Santa Clara, Calif. - June 5, 2000 - Perfecto Technologies, the established leader in automated Web application control and security software, today introduced AppShield 2.5. The latest generation of the company's pioneering Web application control and security solution, AppShield 2.5 delivers a 30% improvement in overall performance, features dramatically improved manageability and ease of use, expanded support for Java Script, enhanced log viewing and Global ID. AppShield is available immediately for both Windows NT and Solaris environments.

"One of our primary goals in developing AppShield was to create an application security solution that was both invulnerable to application-level threats and flexible enough to be tailored to the specific needs of a wide variety of eBusinesses," commented Peggy Weigle, CEO of Perfecto. "We're continuing to add value to the product by staying close to our customers and adding features and capabilities that are important to them. The substantial enhancements in AppShield 2.5 are a reflection of that effort."

"AppShield 2.5 represents a significant step forward in Web application security technology," added Dennis Szerszen of Hurwitz Group. "With growing speed-to-market pressures and widespread use of third-party software, it is becomingly increasingly apparent that eBusinesses do not have time or resources to effectively protect their Web applications manually. With its improved performance and ability to automatically adapt to any Web application, AppShield is clearly paving the way to a safer eBusiness environment."

About AppShield 2.5
The industry's first automated solution designed to secure eBusiness sites from application perversion, AppShield provides continuous protection against all forms of application-level hacker attacks, including hidden manipulation, cookie poisoning, stealth commanding, backdoors and debug options, and buffer overflow exploits.

Perfecto's advanced Policy Recognition technology automatically infers the intended security policy for each outgoing Web page, enabling AppShield 2.5 to provide existing and future eBusiness and third party applications with on-the-fly protection against application-level exploits. AppShield requires no modifications to the applications themselves.

With AppShield 2.5, Perfecto delivers expanded support for client-side logic (such as Java Script), effectively plugging a common and dangerous vulnerability. In addition, AppShield's new AttackTrack feature delivers improved log viewing that allows site administrators to determine the identity and methods employed by potential hackers. AppShield 2.5 also introduces support for Global ID for SSL (Secure Socket Layer) implementations common in the financial service industry.

Offering centralized management, AppShield provides a continuous real-time readout of all Web site activity. AppShield is easy to maintain and can either be installed either on a Web server or a stand-alone box.

Pricing and Availability
AppShield is available immediately for both Windows NT and Solaris. Pricing is $15,000 per server.

About Perfecto Technologies
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., Perfecto Technologies pioneered the market for Web application security and control software. AppShield, Perfecto Technologies' flagship product offering, is the first to provide extreme security for customer-facing applications in dynamic Web site environments. Perfecto Technologies has customers in many sectors including banking, retailing, finance, government and healthcare. Privately held, Perfecto Technologies is funded by blue-chip venture capital firms and industry leaders, including Sequoia Capital, Walden, and Intel Corporation. More information about Perfecto Technologies may be obtained by visiting the Company's Web site at www.perfectotech.com or by calling the Company directly at (408) 855-9500.

For Immediate Release
Contact:

Kevin Pedraja
Sterling Communications
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