Orlando -- April 5, 2005- NexantiS Corporation ("Nexantis") an international editor of strategic-security solutions headquartered in Japan and netVigilance Inc. an authorized distributor of SecureScout™ announced today complete CVE compatibility for the entire SecureScout line of Vulnerability Assessment scanners.

The CVE labs has finished evaluating the mapping accuracy of SecureScout and awarded full CVE compatibility. "CVE-compatible" means that a product or service uses CVE names in a way that allows it to cross-link with other repositories that also use CVE names, as documented in the CVE compatibility requirements.

"While we have always referenced CVE and CAN numbers in our test cases. The official certification from Mitre; reassures our customers and partners that CVE specific vulnerabilities are all covered." Stated Ron Cox; VP Sales for netVigilance.

Robert Martin; CVE Compatibility lead at Mitre Corp. was quoted as saying "We are excited to add netVigilance to the growing list of vendors that are certified to be CVE compatible. Every product that is added strengthens the network of security professionals that are bonded by the CVE dictionary. This has a huge impact on the user community by significantly easing the task of identifying and managing the most critical network vulnerabilities."

"With a few mouse clicks, users can select a CVE / CAN only profile or cross-reference their policy configuration to CVE reference numbers." Cox noted. "This is a powerful tool for speeding remediation and verifying regulatory compliance."

SecureScout's distributed architecture, comprehensive standard reports, open MS-SQL database and best quality of results; make it the best choice for proactive network security.

About NexantiS:

Founded in 2001, NexantiS Corporation is the security IT arm of DNP (Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.), the 35,000-employee multimedia Japanese group. As the largest printing group worldwide, DNP has many activities in commercial printing, electronic publishing, web contents, security printing, and owns the largest market share in Japan for smart cards. In that framework, NexantiS goals are to deliver leading-edge security solutions for the enterprise, along three main axes:

1. Vulnerability assessment tools: SecureScout™
2. Solutions for identity management, access control, and single sign-on
3. Smart Cards, Reader / Writers, and related.

NexantiS has been distributing SecureScout™ as its strategic vulnerability assessment product since 2000. Through a comprehensive Value Added Partner Program, SecureScout™ and other NexantiS solutions are made available in Asia, Europe, and Americas.

For more information, please visit our homepages:

• http://www.securescout.com/ (English)
• http://www.nexantis.us/ (English)
• http://www.nexantis.co.jp/ (Japanese)

or mail to info at nexantis dot net

About netVigilance:

Founded in 2003, netVigilance delivers best-in-class solutions for protection of corporate networks. With its SecureScoutTM line of vulnerability assessment tools; netVigilance will ensure increased profitability, increased operational efficiencies, higher productivity and decreased downtime by increasing the efficiency of network security operations.

The SecureScout™ Security Operations engineers continually uncover vulnerabilities in 3rd party operating systems, equipment, applications and services.

SecureScout™ engineers develop and deploy vulnerability test cases, security alerts, remediation procedures and expert opinion to over 2,000 customers and clients worldwide.

For information contact:

Jesper Jurcenoks
netVigilance Public Relations
17937 SW McEwan Road
Suite 250
Portland, Oregon 97224
+1 503 524 5758

jesper dot jurcenoks at netvigilance.com

About Mitre Corp.

The MITRE Corporation is a not-for-profit organization chartered to work in the public interest. As a national resource, we apply our expertise in systems engineering, information technology, operational concepts, and enterprise modernization to address our sponsors' critical needs.

MITRE has 5,700 scientists, engineers and support specialists-65 percent of whom have Masters or Ph.D. degrees. Staff members work on hundreds of different projects across the company, demanding a high level of technical, operational, and domain knowledge.
http://www.mitre.org/about/index.html

For information contact Mitre Corp.:
Francis McLoughlin +1 781 271-2810 Jennifer Shearman +1 781 271-3430

SecureScout™ is the name of the suite of NexantiS security products for Vulnerability Assessment and Management. SecureScout™ is a trademark of NexantiS Corporation. netVigilance, Inc. is a partner of NexantiS and an authorized distributor of SecureScout.

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