McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE), the leading provider of intrusion prevention solutions, today announced that it is the winner of the 2004 Frost & Sullivan Technology Leadership Award for intrusion detection and intrusion prevention (IDS/IPS). The Frost & Sullivan Award is bestowed each year upon the company that has demonstrated excellence in technology leadership within their industry.

Frost & Sullivan evaluated and scored several companies, and McAfee, Inc. beat competitors based on the company's ability to clearly demonstrate its excellence in technology development, from initial concepts and new product innovation to continuous refinement and improvement. McAfee offers both host and network intrusion prevention solutions with McAfee Entercept and McAfee IntruShield, respectively.

"McAfee's technology advancements have risen above all other intrusion detection and prevention solutions, continuing to set trends for others to follow," said Jason Wright, industry analyst for Security Technologies at Frost & Sullivan. "The company has demonstrated a complete dedication to the core values of network security."

Recently, McAfee introduced Entercept 5.0 software as the most advanced host intrusion prevention solution available for enterprise customers, offering the highest levels of zero-day attack protection with the ability to scale across the enterprise. Additionally, the technology offers a unique and powerful blend of signature, behavioral and innovative buffer overflow protection to defend against zero-day attacks, which dramatically reduces the urgency of software patch deployments.

Also recently announced, McAfee IntruShield 2.1 redefines network IPS technology through the introduction of network-based encrypted threat protection and internal firewall integration. These breakthrough features underscore the company's proven technology leadership in anticipating customer needs and delivering leading-edge IPS solutions through innovation, integration and advanced intrusion prevention. Building on the company's intrusion prevention strategy, McAfee recently announced the industry's first next generation anti-virus solution that offers intrusion prevention McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i that incorporates best-of-breed McAfee anti-virus, host-based intrusion prevention and system firewall technology for advanced end-point protection.

"Frost & Sullivan's recognition of McAfee as the technology leader is a testament to our focus and determination to deliver innovative security solutions to our customers and partners," said Raj Dhingra, vice president of corporate marketing at McAfee, Inc. "McAfee offers customers compelling host and network-based intrusion prevention that has provided proactive protection against all of the recent security threats, such as Sasser and Lovgate. The McAfee IntruShield and McAfee Entercept product lines continue to raise the industry bar to keep our customers protected."

According to Frost & Sullivan, McAfee has demonstrated technology leadership by excelling in all stages of the technology life cycle-incubation, adaptation, take-up and maturity to ensure a continuous flow of improvements.

Additionally, McAfee has pioneered client applications by innovating leading edge concepts. For more information about the methodology and measurement criteria, visit Frost & Sullivan at www.frost.com

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