AGOURA HILLS, Calif. – November 17, 2003 – Symark today announced PowerBroker 3.2, with enhanced encryption and faster performance in large enterprise environments. PowerBroker provides granular delegation of ROOT and other administrative privileges including third party applications such as Oracle and SAP.

“Many of our customers have large UNIX environments with several thousand users accessing hundreds or even thousands of machines. PowerBroker 3.2 has been enhanced to allow inter-program connections on any valid port improving overall product performance in these large environments,” said Suzanne Dickson, V.P. of Product Marketing. “Also, PowerBroker 3.2 provides additional encryption to secure its own internal product communications. New encryption support includes AES (Advanced Encryption Standard – the new Federal Government 256-bit encryption standard), tripledes, blowfish, cast128, gost, loki97, saferplus, serpent, threeway, tiny, and twofish.”

“Restricting ROOT and other administrative privileges including generic accounts remains an important issue for large enterprise organizations not only to meet regulatory requirements, but also to minimize system down time and increase business productivity.”

Founded in 1985, Symark is the leading provider of UNIX and Linux security solutions for Global 2000 businesses. 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 support the broadest range of UNIX and 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. 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.