Agoura Hills, Calif. – June 10, 2003 - Symark, the leading provider of security solutions for Global 2000 businesses that protect UNIX and Linux resources, today announced it has signed a partnership agreement with IVETECH Co., Ltd., a leading provider of enterprise network, security and storage solutions to Global companies in South Korea.

“Symark is pleased to announce our new partnership with IVETECH,” said Chris Hartman, Manager of Asia-Pacific. “IVETECH has the depth and years of experience in network management for global enterprise companies that qualify IVETECH as a strong partner for Symark’s security solutions.”

Joo Heon, IVETECH Marketing Manager: “As we have assisted our enterprise customers with their network management needs, we have witnessed first hand the need to secure their corporate digital assets running on UNIX and Linux systems. We look forward to working with a partner such as Symark that offers best of breed information security products and world-class customer service.”

Symark security solutions address the inherent gaps in native UNIX security and provide a superior alternative to freeware and homegrown programs. Symark PowerBroker® and Symark PowerPassword®, best-of-breed products, provide system administrators the tools to delegate administrative privileges including root privileges, strengthen login and passwords and restrict access to data, files and directories.

For the third year in a row, as reported in Software Magazine, Symark is ranked among the 500 largest software providers in the world. Symark products are used worldwide by a majority of the Global enterprise companies, including six of the top 10 commercial banks, five of the largest global aerospace and defense agencies, plus leading healthcare/pharmaceutical companies, and university data centers.

IVETECH Company Ltd. is a Korea-based high technology company with a wealth of experience in technology and marketing. IVETECH provides solutions for financial, government, energy, telecommunications and other large enterprise markets. IVETECH focuses on the business of UNIX Security and EMC Storage, Grid CDN Solution. IVETECH can be found on the World Wide Web at www.ivetech.com or www.ivetech.co.kr.

About Symark 

Founded in 1985, Symark is the leading provider of security solutions for Global 2000 businesses that protect UNIX and Linux resources with superior access control and privilege management. Symark PowerBroker® enables granular delegation of administrative privileges while restricting root account access. Symark PowerPassword® provides login and password policy management with stronger passwords, aging and history. Both products offer the broadest range of UNIX flavors, central administration, and detailed audit logs. Symark’s products strike the perfect balance between protection and productivity by preventing damage or abuse by trusted users, whether intentional or not. Symark offers extensive expertise in enterprise computing security and its products are backed by unmatched technical support. For more information, visit us at www.symark.com. For more information about Symark products in Asia-Pacific and Japan, contact Chris Hartman, at chartman@symark.com.