Raytheon eyes computer security

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Published at: Wednesday, Jun. 14, 2000 12:52 am PT

NEW YORK (REUTERS) - Raytheon Systems Co., a unit of Raytheon Co., is
entering the growing corporate market for computer-security products
with high-end software called SilentRunner, the Wall Street Journal
reported on Wednesday.

It said that according to Raytheon, six unnamed federal government
agencies involved in defense, intelligence or law enforcement have
bought licenses for the software from the company. One agency bought
12 licenses.

The $65,000 program is being unveiled to the computer-industry press
on Wednesday as the start of a big marketing campaign, the newspaper
reported.

SilentRunner uses complex algorithms to find potentially improper uses
of internal computer networks, the Wall Street Journal said.

Raytheon claims the product can identify hard-to-discern patterns of
data traffic that signal fraud, insider trading, or espionage by a
company's employees, the article said.

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