Bit9 Named 'Cool Vendor' in Infrastructure Protection by Leading Analyst Firm

Bit9, Inc., the pioneer and leader in Enterprise Application Whitelisting, is pleased to announce it has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the "Cool Vendors in Infrastructure Protection, 2008"(1) report released by analyst firm Gartner, Inc.

According to the report, "application control is becoming increasingly important as a means of malware protection because signature-based antivirus tools are increasingly limited in their ability to detect many new 'flavors' of malware, or to detect them in a timely fashion. Gartner clients are reporting higher infection rates at the desktop, and are relying on e-mail security and Web security gateway solutions to fill the gaps temporarily."

The Bit9 enterprise application whitelisting approach to endpoint control supplements traditional antivirus protection, and replaces it in some environments. Bit9 Parity(TM) has been designed to be the most efficient way to control what software and devices can and cannot operate on desktops and servers.

By making it simple to define and enforce policies, Bit9 Parity provides IT professionals with an entirely new approach to ensure that only trusted and authorized applications are allowed to run, eliminating the risk cleanup costs caused by malicious, illegal and unauthorized software.

"Bit9 is excited to be recognized by Gartner in this report," said Tom Murphy, chief marketing officer, Bit9. "The industry is at an inflection point today - with the amount of malware now exceeding the amount of good software in marketplace. In my opinion, the Cool Vendors report echoes the sentiments we are hearing from customers as a result of this change - that there is a need for a simpler, more effective approach to preventing malware and unauthorized software. The application whitelisting solution we provide at Bit9 meets this need."

About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process

Gartner's listing does not constitute an exhaustive list of vendors in any given technology area, but rather is designed to highlight interesting, new and innovative vendors, products and services. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness of a particular purpose.

Gartner defines a cool vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are: Innovative, enable users to do things they couldn't do before; Impactful, have, or will have, business impact (not just technology for the sake of technology); Intriguing, have caught Gartner's interest or curiosity in approximately the past six months.

About Bit9

Bit9 is the pioneer and leader in enterprise application whitelisting. The company's patented solutions ensure only trusted and authorized applications are allowed to run, eliminating the risk caused by malicious, illegal and non- authorized software.

Unlike traditional, reactive controls that try to scan and prevent the never-ending list of unauthorized software, Bit9 leverages the Bit9 Global Software Registry(TM) -- the world's largest database of software intelligence - to ensure only authorized applications can run delivering the highest levels of desktop security, compliance, and manageability.

Bit9 customers include companies in a wide variety of industries, such as retail, financial services, healthcare, e-commerce, telecommunications, as well as government agencies. Founded in 2002, Bit9 is a privately held and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information, visit http://www.bit9.com or call 617.393.7400.