBusiness and technology solutions provider. The company supplies sophisticated end-to-end solutions and comprehensive Internet infrastructure solutions to leading businesses throughout the United States.

"With so much data being exchanged through the Internet, security is more important than ever. By partnering with Counterpane, we now bolster our strategy of using the best safeguards available to protect our customer's information assets, and minimize their risks of doing business electronically."- Norm Shockley, CEO

Accudata Systems

Accudata Systems is a leading provider of IT Consulting and Network Integration Services and Solutions. The company designs, implements, supports and enhances their clients' e-Business infrastructure so they can maximize the power of their internal network and the Internet to achieve or exceed their corporate goals.

"We are excited to offer, as an extension to our Security Consulting services, the ability for our clients to have their critical network systems monitored from the outside. Counterpane has built the infrastructure and the customer base that fulfills that need for our clients." - Terry Dickson, Vice President and co-founder

ePlus Technology, Inc.

Secure+ is a division of ePlus Technology Inc (NASDAQ:PLUS). EPlus has 1500 customers nationwide. Founded in 1990, the company is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia and has 15 locations in the US. Staffed with knowledgeable and experienced InfoSec Professionals, Secure+ provides the products and services necessary to implement secure networking solutions.

"Our partnership with Counterpane allows us to enhance our service offering by providing our clients a high quality, focused, and well-staffed security monitoring service yet to be matched in the InfoSec Market." - Amin Tora, Director Secure+ - A Division of ePlus Technology Inc.

FishNet Security

FishNet Security is a Global Network Security Solutions Company that is uniquely qualified and experienced with "Best of Breed" network security products. FishNet Security is focused exclusively on network security and provides Enterprise Security Solutions and Security products to large corporations, small businesses, and federal, state, and local governments. Founded in 1996, FishNet Security has become one of the countries leading and most respected innovators in the Network Security Industry.

"The monitoring options that our partnership with Counterpane provides rounds out our total security solutions approach. With the channel program that Counterpane has implemented it did not make sense for us to develop and provide this solution ourselves Counterpane has an excellent reputation in the market place that will greatly assist us in selling this much needed service to our customers." - Gary Fish, CEO FishNet Security

Halifax Corporation

Halifax Corporation was founded as a Virginia Corporation in 1967. Halifax is traded on the American Stock Exchange (HX), and has over 30 years of experience in providing technology solutions. Their suite of technology-based solutions offerings includes e.business/e.government, seat management, telecommunications services, computer maintenance, and network security in partnership with Check Point Firewall-1 and VPN-1, ISS Real Secure, Intrusion.com SecureNet Pro and appliances, and Stonesoft's Stonebeat for high availability.

The company's clients include major corporations, state and local governments, as well as federal government agencies and the DoD. Halifax has major contract partnerships with Dominion Power, Medical College of Virginia, Hershey Medical Center, the Virginia Department of Transportation, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of South Carolina, the State of New Jersey, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the U.S. Army, and the National Guard. The company has the diversity of services and financial strength of a large company while still retaining their ability to quickly adapt to their customer's needs and provide services on a local level.

"Halifax Corporation is pleased to include Counterpane as a strategic partner providing Managed Security Monitoring services as a valued component of our network security practice." - Bob Santmyer, Vice President & CTO

National Business Group (NBG)

NBG designs and implements customized, best of breed thin-client server computing, LAN/WAN Infrastructure, and security solutions for your enterprise. Our primary focus includes firewalls, authentication, intrusion detection, VPN's, load balancing, bandwidth management, application management, and web application publishing.

NBG takes a unique approach to fulfilling demands for enterprise connectivity in corporate environments. Increasingly reliant upon network communications, today's organizations face the challenge of balancing advanced communications technologies with their IS resources. NBG's collaborative approach bridges this gap by providing engineering expertise coupled with a sound management methodology, which helps our clients make networking decisions, which are both technically and fiscally sound.

"National Business Group has been selling and implementing security solutions for 14 years. Through our partnership with Counterpane, we can add life to passive devices such as firewalls and intrusion detection devices. Monitoring of these devices are critical. If you do not have the resources in your corporate environment or know what to look for, then you are limiting your firewall and IDS systems capabilities."-Jeff Malone, Vice President of Sales

OhioOnline, Inc.

OhioOnline has provided companies with dedicated Internet connectivity, server co-location and managed security for seven years. Our security services include assessment, defense, monitoring and response. We provide assessments and audits; implement firewall, IDS and anti-virus solutions; monitor internet connections and firewalls and respond to security breaches. We have partnerships with Checkpoint, Sun, Nokia, and now, Counterpane Internet Security, Inc.

"We recognize Counterpane as the top security monitoring company in the world, and are very excited to partner with them. The Counterpane and OhioOnline services are very complementary. OhioOnline will implement the security technology and Counterpane will monitor the network, 24 x 7 x 365. OhioOnline will be the local consultant in the event that a security breach occurs. OhioOnline also provides clients with an extranet application where clients can view weekly reports of all security and internet activity, including the Counterpane information." - Glenn Brzuziewski, Security Sales Manager

RF Microsystems

RF Microsystems, a Division of Titan Systems Corporation, delivers the technology solutions to protect our clients' sensitive company information. As the premier security service and product provider in Southern California, RFM's Information Security professionals enable client organizations to maintain a vigilant security posture.

Partnered with the very best in the security technology industry, RFM is uniquely qualified to leverage partner technologies into a customized security solution that meets your needs.

"Our goal is to make RFM a one-stop shopping security resource for our clients. Counterpane's top-notch 24 x 7 monitoring, Secure Operations Centers, and impressive security analyst experts, assists RFM in meeting this goal. Counterpane is truly the best managed security service organization in the market and we are excited to add this dimension to our offering. RFM has the capability to assess, recommend, implement, and now, through our partnership with Counterpane, oversee what is happening in our customers' networks." - Randy Rounds, Director, Information Security

RISCmanagement

RISCmanagement is a leading, provider of Security Internet / Intranet Infrastructure solutions with all of the service, product and training offerings to provide a complete security solution. The company delivers a customized, integrated, and packaged security solution to ensure that their clients achieve and maintain peak efficiency of their Internet / Intranet Infrastructure.

RISCmanagement has the experience and expertise to architect, design, manage and support your next generation security infrastructure anytime and anywhere you need to do business securely. RISCmanagement's clients are CFOs, CIOs, system administrators and other IT professionals responsible for ensuring security of enterprise-wide business-critical technologies and applications.

"RISCmanagement is excited to offer the Counterpane solution to our customer base consisting of many of the fortune 500's. Our partnership, delivers a higher level of security services offering to our clients who are more demanding in today's volatile and changing e-market place." - Daniel C. Wastak, EVP of Security and Support Services

security4IT

security4IT provides contract and managed security services for small and medium enterprises. Our managed services include Firewall/VPNs, URL filtering, anti virus engines and Intrusion Detection configuration.

"We have chosen Counterpane as our monitoring partner to provide our customers with the best 7 x24 monitoring service available. These services enable us to offer a complete Professionally Managed Security Service." - Jerry O'Halleran, President