The Bit9 Global Software Registry™ Reaches 6 Billion Records

Bit9 GSR is the most comprehensive source for identifying, authenticating and trusting software

04.07.2008 – SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Bit9, the pioneer and leader in Enterprise Application Whitelisting, today announced the Bit9 Global Software Registry™ has accumulated more than 6 billion records, making it the most comprehensive repository of information on software ever compiled. Designed to help determine the authenticity and trustworthiness of software, the Bit9 Global Software Registry has grown 300 percent in the past year.

Along with the 6 billion record milestone, Bit9 unveiled two new capabilities to its continuously updating Bit9 Global Software Registry:

* The Bit9 GSR now aggregates data on software by categories, including categories that traditional security and antivirus tools do not detect, including: hacking tools, network sniffers, password crackers and denial of service tools. * By gathering a new rich set of software information tailored to the Software Asset Management industry – including vendor names, product names, software descriptions, SKUs – the data can be used for software management and inventory. Bit9 has packaged this view in the new Software Asset Management Service.

“The Bit9 Global Software Registry is truly unique in the industry; it is the largest software repository of its kind containing the most comprehensive amount of metadata and intelligence about software,” said Mario Vuksan, director of research at Bit9. “Whether it is making other technologies more accurate or whether it is integrated into software distribution, patch management, and IT software distribution processes, Bit9 GSR provides the visibility and intelligence enterprises need to better control their computing infrastructure.”

Until now, there has been no single source of information that provides such broad coverage and in-depth knowledge about the world’s software. The Bit9 GSR allows customers and partners to establish the reputation and threat level of new, unknown and unauthorized software by using 30 different antivirus and vulnerability scanners, in addition to its own proprietary techniques, to assess a “reputation level” which can be used to determine whether a software application is trustworthy or desired.

Enterprises using the Bit9 Parity Enterprise Application Whitelisting solution benefit from the Bit9 GSR by receiving accurate and up-to-date information on known good software to accurately whitelist applications. Bit9 partners benefit from the Bit9 GSR by using its software metadata in a variety of ways: to identify and authenticate software; augment threat research; weed out false positives; analyze new, old and beta software with multiple security scanners; and retrieve detailed threat factor information on software.

The Bit9 GSR is used by corporations around the world, including Kaspersky Labs, Guidance Software, Ziff Davis, Norman Data Defense Systems, and others. The Bit9 Global Software Registry, Parity Enterprise Application Whitelisting solution, and other offerings from Bit9 will be demonstrated at the RSA Conference in booth #511 of the Moscone Convention Center, April 7-11 in San Francisco.

For more information on the Bit9 GSR or how to become a Bit9 partner, please visit, www.bit9.com.

About Bit9, Inc.
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™ — 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.

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Kate Munro
Director of Marketing, Bit9, Inc
617.393.7421
kmunro@bit9.com

Greg Sabey
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