Singapore, 30 September 2009 - e-Cop and StarHub today announced a strategic collaboration to provide an integrated managed service for StarHub’s Internet Clean Pipe solution that will ensure greater business continuity against DDoS attacks (see Editor’s Note). The new service is targeted at banking, financial and government institutions, as well as online hosting companies based in Singapore.

StarHub successfully launched its Internet Clean Pipe service last year, which combines its high-quality Internet bandwidth for both IP transit or business Internet services, with an industry-recognised DDoS detection and ‘scrubbing’ solution that is driven by direct input from the customer. This partnership with e-Cop enhances the initial Internet Clean Pipe offering by giving the customers the choice of allowing e-Cop to take the operational load off their manpower resources for managing DDoS incidents so that they are free to focus on other aspects of their business. With the enhanced service, e-Cop will manage and protect the customer’s online assets by providing 24x7 proactive monitoring, analysis, mitigation and data traffic profiling before and after any DDoS attacks, as stipulated by the customer’s requirements and pre-agreed service level agreements.

Said Chong Pow Min, StarHub’s Assistant Vice President of Business Solutions, "The partnership with e-Cop, Asia-Pacific’s leading information security company, solidifies StarHub’s reputation for collaborating with industry-leading organisations to deliver comprehensive and quality solutions to our corporate customers. By deploying the solution, corporate customers will be able to offload their operational resources dedicated to protecting their Internet assets to a trusted online security leader such as e-Cop. This would improve a company’s operational efficiencies while establishing greater peace of mind. The managed service of our Internet Clean Pipe service clearly demonstrates our commitment to offer even better customer support and experience."

"StarHub’s Internet Clean Pipe solution, coupled with e-Cop’s experience in real-time monitoring and mitigation of a company’s online traffic, is more effective in stopping DDoS attacks at the upstream core-router level from an ISP side. It keeps security costs manageable as no hardware or software is required at the customer premises," said e-Cop General Manager Benjamin Mah. "We are excited to partner with StarHub on this integrated solution which protects the organisation’s strategic assets and brand reputation from damage and ensures business continuity by allowing legitimate transactions to be processed so customers can stay ahead of threats with proactive alerts and comprehensive reporting processes."

The managed Internet Clean Pipe solution offers significant flexibility to meet customers’ demands by enabling the ability to filter and protect enterprises of varying sizes, regardless of network resources, existing security hardware, and/or physical location. The managed solution is available in multiple configurations, and is able to handle a wide variety of custom protocols, and network setups. The solution is also easily implemented into networks of all sizes, often with little or no infrastructure investment.

Interested parties can contact StarHub’s business hotline at 1 800-888 8888 or email biz@starhub.com. For more information on e-Cop and StarHub respectively, please visit www.e-cop.net and www.starhub.com.

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e-Cop is the trusted partner for managed risk and information security services to business enterprises and governments. It offers a comprehensive suite of services to identify and deal effectively with threats and risks related to information security management. These services include Managed Security Services, Technology Consulting Services, and Professional Security Consulting Services.

Widely hailed as an innovative and leading information security industry bluechip, e-Cop operates and maintains several Security Operations Centres (SOC) worldwide. All of which are ISO/IEC 27001 certified and powered by its highly advanced, award-winning security event correlation technology developed internally by its R&D team.

e-Cop’s sedulous commitment to deliver a multi-pronged integrated suite of Professional Security Services and Technology Consultancy Services has earned itself numerous accolades as the industry’s leader. Its customers value the vision, leadership, and customised services and solutions that e-Cop brings to the table.

For more information, please visit www.e-Cop.net

StarHub is Singapore's fully-integrated info-communication company, offering a full range of information, communications and entertainment services for both consumer and corporate markets. StarHub operates Singapore's fastest two-way HSPA+ mobile network that delivers up to 21Mbps for downlink to complement its nation-wide GSM network, and an island-wide HFC network that delivers multi-channel cable TV services (including High Definition Television and on-demand services) as well as ultra-high speed residential broadband services. StarHub also operates an extensive fixed business network that provides a wide range of data, voice and wholesale services.

Launched in 2000, StarHub has become one of Singapore's most innovative info-communications providers, and the pioneer in 'hubbing' - the ability to deliver unique integrated and converged services to all its customers. StarHub, listed on the main board of the Singapore Exchange since October 2004, is a component stock of the Straits Times Index and the MCSI Singapore Free Index.

For more information, visit www.starhub.com.

Christina P. Ondevilla
Marketing Services Executive
e-Cop Pte Ltd
Phone: 6788 2882
Email: christina@e-cop.net

Michael Sim
Senior Manager
Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
StarHub Ltd
DID: 6825 5188
Email: michaelsim@starhub.com

A DDoS attack occurs when multiple compromised systems (primed by malware or trojans) flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted system, overwhelming the business' network so that it can no longer provide the intended online service or obstructing legitimate communications between the business and its customers.