AEP Networks' Netilla Security Platform Named “Best VPN Solution” at SC Magazine Global Awards”

SOMERSET, N.J. – Feb. 18, 2005 – AEP Networks' Netilla Security Platform (NSP) has won the "Best VPN Solution" Reader Trust Award at the SC Magazine Awards ceremony held Feb. 16 at the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco.

"We're gratified that SC Magazine's readers and judges selected our Netilla Security Platform as ‘Best VPN Solution’ in a field that included some worthy competitors," said Reggie Best, executive vice president and general manager of AEP Networks' Secure Application Access Business Unit. "This award formally recognizes what our customers and resellers already know: that the NSP excels at providing secure remote access to the broadest range of applications, combined with the most advanced policy enforcement and authorization features."

“Our new SGA-M is designed to solve a growing challenge facing CIOs: how to meet employee demands for Web-based access to their Outlook email accounts while ensuring that their infrastructure remains secure,” said Reggie Best, executive vice president and general manager of AEP’s Secure Application Access Business Unit. “By broadening our successful SGA lineup we extend our commitment to address specific high-growth segments of the secure application access marketplace.”

The Netilla Security Platform is an ICSA-certified, enterprise-class SSL VPN appliance that delivers secure remote access to the broadest range of enterprise applications via standard Web browsers. Its versatile design incorporates three SSL access modes – thin, Web and tunnel – that provide access to client/server, Web/intranet and "fat client" applications. The Netilla V-Realms Client Identity Engine makes it easy to create multiple realms for different classes of users, each with distinct authentication and authorization policies.

Release 5.0, the latest edition of the NSP, also incorporates advanced client integrity protection that includes Secure Desktop, cache cleaning and host integrity. The NSP is available in three classes (G, E and B) that can support up to 2,000 concurrent users.

About SC Magazine
SC Magazine is a global information security magazine published by Haymarket Business Publications Ltd. It is read in over 50 countries worldwide and has a circulation of approximately 100,000. Haymarket publishes three separate editions of the magazine, for North America, UK/Europe and Asia-Pacific.

About AEP Networks
AEP Networks, the specialist in network and application access security, delivers infrastructure security solutions that are easy to use and manage while offering exceptional value and mission-critical reliability. AEP Networks was formed as a result of the merger between AEP Systems Ltd and Netilla Networks Inc. in 2004. The company provides a full range of innovative secure networking and application access products to meet the most demanding requirements of public-sector and commercial customers. A privately held company backed by leading technology investors, AEP Networks is based in Somerset, N.J., with European headquarters in London.

The AEP Networks logo is a trademark of AEP Networks, Inc., with registration pending in the U.S. Netilla is a registered trademark of AEP Networks Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Microsoft and Outlook are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.