Verizon Business Completes Cybertrust Acquisition

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, July 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Surpasses Competition to Become No. 1 Global Information Security
Player

Verizon Business is now the leading provider of managed security services
to business and government customers worldwide with the completion of its
previously announced acquisition of Cybertrust.

Verizon Business today boasts unmatched capabilities and global reach,
including a combined security services staff of more than 1,100 professionals
deployed throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and the
Asia-Pacific region.

Customers of Verizon Business and the former Cybertrust are benefiting
immediately from the combination of the companies' assets, products,
professional services and people into an enhanced Verizon Business Security
Solutions practice. Starting today, each company's customers can access an
integrated portfolio of security offerings -- combined under the "Verizon
Business Security Solutions powered by Cybertrust" brand.

"In today's globally mobile, millisecond-fast economy, security
protection is essential to ensuring the health of every business," said Nancy
Gofus, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Verizon
Business.

"With our newly expanded world-class security capabilities, Verizon
Business is enabling customers to better secure their businesses. We are
uniquely positioned to help as an organization moves into the era of the
extended enterprise where data must be stored and secured from location to
location, from partner to supplier, from the private network to the public
Internet, from the desktop to the cell phone, and everywhere in-between," she
said.

The newly enhanced Verizon Business Security Solutions suite delivers
end-to-end, multilayered security protection from the customer's premises to
the Verizon Business global IP network, one of the many networks making up
the Internet or "cloud" and includes:

-- Professional Services comprised of governance, risk and compliance
       analysis, application assessments, and forensics and incident response
       services. This includes 300 dedicated professional services
       consultants located around the world.

    -- A full suite of premises and network-based Managed Security Services,
       consisting of Denial of Service, Managed Email, Managed Devices and
       Managed Intrusion Protection and Detection Systems.

    -- Identity and Access Management.

    -- Threat and Vulnerability Management.

    -- Partner Security Programs.

    -- Security Certification Programs.



Additionally, customers can choose from a wide range of flexible
management options, from fully outsourcing all functions to Verizon Business,
to management of services or hosting of certain equipment, to the customer
doing it on a self-serve basis and calling upon Verizon Business as needed.
"Businesses around the globe can turn to Verizon Business knowing they are
getting unmatched capabilities and global reach with customized solutions to
fit their individual needs," said Kerry Bailey, vice president of Verizon
Business Security Solutions. "We've combined the world's most interconnected
IP network with more than 27 years of combined security experience and a
vendor-agnostic approach to delivering security solutions. No other player
can offer our breadth and depth of security expertise.

"We are committed to protecting our customers' operations end- to-end as
the global IP transformation unfolds. Security starts with experience. But it
can't stop there. Technology, for good and for ill, constantly evolves. We
intend to stay one step ahead delivering new ways for organizations and their
users to conduct business more seamlessly and securely," he said.

Verizon Business adds a strong new focus in the area of identity
management, enabling customers to efficiently manage user-identities across
multiple systems and applications. The security practice will offer a full
range of solutions for enterprises and governments to manage electronic
identities that enable authentication management, information protection and
secure access to resources across enterprise systems.

Verizon Business also acquired Cybertrust's ICSA Labs, which will remain
an independent division of the company. ICSA Labs is considered the gold
standard of security product certification, having tested and certified 95
percent of the installed security products on the market today.

Verizon Business continues to operate seven Cybertrust Security
Operations Centers in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and
Asia-Pacific. These centers enable a true "follow the sun" approach to
security operations.

"Security, mobility and the extended enterprise are accelerating the pace
of globalization," said Gofus. "Through the Cybertrust acquisition, Verizon
Business is extremely well-positioned to help enterprises meet these
challenges head on."

About Verizon Business

Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is a
leading provider of advanced communications and information technology (IT)
solutions to large business and government customers worldwide. Combining
unsurpassed global network reach with advanced communications, security and
other professional service capabilities, Verizon Business delivers innovative
and seamless business solutions to customers around the world. For more
information, visit www.verizonbusiness.com.

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