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Top Layer Provides Real Time Protection from Cyber Threats at Thomas Miller

London, UK, December 05, 2007 -

Top Layer Networks, a global leader for high performance intrusion prevention solutions, has announced that the Thomas Miller Group has deployed its IPS 5500 E-Series as part of its proactive security strategy to protect its network assets from the increasing number of Internet exploits.

Thomas Miller is a leading provider of management and agency services to mutuals, captives and insurance capital providers in the UK and had been relying on an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to provide network security. The increasing number of false positive events and its intensive management, compounded by the rising frequency and complexity of attacks, led Thomas Miller to seek a proactive solution that would provide real time protection against all forms of attack without impeding network performance.

Paul Hamilton, Head of Network Services at Thomas Miller explains, “ We were losing faith in the IDS to defend the network as the number of false positives events increased; administration and management of which was draining resources. We evaluated several IPS vendors extensively but it was clear that only the Top Layer product could match our demanding criteria. It gave us the performance, breadth of protection, depth of granularity and ease of management that we demanded to restore our confidence in network integrity.”

Positioned on the perimeter of the network, the IPS 5500 E-Series has given Thomas Miller the proactive protection it required and in addition, has heightened the visibility of network operations, which in the financial section with high volumes of traffic containing sensitive information, has been particularly valuable to the company.

“ Top Layer has provided us with a greater visibility of our Internet presence and eradicated the false positive events that previously beset us," continued Paul Hamilton. " Knowing we have the broadest range of protection against any form of attack allows us to operate more productively

and competitively, safe in the knowledge that the assets of Thomas Miller are being fully protected."

“ As the threat landscape continues to evolve, enterprises are realising that they need to improve the protection of their infrastructures from the increasing number and complexity of attacks or risk their network being compromised, “ said Matt Percival, Sales Director, EMEA, Top Layer. “ The IPS 5500 addresses this critical business requirement by providing proactive real time three-dimensional protection against all dimensions of attacks without compromising network performance. “

About the Top Layer IPS 5500 E-Series

The IPS 5500 fE-Series amily of products offers the strongest levels of network protection, performance and reliability on the market today. By combining content-based IPS/IDS, stateful firewall and attack mitigation algorithms, the IPS 5500 is the only solution that provides Three Dimensional Protection (3DP) against malicious content, undesired access and rate-based attacks. Top Layer’s architecture enables the IPS 5500 E-Series to protect enterprises and service providers from sophisticated attacks in real-time while enabling the highest throughput of legitimate traffic.

Top Layer Networks’ family of network intrusion prevention solutions, the IPS 5500 series, has received top accolades from the world’s most prestigious labs and influential publications. Top Layer has received significant recognition from the NSS Group, Computer Reseller News, Information Security Magazine, SC Magazine, IT Week, Service Provider Weekly, the Tolly Group, and more.

About Top Layer Networks

Top Layer Networks is dedicated to its role as a leading global provider of Network Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), developing and bringing to market network security infrastructure solutions that help commercial and government organisations protect their critical on-line assets from the losses and risks associated with cyber threats. Its family of IPS appliances is designed with “Three Dimensional Protection” that provides the most advanced protection capabilities against known and unknown attacks at the highest performance rates. Top Layer Networks is headquartered in Massachusetts, USA with sales and support presence in North America, Europe, Asia, and Japan.

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