AGOURA HILLS, Calif. – October 27, 2003 – Symark, the leader in UNIX and Linux security solutions, today announced that Symark PowerBroker® and Symark PowerPassword® have met certification requirements for the Red Hat Ready Program allowing corporations to strengthen the security of their Red Hat resources.

“Natively, Red Hat Linux provides several security services,” said Suzanne Dickson, V.P. Product Marketing. “Symark solutions enhance these services with strong delegation of ROOT administrative privileges and greater password and login control required by large enterprise companies to meet regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and GLBA.”

“Additionally, many of our customers adopting Red Hat Linux continue to deploy UNIX in their environment. With the broadest support for UNIX and Linux platforms, Symark solutions allow companies to develop and maintain uniform security policies. Also, through Symark solutions’ central administration, enterprise companies benefit from reduced administrative costs and greater uptime.”

Trial versions of both PowerBroker and PowerPassword for Red Hat Linux are available now for download at www.symark.com.

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/Linux platforms, 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. For more information, visit us at www.symark.com.