Network Management to Enable (And Protect) New Paradigm of Info Sharing

16:16 GMT, October 13, 2009 SAN DIEGO | Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading national security, information technology and public safety solutions provider, today announced that the Company has secured a contract to provide its flagship network management product, NeuralStar, to the U.S. intelligence community, supporting a next generation collaboration network for agencies of the United States Federal Government. (Neither the specific agency nor the financial terms were disclosed.)

NeuralStar, an enterprise network management platform that monitors all network-connected hardware, applications and security systems, will be used as a frontline operations manager for a newly developed network that will enable information sharing amongst intelligence community partners.

"The importance of collaboration means that organizations are using their networks to empower new flows of information beyond the conventional bounds of the enterprise. This requires a more comprehensive, robust way to manage and protect the integrity of this data and the functions of these systems," said Phil Carrai, Executive Vice President of Kratos' Information Technology Solutions division. "In this paradigm of new policies, access rights and equipment integration, NeuralStar has proven it can provide the command and control for the convergence of IP, wireless, satellite, and innumerable devices and network elements."

NeuralStar is deployed in some of the largest and most complex, mission-critical environments in the world including the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), the Ballistic Missile Defense Agency and BNSF. A platform for situational awareness of cyber, network, and system operations, NeuralStar provides integrated security, fault, performance, and configuration event and analysis.