BD-BrandProtect Accepted as Full Member to Forum for Incident Response and Security Teams

TORONTO--(Marketwire - February 11, 2008) - BD-BrandProtect, the leader in online threat protection, today announced it has been selected as the first company in its industry to gain full membership to the Forum for Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), a premier organization and recognized global leader in incident response. BD-BrandProtect was accepted for its response services that help organizations detect, uncover and take down online threats to their brands.

"We are pleased to accept BD-BrandProtect as the newest member to FIRST, which includes 191 teams across 41 countries," said Derrick Scholl, Chairman of the FIRST Steering Committee. "We pride ourselves on selecting only the organizations that will live up to the high standard FIRST sets for its membership, and we have found BD-BrandProtect to be a laudable addition to a network of the best incident response teams in the world."

Membership in FIRST enables incident response teams to more effectively respond to security incidents by providing access to best practices, tools and trusted communication with member teams. In order to be accepted as a full member to FIRST, BD-BrandProtect went through a rigorous application process. This procedure included obtaining sponsor recommendations from two FIRST members and gaining acceptance by the organization's membership committee, culminating with a vote by the organization's Steering Committee.

"Being selected as a member to FIRST is a tremendous honor and validates the high quality of our invaluable incident response team," said Roberto Drassinower, president, BD-BrandProtect. "Our membership gives us access to information, tools and best practices from leading security teams across a variety of industries, complementing our unsurpassed knowledge of the Internet."

BD-BrandProtect has the most comprehensive understanding of the Internet and the threats it contains. Unique to BD-BrandProtect is its proprietary technology engine that has mapped the Internet, covering more than 275 million sites, nine billion Web pages and 70 billion links. In addition to its comprehensive technology backbone that detects instances of online brand abuse, the company uses proprietary filtering and human data analysis to deliver prioritized infractions that matter most to clients. With the highest quality data combined with the quickest takedown times in the industry, BD-BrandProtect helps companies address online fraud, phishing attacks and other brand offenses in the most accurate, efficient and effective ways possible.

About FIRST (www.first.org)

Founded in 1990, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams is a not-for-profit international organization that brings together a variety of security and incident response teams, plus teams from product security. Today, with more than 190 member teams from around the world representing governments, economies, educational institutions, commercial enterprises, and financial corporations, FIRST has become a front-line enabler in the global response community, providing access to best practices, tools, and trusted communication with its member teams.

About BD-BrandProtect (www.bdbrandprotect.com)

BD-BrandProtect, the leader in online threat protection, empowers organizations to gain control over how they are represented online. The company's services help organizations detect, uncover and take down online threats to their brands, such as phishing, fraud, copyright infringement, web traffic diversion and more. By combining advanced technology and around the clock human analysis, BD-BrandProtect filters, reports and takes action on the threats that present the most risk to a brand. The company has relationships with more than 2,000 Internet Service Providers globally that account for more than 85 percent of the traffic flowing across the Internet. Founded in 2001, BD-BrandProtect is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with offices in the United States, Singapore and London. For more information, visit www.bdbrandprotect.com.

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