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Info Security Product Guide Names Top Layer as Winner of Tomorrow’s Technology Today Award

Westboro, MA, August 22, 2007 -

Top Layer Networks, Inc., a global leader for high performance intrusion prevention solutions, announced today that Info Security Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication and the world’s leading publication on security-related products and technologies, has named Top Layer’s IPS 5500 Intrusion Prevention System a winner of the 2007 Tomorrow’s Technology Today Award. The IPS 5500 was awarded the Tomorrow’s Technology Today honor in the intrusion prevention category.

This prestigious award recognizes security vendors with advanced, ground-breaking network security solutions that are helping set the bar higher for others in all areas of information security. The IPS 5500 was selected by the editors of Info Security Products Guide based on technologies that are making the most positive impact on security in today’s highly sophisticated and blended attacks environment.

“Companies that have been honored with the prestigious 2007 Tomorrow’s Technology Today award have each made deep-rooted commitment to solving security issues,” says Rake Narang, editor-in-chief, Info Security Products Guide. “Probably nothing differentiates a product or solution more than the superior technologies behind it making them suitable for today’s needs while pro-actively being ready for tomorrow too.”

Top Layer’s IPS 5500 offers the strongest levels of network protection, performance and reliability on the market today. By combining content-based IPS/IDS, stateful firewall and attack mitigation algorithms, the IPS 5500 is the only solution that provides Three Dimensional Protection (3DP) against malicious content, undesired access and rate-based attacks. Top Layer’s architecture enables the IPS 5500 to protect enterprises and service providers from sophisticated, hybrid attacks in real-time while enabling the highest throughput of legitimate traffic. Top Layer’s IPS 5500 provides:

Protection against malicious content through advanced IPS technology.
Protection against undesired access through stateful firewall filtering.
Protection against rate-based attacks such as DDoS attacks through patented Anti-DDoS algorithms.
Regulatory compliance through protection of confidential data.
Cost savings and reliability through VoIP security.

“Top Layer strives to provide customers with the most innovative IPS solutions, designed with unique three dimensional protection,” said Peter Rendall, president and CEO of Top Layer Networks. “Info Security Products Guide’s recognition of the IPS 5500 further validates our product strategy and position as the technology leader in the market. We are honored to receive this award.”

To read more about this award winning technology, please visit www.infosecurityproductsguide.com/technology/index.html.

About Info Security Products Guide Awards

Info Security Products Guide, a founding member of the Technology Industry Leadership Council sponsors leading conferences and expos worldwide and plays a vital role in keeping end-users informed of the choices they can make when it comes to protecting their digital resources. It is written expressly for those who are adamant on staying informed of security threats and the preventive measure they can take. You will discover a wealth of information in this guide including tomorrow’s technology today, best deployment scenarios, people and technologies shaping info security and independent product evaluations that facilitate in making the most pertinent security decisions. The Info Security Products Guide Awards recognize and honor excellence in all areas of information security. To learn more, visit www.infosecurityproductsguide.com and stay secured.

About Top Layer Networks

Top Layer Networks is dedicated to its role as a leading global provider of Network Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), developing and bringing to market network security infrastructure solutions that help commercial and government organizations protect their critical on-line assets from the losses and risks associated with cyber threats. Its family of IPS appliances is designed with “Three Dimensional Protection” that provides the most advanced protection capabilities against known and unknown attacks at the highest performance rates. Top Layer Networks is headquartered in Massachusetts, USA with sales and support presence in Canada, Germany, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

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