Frequently Asked Questions for Third Brigade Acquisition

PRODUCT OVERVIEW AND STRATEGY

How does Third Brigade fit into Trend Micro’s overall strategy?

Third Brigade products and technology complement and extend Trend Micro Internet content security for datacenter environments. They offer increased protection, improved performance, and deployment convenience to organizations and service providers using virtualization in datacenters, including private and public cloud environments.

Third Brigade also provides a proven, best-of-breed, host-based intrusion defense system for protecting endpoints from zero-day malware, which complements and layers on top of Trend Micro’s suite of content security technologies and products powered by Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™. Third Brigade also complements and extends Trend Micro solutions for PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance requirements.

What will Trend Micro do with Third Brigade’s business?

Trend Micro plans to grow the Third Brigade business within its own datacenter security business after the closing, protecting Third Brigade customers’ investments, and ensuring the long-term viability of Third Brigade products. Trend Micro also intends to focus on our common enterprise customers.

Third Brigade acquired OSSEC, an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System in 2008, which performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response. Will the ownership of Third Brigade change Trend Micro’s position on open source?

No. This transaction enhances our commitment to open standards and choice. Trend Micro is as committed as ever to open source.

What does Trend Micro plan to do with DeepSecurity and Intrusion Defense Firewall?

We plan to continue to sell both products, Deep Security at the server and Trend Micro™ Intrusion Defense Firewall at the endpoint, and advance their technologies and features. Over time, we will look to better integrate the Third Brigade products and services into Trend Micro’s core security offerings and the Smart Protection Network.

CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS

How is the transaction between Trend Micro and Third Brigade expected to benefit Third Brigade customers?

Trend Micro is buying Third Brigade’s business to accelerate its dynamic datacenter security strategy, and to provide customers with access to critical security and compliance software and vulnerability response services required to protect physical, virtual and cloud computing servers, and corporate endpoints, from sophisticated malware attacks.

Trend Micro and Third Brigade share a common commitment to providing datacenter security. As a result, Third Brigade customers can expect substantial benefits from the transaction. Post acquisition, Trend Micro plans to invest and grow the Third Brigade business, ensuring the long-term viability of Third Brigade products and preserving existing customer and partner investments in Third Brigade technologies.

How is the transaction between Trend Micro and Third Brigade expected to benefit customers of Trend Micro Intrusion Defense Firewall for OfficeScan™?

Customers of Intrusion Defense Firewall for OfficeScan will gain greater influence over the future roadmap of the product, tighter integration with core Trend Micro products and services, and preservation of their investment with Trend Micro.

How will customers of both Third Brigade and Trend Micro benefit from the transaction?

Third Brigade has leading-edge security and compliance solutions that allow Global 2000, SMBs and government organizations to better address the needs of their next-generation datacenters and corporate endpoints. These align with Trend Micro’s mission, to deliver the most flexible and customizable Internet content security solutions to enterprises, that address the ever-changing threats on the Web.

How is the transaction expected to benefit partners?

Trend Micro and Third Brigade partners are expected to benefit by working with a single vendor to address customer needs for content security. Post acquisition, Trend Micro partners will benefit from improved access, support and training for Third Brigade products and solutions. Third Brigade partners are expected to benefit from Trend Micro’s increased support of Third Brigade partners and increased investment in the combined solutions. Both companies’ partners are expected to benefit from the complementary solutions that provide an opportunity to increase business value, minimize time-to-maximum protection, and drive down total cost of ownership.

SALES AND SERVICE

Can I still purchase Third Brigade products?

Yes. Until further notice, please contact your existing Third Brigade sales representative to assist you, or visit www.thirdbrigade.com for contact information.

Should Third Brigade customers continue to call Third Brigade customer support?

Yes. Until further notice, Third Brigade customers should continue to use existing Third Brigade contact numbers for support, professional services, and sales to address immediate and ongoing needs. We will communicate all changes and transitions well in advance through these familiar channels.

Should Third Brigade customers continue to contact their Third Brigade sales and channel representatives?

Yes. Customers should continue to rely on existing relationships.

How is this acquisition expected to impact any existing project, deployment, or services engagements?

It is not expected that this transaction will impact any existing project, deployment or services engagement.

How does Trend Micro plan to maintain Third Brigade’s industry and domain expertise?

The acquisition of the Third Brigade business demonstrates Trend Micro’s commitment to providing complete unified protections at the endpoint and at the dynamic datacenter. Third Brigade employees with industry and domain expertise will be integral in the execution of our plans to grow Trend Micro’s datacenter security business.

How will Trend Micro provide for a smooth integration of the two companies’ products?

Trend Micro is focused on customer and partner satisfaction and plans to provide a smooth transition without customer, channel, or partner disruption. Trend Micro expects to integrate Third Brigade’s products quickly and efficiently. Trend Micro has assigned dedicated personnel from key functional areas for the Third Brigade integration and will use proven processes from our previous selective, targeted acquisitions. We expect to communicate regularly throughout this process to keep our customers and employees well informed.