Alertsite and ScanAlert Combine Web Site Performance and Security Certification Solution

Web Site Performance Monitoring and Security Certification Delivers Assurance of Site Availability and Security Against Hackers

Boca Raton, FL and Napa, CA - (Monday December 1, 2003) - AlertSite, a leading market provider of hosted performance measurement services, and Web site security auditor ScanAlert, announced today a joint marketing agreement. Effective immediately, AlertSite will resell ScanAlert HACKER SAFE certification and ScanAlert will resell AlertSite’s range of real-time Web presence monitoring services.

As a result of the agreement, both companies can leverage their customer base of businesses that focus on e-commerce. The synergy of AlertSite and ScanAlert’s services ensures that Web sites, servers and other devices are running properly and are free from known vulnerabilities.

“AlertSite's monitoring services are a valuable tool to help our customers ensure that their Web presence is always available, delivering a good experience to end-users, and able to process customer orders,” said ScanAlert CEO Ken Leonard. “We use AlertSite ourselves to monitor our site performance and offer their services to our customers from within their ScanAlert account.”

“ScanAlert's HACKER SAFE certification provides independent certification that customer information has been secured against all known security vulnerabilities,” added Ken Godskind, vice president of business development, AlertSite. “When visitors know your site is a safe place to shop, they buy more often.”

Discounted pricing is available for current customers. For more information on pricing or services, please contact:
ScanAlert at 877-302-9965
AlertSite at 877-302-5378

About HACKER SAFE Certification

HACKER SAFE sites are tested and certified daily to meet the FBI's Twenty Most Critical Internet Security Vulnerabilities Test and all security guidelines of the National Infrastructure Protection Center. ScanAlert's unique security auditing technology hardens Web servers against hackers, and then certifies it to their customers in real-time by allowing the mark to appear only when a Web site's current security status meets these published government standards.

About ScanAlert

ScanAlert is a privately held Internet security auditing company headquartered in Napa, Calif. ScanAlert makes Web sites secure from hackers and certifies it with a HACKER SAFE certification mark to their customers. According to published statistics on hacking crime, sites earning HACKER SAFE certification will prevent over 99 percent of hacker break-ins. For more information, please visit www.scanalert.com.

About AlertSite

Based in Boca Raton, Florida, AlertSite is an industry-leading provider of Internet performance measurement and management services. Designed to help customers ensure that their web presence is always available and delivering a high “quality of experience,” AlertSite’s monitoring plans are tailored to meet the needs of all companies large and small. AlertSite monitors websites, eCommerce applications, mail servers, DNS servers and other devices connected to the Internet. Customers include Honda UK, Goodwill, The AKC, Cracker Barrel and Purina Mills. For more information, please visit www.alertsite.com.

HACKER SAFE is a registered trademark of ScanAlert. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

CONTACT:
Mike Lizun
Gregory FCA
Main: 610-642-8253, ext. 113
Mobile: 610-585-7594
Mike@GregoryFCA.com