Verizon Business Completes Cybertrust Acquisition

Verizon Business Completes Cybertrust Acquisition

July 10, 2007

Surpasses Competition to Become No. 1 Global Information
Security Player

    BASKING RIDGE, N.J., July 9 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Verizon Business is now the leading provider of managed
security services to business and government customers
worldwide with the completion of its previously announced
acquisition of Cybertrust.  

    Verizon Business today boasts unmatched capabilities
and global reach, including a combined security services
staff of more than 1,100 professionals deployed throughout
the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific
region. 

    Customers of Verizon Business and the former Cybertrust
are benefiting immediately from the combination of the
companies' assets, products, professional services and
people into an enhanced Verizon Business Security Solutions
practice. Starting today, each company's customers can
access an integrated portfolio of security offerings --
combined under the "Verizon Business Security
Solutions powered by Cybertrust" brand. 

    "In today's globally mobile, millisecond-fast
economy, security protection is essential to ensuring the
health of every business," said Nancy Gofus, senior
vice president and chief marketing officer for Verizon
Business. 

    "With our newly expanded world-class security
capabilities, Verizon Business is enabling customers to
better secure their businesses. We are uniquely positioned
to help as an organization moves into the era of the
extended enterprise where data must be stored and secured
from location to location, from partner to supplier, from
the private network to the public Internet, from the
desktop to the cell phone, and everywhere in-between,"
she said. 

    The newly enhanced Verizon Business Security Solutions
suite delivers 
end-to-end, multilayered security protection from the
customer's premises to the Verizon Business global IP
network, one of the many networks making up the Internet or
"cloud" and includes:

    -- Professional Services comprised of governance, risk
and compliance
       analysis, application assessments, and forensics and
incident response
       services. This includes 300 dedicated professional
services consultants
       located around the world. 

    -- A full suite of premises and network-based Managed
Security Services,
       consisting of Denial of Service, Managed Email,
Managed Devices and
       Managed Intrusion Protection and Detection Systems. 

    -- Identity and Access Management. 

    -- Threat and Vulnerability Management.

    -- Partner Security Programs. 

    -- Security Certification Programs.

    Additionally, customers can choose from a wide range of
flexible management options, from fully outsourcing all
functions to Verizon Business, to management of services or
hosting of certain equipment, to the customer doing it on a
self-serve basis and calling upon Verizon Business as
needed. "Businesses around the globe can turn to
Verizon Business knowing they are getting unmatched
capabilities and global reach with customized solutions to
fit their individual needs," said Kerry Bailey, vice
president of Verizon Business Security Solutions.
"We've combined the world's most interconnected IP
network with more than 27 years of combined security
experience and a vendor-agnostic approach to delivering
security solutions. No other player can offer our breadth
and depth of security expertise. 

    "We are committed to protecting our customers'
operations end- to-end as the global IP transformation
unfolds. Security starts with experience. But it can't stop
there. Technology, for good and for ill, constantly evolves.
We intend to stay one step ahead delivering new ways for
organizations and their users to conduct business more
seamlessly and securely," he said.  

    Verizon Business adds a strong new focus in the area of
identity management, enabling customers to efficiently
manage user-identities across multiple systems and
applications. The security practice will offer a full range
of solutions for enterprises and governments to manage
electronic identities that enable authentication
management, information protection and secure access to
resources across enterprise systems. 

    Verizon Business also acquired Cybertrust's ICSA Labs,
which will remain an independent division of the company.
ICSA Labs is considered the gold standard of security
product certification, having tested and certified 95
percent of the installed security products on the market
today.

    Verizon Business continues to operate seven Cybertrust
Security Operations Centers in the Americas, Europe, the
Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. These centers enable
a true "follow the sun" approach to security
operations. 

    "Security, mobility and the extended enterprise
are accelerating the pace of globalization," said
Gofus. "Through the Cybertrust acquisition, Verizon
Business is extremely well-positioned to help enterprises
meet these challenges head on."

    About Verizon Business

    Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications
(NYSE: VZ), is a leading provider of advanced
communications and information technology (IT) solutions to
large business and government customers worldwide. Combining
unsurpassed global network reach with advanced
communications, security and other professional service
capabilities, Verizon Business delivers innovative and
seamless business solutions to customers around the world.
For more information, visit http://www.verizonbusiness.com
.

    VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases,
executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high
quality video and images, and other information are
available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at
http://www.verizon.com/news . To receive news releases by
e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized
automatic delivery of Verizon news releases.


    For more information, please contact: 

    Clare Ward
    Verizon Business
    Tel:   [phone]
    Email: [e-mail]

    Janet Brumfield
    Tel:   [phone]
    Email: [e-mail]