SaskTel Selects CloudShield Advanced Cyber Countermeasures Solution To Secure Networks

CloudSentry^® is an active threat intelligence capability that leverages the company's CloudShield cybersecurity platform, a market leader in deep packet inspection (DPI) capability. The platform works in line, in real-time to control network traffic at multi-gigabit speeds and provides organizations with actionable network attack intelligence that enables them to deliver advanced cyber countermeasures. In addition to providing the necessary hardware and software to implement the technology, CloudShield will work closely with SaskTel to implement and maintain CloudSentry protection to propagate best practices over the foreseeable future.

CloudSentry^® is designed to protect mission critical infrastructure of companies like SaskTel and other telecommunications companies, internet service providers, as well as national governments. It provides a carrier-class converged threat solution that addresses cybersecurity concerns including botnets, malware, phishing and spam.

"This new service provides CloudShield customers an active threat intelligence capability that aggregates a variety of public sources as well as the custom signatures developed by SAIC's Cybersecurity Incident Response teams," said Charles Beard, SAIC chief information officer and general manager of the company's Cybersecurity Business Unit. "CloudSentry^® provides the advanced threat mitigation that is critical to operating in today's most demanding network environments and meeting cyber adversaries head on. We look forward to working with SaskTel and other customers to leverage CloudSentry^® as they work to address their toughest cybersecurity challenges."

CloudSentry^® is part of CloudShield's growing family of cybersecurity products and services that meet today's most demanding cyber challenges. For more information visit http://www.cloudshield.com/applications/CloudSentry.asp.

About SAIC
SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health. The Company's approximately 40,000 employees serve customers in the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. Government civil agencies and selected commercial markets. Headquartered in McLean, Va., SAIC had annual revenues of approximately $10.6 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2012. For more information, visit http://www.saic.com/. SAIC: From Science to Solutions®

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