Strategy 1: Provide Unprecedented Security

Popular security mechanisms such as firewalls, network encryption, and intrusion detection systems are unable to adequately address many security issues associated with connecting Internet-based users directly to internal computing resources. PitBull Intrusion Prevention technology provides mechanisms to implement fine-grain differentiated access to computing resources and prevent web-based transaction servers from being compromised and used as an uncontrolled conduit into the mission-critical computing assets located on the internal network. PitBull security is able to ensure that no application security flaw or bug can be exploited to gain system-wide access.

Strategy 2: Enable New Business Models

Argus software serves a compelling market need for enhanced security in Internet access and privacy protection. Our flagship product line, PitBull, offers the most secure architecture available today, enabling companies to perform core business transactions over the Internet. PitBull Intrusion Prevention technology allows businesses to connect Internet-based users directly to back-end legacy systems to conduct transactions in real-time. This allows organizations to speed processes, reduce costs, and improve customer responsiveness, which provides a proven competitive advantage.

Strategy 3: Improve Server Architectures

Because of our unique security model, PitBull technology is able to protect an organization's data resources, company reputation, and client information and assets cost-effectively, with no significant administrative overhead, and allows an enterprise to leverage superior time-to-market advantages.

Argus-based security architectures lower life cycle and acquisition costs over other security models by eliminating the need for perimeter defense technology and other security point application products. Architectures are less complex, less costly to acquire and maintain, and easier to administer. Organizations no longer require teams of costly security administrators to oversee their complex systems. In addition, by eliminating perimeter defense products, many organizations can dramatically increase information throughput and response time, providing better service to their customers.

Strategy 4: Support Industry Leading Platforms

Argus is the only vendor to offer cross-platform security solutions of this nature, and products that enhance commercial operating systems to support its industrial-grade security applications. Our software packages currently maintain full compatibility with standard operating systems, such as Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, and Linux. Servers based on these operating environments are delivered by industry leading suppliers such as Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, Compaq/Digital/Tandem, IBM, Dell, and many others.

Strategy 5: Leverage a Proven Management Team With Experience

As a product and service-driven company, Argus ultimately will be only as good as its people. To accomplish this goal, Argus has assembled the best and brightest security-engineering group in the industry. Additionally, Argus has an established reputation as a world-class supplier of high-end security solutions; our team has the most combined experience in secure operating system technology in the industry today. Ultimately, we believe that our customers want what we deliver - sophisticated systems security solutions on common standardized platforms.