Centrify Teams with NetIQ for Identity and Access Management

NetIQ to OEM Centrify technology to extend Active Directory management capabilities

SUNNYVALE, California, December 8 - Centrify Corporation, the leading provider of Microsoft Active
Directory-based identity and access management and auditing solutions for
non-Microsoft platforms, today announced that NetIQ Corporation has chosen to
OEM Centrify DirectControl(R) and Centrify DirectAuthorize(TM) technologies
to enable NetIQ customers to further centralize and strengthen data
protection and achieve compliance with government and industry regulations.
NetIQ will market the Centrify technology as NetIQ(R) Identity Integration
Suite(TM) and will target organizations wanting to extend Active
Directory-centric identity management in their heterogeneous environments.
Under the agreement, NetIQ will license the solution and provide support and
deployment services to customers, and the two companies will work jointly on
technical integration and other initiatives.

"Centrify's innovative technology will further empower our customers to
leverage NetIQ's industry-leading solutions for Active Directory-based
delegated administration, Group Policy and password management solutions as
well as extend those capabilities to more securely and efficiently manage
multi-platform IT environments," said Ron Hardy, vice president of Product
Management, NetIQ. "Centrify's best-in-class technology delivers market
leading cross-platform, Active Directory-based identity management that
facilitates increased security and improves compliance while reducing
operational cost and complexity."

"Identity management products are flourishing despite economic
challenges. A significant driver for the deployment of Active Directory
bridge products–which integrate UNIX systems with Microsoft Active
Directory–is the cost reduction derived from simplifying the management of
heterogeneous workstations and users," said Mark Diodati, senior identity and
security analyst at Burton Group. "Organizations also get enhanced
productivity by enabling administrators to leverage a single toolset to
manage users and systems. Finally, users can benefit from sign-on reduction
when accessing resources across both UNIX and Windows platforms."

"Centrify is pleased to be partnering with NetIQ to extend our leading
identity and access management technology to their product offerings," said
Frank Cabri, vice president of Marketing and Alliances at Centrify.
"Increasingly, IT organizations are moving away from tactical tools that
address a single platform in favor of a centralized solution for controlling
who has access to systems and what specific privileges they have. We believe
that NetIQ customers will see tremendous benefit from an integrated offering
that is comprehensive in its approach to these key security and compliance
issues."

NetIQ will leverage Centrify technologies that provide an integrated set
of Active Directory-based access control and identity management solutions
that secure cross-platform environments and strengthen regulatory compliance.
DirectControl addresses the need to secure both physical and virtual
environments by effectively turning a non-Microsoft system or hypervisor into
an Active Directory client, enabling administrators to secure that system
using the same authentication and Group Policy services currently deployed
for their Windows systems, as well as adding granular access control through
its patent-pending Zone technology. DirectAuthorize centrally manages and
enforces role-based entitlements for fine-grained control of user access and
privileges on UNIX and Linux systems as well as a wide range of hypervisors.
Built on a common architecture, these two technologies are also integral to
the Centrify Suite of solutions that help improve IT efficiency, strengthen
regulatory compliance, and centrally secure a heterogeneous computing
environment.

About NetIQ

NetIQ, an Attachmate business, is a global leader in systems and security
management. With more than 12,000 customers in over 60 countries, NetIQ
solutions maximize technology investments and enable IT process improvements
to achieve measurable cost savings. For more information on NetIQ's portfolio
of award-winning products for IT Process Automation
(www.netiq.com/products/itprocessautomation/default.asp) , Systems
Management (www.netiq.com/products/performancemgmt/default.asp),
Security Management (www.netiq.com/products/securitymgmt/default.asp),
Configuration Audit and Control
(www.netiq.com/products/configurationmgmt/default.asp), Enterprise
Administration (www.netiq.com/products/windowsadmin/default.asp) and
Unified Communications Management
(www.netiq.com/solutions/ucm/default.asp), visit www.netiq.com.

About Centrify

Centrify's identity and access management and auditing solutions secure
cross-platform systems, web applications, databases and enterprise
applications centrally using Microsoft Active Directory. The Centrify Suite,
comprising DirectControl, DirectAuthorize and DirectAudit, helps
organizations improve IT efficiency, better comply with regulatory
requirements, and move toward a more secure, connected infrastructure for
their cross-platform computing environment. More than 1500 enterprise
customers, including 38% of the Fortune 50, have selected Centrify for its
easy-to-manage, Active Directory-based cross-platform interoperability
solutions. For more information about Centrify and its solutions, call
+1-408-542-7500 or visit www.centrify.com/

Centrify and DirectControl are registered trademarks and Centrify Suite,
DirectAudit and DirectAuthorize are trademarks of Centrify Corporation. Other
names used in this document are trademarks of their respective companies.

Frank Cabri of Centrify Corporation, +1-408-542-7576, frank.cabri at centrify.com