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Mazu Networks' Chief Security Strategist to Present at Gartner IT Security Summit

GARTNER IT SECURITY SUMMIT, WASHINGTON D.C. and CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - June 4, 2007

Who:

Charles Kaplan, chief security strategist, Mazu Networks, Inc., the leading provider of Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) systems.

What:

Kaplan to present during the annual Gartner IT Security Summit. His presentation will discuss how Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) systems provide the visibility needed to improve network and security operations. Attendees will learn how NBA systems dramatically reduce the time to troubleshoot network and security issues and provide critical information for accurate network planning. The presentation will also discuss how NBA systems enable organizations to optimize their network infrastructures to support their businesses, secure their internal networks and maximize application availability.

This year, the Gartner IT Security Summit will focus on Security 3.0, which enables companies to act proactively, reduce the cost of regulatory compliance and more effectively protect valuable customer data. The Summit will provide information on how to build on-target strategies and protect organizations both now and in the future.

Where:

Washington, D.C.

When:

Kaplan will present on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 from 12:20 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. EDT .

Speaker Biography:

Charles Kaplan, Chief Security Strategist
As chief security strategist at Mazu Networks, Charles Kaplan provides strategic guidance and support for the company's engineering, marketing and sales teams. Drawing from 15 years of information security experience, and participation in developing the security programs at more than 1,000 companies, Kaplan is a recognized expert at architecting, implementing, maintaining and managing effective and balanced security programs.

Previously, Kaplan was the chief information security officer for VeriSign Managed Security Services (MSS), where he served as a thought leader, strategist and evangelist for the organization. Prior to joining VeriSign, Kaplan founded and led norSEC, a highly successful pioneer in the now established Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) space. Kaplan also co-founded and served as CTO for Xevo, a fast-growing Internet software company devoted to the Application Service Provider industry, and co-founded and served as lead consultant at Ingress where he serviced numerous Fortune firms and government agencies, including DuPont, Marconi, Prudential Securities, The Bureau of Prisons, and The Department of Health and Human Services.

Kaplan has been frequently quoted in the press and has been a noted speaker for numerous events and audiences, including IS Associates, Community Jewish Philanthropists, TechTarget, UNIX Expo, Internet Expo, Internet World, the Pentagon, the FBI and universities. He also served as a content editor for O'Reilly & Associates, and had work published by IDG books. Kaplan's frequent speeches and articles focus on Internet and network security, threat definition and protection, firewalls and security by design.

About Mazu Networks, Inc.

Mazu Networks provides continuous global visibility into how users, applications, hosts and devices are behaving on a network, and detects if there are meaningful changes from their typical behavior that indicate a network performance issue, a security threat, or an application problem. Through Mazu, enterprises understand usage patterns, consumption rates and dependencies between users, applications and network infrastructure. Only Mazu offers continuous global visibility; passive, agent-less deployment, automatic and custom behavior analysis; and superior integration with network and security products. Mazu's customers optimize their network infrastructure to support their business, secure their internal networks and maximize application availability. For more information, please visit www.mazunetworks.com.