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Red Herring Selects eEye Digital Security for Prestigious Red Herring Top 100 Innovators Award

Award Recognizes 100 Companies That Embody Innovation

(ALISO VIEJO, CA) December 7, 2004 — eEye Digital Security announced today that it has been selected as a Top 100 Innovator by Red Herring.

"From the very start, we decided we would change this industry with new innovations in security software and full disclosure of vulnerability research," stated Firas Bushnaq, eEye's Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder. "It is a great feeling of accomplishment to be here today delivering on our vision. The recognition of our company, its products and security research team makes all of us very proud."

"We are delighted that the company, our research team and our security solutions have been recognized for their superior innovation," said Marc Maiffret, eEye's Chief Hacking Officer and Co-Founder. "Receiving this honor from the Red Herring is a testament to eEye's product leadership and to our commitment to delivering security solutions that manage risk for our clients and deliver real business value. This award acknowledges eEye's vision and the ongoing innovation of our employees."

"Selection for the Innovation 100 puts a company in an elite group. The editors worked hard to identify the companies who will benefit from the important technology trends in the coming year," said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring.

Red Herring's editorial staff evaluated over 1200 submissions from 900 companies. The editors used a careful analysis of financial data as well as subjective criteria, including quality of management, execution of strategy, and dedication to research and development.

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About eEye Digital Security

eEye Digital Security® is pioneering a new class of security products:integrated threat management. This next-generation of security detects vulnerabilities and threats, prevents intrusions, protects all of an enterprise’s key computing resources, from endpoints to network assets to web sites and web applications, all while providing a centralized point of security management and network visibility.eEye’s research team is consistently the first to identify new threats in the wild, and our products leverage that research to deliver on the goal of making network security as easy to use and reliable as networking itself. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Orange County, California, eEye Digital Security protects more than 9,000 corporate and government organizations worldwide, including half of the Fortune 100. For more information, please visit www.eeye.com

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Victor Cruz
MediaPR
(508) 655-4397 eEye@mediapr.net

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INTERFACE Relations
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Stacy Newman
eEye Digital Security
(949) 900-4131 press@eEye.com