Bit9 Parity Named the Winner of Application Whitelisting Product Review

WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Bit9, Inc., the leader in Application Whitelisting, today announced that Bit9 Parity has been named the winner of the InfoWorld Test Center's competitive product review of application whitelisting solutions. The review, which gave Bit9 "the highest score ever given," highlights the need for application whitelisting in 2009 because the number of unique malicious programs and variants outstripped the legitimate software published, "straining the accuracy of the anti-virus solutions like never before."*

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The group test, a hands-on product review of application whitelisting solutions by InfoWorld, gave Bit9 Parity top honors above such competitors as McAfee, Microsoft, Coretrace, Lumension, and SignaCert.

Bit9 Parity received high ratings in all categories -- Accuracy/Effectiveness, Performance, Administration, Reporting, and Value. Bit9 Parity was the only solution that received a perfect 10 for value. Bit9 Parity Application Whitelisting provides total visibility and control over all software on endpoints, eliminating the risks caused by malicious, illegal and unauthorized software. Endpoints are protected from unknown and targeted attacks, preventing the risks and consequences enterprises typically face in the event of security breaches, such as financial loss, legal ramifications and damage to corporate and brand image.

According to the review by Roger Grimes, "I've never given a perfect 10 in any scorecard category -- until now. Bit9 is one of the few computer security products that, if deployed in your Windows environment, will radically and immediately reduce your enterprises' level of security risk." *

"Year after year InfoWorld Test Center provides valuable, real-world assessments of the solutions available to information security professionals," said Patrick Morley, president and CEO of Bit9, Inc. "We are pleased to receive such favorable recognition for Bit9 Parity application whitelisting solution. Receiving the top award underscores our commitment to developing and providing the most comprehensive and leading edge solutions to address our customers' endpoint security and integrity needs."

About Bit9, Inc.

Bit9 is the pioneer and leader in Enterprise Application Whitelisting. The company's solutions provide total visibility and control over all software on endpoints, eliminating the risk caused by malicious, illegal and unauthorized software.

Bit9 leverages the Bit9 Global Software Registry(TM) - the world's largest database of software intelligence - to identify and classify software, delivering the highest levels of endpoint security, compliance, and manageability. Bit9's global customers include companies in a wide variety of industries, such as government, financial services, retail, healthcare, e-commerce and education.

Bit9 was awarded a prestigious $2M United States federal research grant in 2003 from the National Institute of Standards and Technology-Advanced Technology Program (NIST ATP) to conduct the research that is now at the core of our application whitelisting solutions. Bit9 is privately held and based in Waltham, Massachusetts. For more information, visit http://www.bit9.com or call +1 617.393.7400.

*Test Center Review: Whitelisting security offers salvation, by Roger A. Grimes, published November 4, 2009, InfoWorld, http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/test-center-review-whitelisting-security-offers-salvation-835

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