A new F-Secure integration module for Tivoli enterprise management software

Y3K Security Products, the sole distributor for F-Secure Corporation (previously known as Data Fellows Finland) in Africa, today announced that F-Secure has received Tivoli Ready certification for the combination of F-Secure Anti-Virus, F-Secure FileCrypto, F-Secure VPN+ and F-Secure Distributed Firewall products (F-Secure Workstation Suite). The certification by Tivoli Systems Inc. validates the ability of users to incorporate F-Secure software into Tivoli`s market- leading enterprise management solutions.

A new module, F-Secure Plus for Tivoli Enterprise, provides sites using both companies` software the option to use F-Secure products to configure, control and monitor their system and network security environment through Tivoli. The integration is ideal for customers who have chosen Tivoli as their enterprise management solution, who also will use F-Secure Workstation Suite for data security, and who want to combine it with Tivoli management capabilities.

"Our customers expect F-Secure to provide comprehensive security solutions that will work in the specific management environments in which they have invested," said Risto Siilasmaa, President and CEO of F-Secure. "To a great many of these customers, this means Tivoli. By combining F-Secure solutions with the extensive management capabilities of Tivoli`s Enterprise Management software, we enable IT administration to secure their enterprises more efficiently and effectively, and on their platform of choice."

F-Secure Workstation Suite provides a reliable and easy-to- manage solution for most data security concerns of modern corporations. It consists of malicious code detection and removal, unobtrusive file and network encryption, and personal firewall functionality, all integrated into a policy-based management architecture. F-Secure has been a Tivoli Premier Partner since 1998.

"F-Secure provides a proven, industrial-class approach for managing data security. Integrating F-Secure technology with Tivoli`s Enterprise Management software provides a solution for customers to easily control their security management," said Kate Brew, Director of Product Marketing, Tivoli SecureWay. "Our partnership creates a new, robust, Internet-age approach to securing data throughout the enterprise. Data security can now be extended by F-Secure in the same efficient manner that Tivoli manages systems, networks, databases, applications and non-computing devices."

For further information, please contact Sales Manager Hilton Gray at tel. (011) 886 3757; fax (011) 787 1109; e-mail hilton.gray@y3kgroup.com