NSA's SPOCK Program Uses HYDRA to Secure its Web site

For Immediate Release:

NSA's SPOCK Program Selects Bodacion's HYDRA Web Server

National Security Agency Deploys Bodacion's Secure Web Technology to Deflect Hackers, Shorten Training
Time and Reduce Maintenance Costs

BARRINGTON, ILLINOIS (April 2, 2003) � The Security Proof of Concept Keystone (SPOCK), a Department of
Defense consortium of corporate and government organizations sponsored by the National Security
Agency (NSA), has selected Bodacion Technologies' HYDRA secure Web Services appliance as its primary
Web server.  The NSA cited HYDRA's extreme resistance to all known hacking attacks, as well as the
appliance's simplicity and reliability, as reasons for choosing Bodacion's product.

"After SPOCK demonstrations showed HYDRA's improved security and maintainability over current
solutions, the NSA saw a clear fit for their own needs," said Eric Ridvan Uner, Co-Founder of Bodacion
Technologies, Co-Inventor of HYDRA and his company's chief liaison to government agencies.  "The NSA, of
course, has a vested interest in making sure that hackers stay out of any NSA Web site, and so the SPOCK
program selected HYDRA for its high level of resistance to hacking attacks of all kinds."

Compatibility and maintenance were also primary SPOCK concerns, according to Uner.  HYDRA was a simple
drop-in replacement for the legacy solution, he said, which required minimal deployment effort.  HYDRA
also will require less maintenance and training than the legacy system, he added.

Last year, SPOCK conducted a demonstration of HYDRA consisting of security claims by Bodacion
Technologies and tests jointly agreed to by the participants.  The results were that all Bodacion�s
claims were verified.  More than 350 technologists from civil and defense entities are involved in the
SPOCK program; currently there are 65 security-related corporations and 19 government agencies
participating in the program. 

Bodacion�s appliance is designed specifically for secure Web Services computing and has captured the