ATLANTA, April 28 /PRNewswire/ --

Lancope, Inc., the provider of the StealthWatch(R) System, the Best in
NetFlow(TM) Analysis (http://www.lancope.com/news/08052008.aspx) and the most
widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) solution for unified visibility
across physical and virtual networks, today announced that The University of
Manchester is relying on StealthWatch to monitor network behavior, detect
network incidents and identify affected machines and users. NetFlow-based
StealthWatch reduces total network and security management costs for The
University of Manchester.

As Britain's largest single-site university, The University of Manchester
has 35,000 students and more than 11,000 staff. The network includes 15,000
campus PCs, plus 11,000 more computers in residence halls. Two data centers
house highly available systems to provide business applications, e-mail, Web
access, storage and more. The University of Manchester's Directorate of IT
Services is responsible for centralized IT services and support, as well as
local services for faculty teams.

"We have a large, complex network with a lot of unmanaged desktop
machines," said Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator for The University of
Manchester. "We knew viruses, bots and Trojans were hitting the network and
that a significant amount of illegal file sharing was occurring, but we had
no tools to detect unwanted or anomalous behavior. Nor did we have any tools
that could analyze the type of traffic on our network."

After spending weeks investigating and resolving an incident involving
suspiciously high traffic levels to and from certain network services, The
University of Manchester IT staff realized it needed a solution for improved
network visibility. First they investigated intrusion prevention systems
(IPS), but soon realized that IPS technology could not provide a holistic
view of the campus network without a huge expense.

"Khipu Networks, our Lancope reseller, suggested network behavior
analysis technology and arranged a trial of StealthWatch," said Arnold. "We
found StealthWatch so useful right away; it delivered exactly what we wanted,
so we decided to deploy it on our network."

The University of Manchester uses the StealthWatch Xe for NetFlow
collector appliance to gather high-speed traffic information from each of the
University's six core routers for analysis by the StealthWatch Management
Console. The University of Manchester also relies on the StealthWatch
IDentity appliance to link individual users with specific network events for
increased user accountability and faster, more immediate insight into
unexpected network and security events.

With detailed visibility insight into network traffic patterns, link
utilization and overall network performance - all from a single dashboard,
StealthWatch dramatically accelerates network and security troubleshooting.

Prior to StealthWatch, investigating network events was a cumbersome,
time-consuming process. "Individual system administrators had to manually
gather information from their system and then come together to correlate
behaviors in an attempt to pinpoint the source of the problem," said Arnold.
"Now we simply access the StealthWatch Management Console for a consolidated
view of network traffic and behavior. The system is incredibly flexible and
tunable as well."

Using StealthWatch, The University of Manchester IT staff has spotted
trouble on the network before it was noticed anywhere else. And, it has saved
valuable time in identifying specific users who have accessed a particular
system.

According to Arnold, "StealthWatch will improve our customer service and
keep us more proactive when it comes to addressing network behavior and
security incidents."

"Khipu Networks partners with Lancope because we see StealthWatch as a
'no-brainer' solution for any organization seeking holistic network
visibility and performance management without the cost and complexity of
deploying in-line technologies. Furthermore, StealthWatch easily scales to
accommodate any network throughput, which for Universities sector often means
Gigabit and more," said Vil Dhutia, commercial consultant for Khipu Networks.
"The University of Manchester relies on StealthWatch daily, highlighting the
need among all Universities for non-intrusive network behavior analysis."

"Universities maintain large, complex networks that require continuous
visibility and control, but often lack the resources necessary for optimal
network performance and security demands," said Harland LaVigne, president
and CEO of Lancope. "We designed the StealthWatch System to help
institutions, like The University of Manchester, optimize security, network
and virtual operations while maximizing limited resources. The University of
Manchester joins more than 60 other academic institutions across 25 countries
in recognizing StealthWatch network behavior analysis as an integral part of
a complete security and network management strategy."

Learn how StealthWatch addresses the needs of academic institutions
worldwide at
http://www.lancope.com/downloads/StealthWatchforEducationIndustry.pdf.

About Khipu Networks

Khipu Networks is a UK-based advanced systems integrator, focusing on
supplying innovative secure compliant infrastructure solutions across the
public and private sector. The company is a leading adopter of new and
best-in-breed technology - expert technical staff ensure that customers get
the solution-s they need, when they want them and how they need them.

The ethos is to ensure that the customer has the edge on the security and
compliance of their network and not the attacker. Hampshire based Khipu
Networks Ltd is the security division of the White Clarke Group of companies.
Khipu Networks is an Alcatel-Lucent Direct Partner (specialists in wireless)
and the exclusive reseller of Bradford Campus Manager in the UK and Ireland.
Khipu was also awarded Alcatel-Lucent Business Partner of the Year 2008.
www.khipu-networks.com.

About Lancope

Lancope(R), Inc. is the provider of the StealthWatch(R) System, the most
widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) solution combines flow-based
anomaly detection and network performance monitoring. Delivering unified
visibility across physical and virtual networks, StealthWatch eliminates
network blind spots and reduces total network and security management costs.
StealthWatch streamlines security, network and virtual monitoring into one
process, reduces time and resources, and eliminates the costs and complexity
associated with non-integrated point products. Both OPSEC and Common
Criteria-certified, StealthWatch received the 2008 and 2007 Global Excellence
Award in NBA. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic
institutions and government entities, StealthWatch protects hundreds of
enterprise customers worldwide, more than all direct competitors combined.
Lancope also partners with fellow best-of-breed solution providers through
its Technology Alliance Program, which includes Cisco Systems, Brocade, Blue
Coat, VMware, IBM Tivoli, Check Point, TippingPoint, ArcSight and A10
Networks. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered
in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit www.lancope.com.

(c)2009 Lancope, Inc. All rights reserved. Lancope, StealthWatch, and
other trademarks are registered or unregistered trademarks of Lancope, Inc.
All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. StealthWatch
is covered by U.S. Patent Nos. 7,290,283; 7,185,368; 7,475,426 and other U.S.
and foreign patents pending.