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28 November 2014

28 November 2014

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Accumuli Plc

("Accumuli" or the "Group")

DDAM(1) provides cost effective solution to address recent announcement made by the Home Secretary regarding Internet Address matching

Accumuli, the independent specialist in IT security and Risk Management, announces that its DDAM(1) service can address the increased legal requirements announced as part of the updated Counter-terrorism bill.

On Wednesday 26 November 2014, the Home Secretary announced plans in Parliament under the updated Counter-terrorism bill (the "Bill") to introduce an obligation on Internet Service Providers ("ISPs") to maintain records of Internet Address allocation matching. The aim of the Bill is to ensure that ISPs are able to provide, when requested, information to national security and law enforcement agencies' datasets that can be used to identify device usage against associated IP addresses. This requirement has the potential to place significant technical and financial challenges on organisations that need to comply.

DDAM is a modular enterprise solution for the monitoring and recording of DNS, DHCP and IP Address association in a rapid and cost efficient way. It is the result of many years of development, designed for massive scale and is an already proven solution with successful deployments in many of the world's largest organisations.

The technical challenges associated with the bill are mostly around scale. The volumes of data generated on a daily basis within an ISP or Telco provider are massive. Potentially billions of devices are connecting and disconnecting with the providers constantly, and the IP addresses associated with these devices are dynamic, meaning they are constantly changing. This makes linking a device to an activity very difficult and the only way for law enforcement agencies to make this association is by searching through billions of records to make the connections. It is the collection and retention of these records that the Bill is looking to introduce, and which will prove a challenge for the providers.

The financial impact of these measures can also be significant. Modern commercial tools that are designed to collect and store data typically charge by volume, so the costs of implementing a suitable system will require significant investment in either development time by the ISPs or a large investment in commercial licences.

Jon Inns, Director of product management at Accumuli, commented :

"The announcement by the Home Secretary on Wednesday is not a surprise for us, or for the ISPs. Criminals and terrorists are making use of the internet for its speed of communication, its global reach and its ability to hide them in the noise. It was only a matter of time before the Government was going to start asking ISPs to play a more active role in dealing with the threat. The challenge is how to minimise the impact this ruling will have on the ISPs. This will be a potentially expensive and complex requirement for them to fulfil so we have developed a solution that can deliver on the requirement with minimal overhead to address both of these concerns. DDAM is proven to be able to handle vast amounts of data, is quick to deploy and it's not going to break the bank."

(1) Accumuli's proprietary software providing DNS, DCHP activity monitoring, archiving, reporting and analysis

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About Accumuli

Accumuli is a leading, rapidly growing, UK based independent specialist in IT security and risk management. We provide industry leading solutions and services underpinned by rare skills and capabilities. Our objective is to enable organisations to manage the ever increasing IT risk landscape and leverage their IT assets for business value.

Managing risk created from significant IT Trends (such as cybercrime, consumerisation of IT, Big Data) or business objectives (such as saving money or doing more with less) is the perennial balancing act for any IT department. The ideal outcome is to have an IT infrastructure that is available, performing and visible whilst always being compliant, resourced and secure.

The Accumuli approach is to assist our customers in identifying both the risk and potential of their IT infrastructure and address any gaps with leading solutions and expert services. Accumuli has a culture that is focused entirely on helping our customers and working as one team to deliver tangible results - we can help with a very specific need or a holistic end-to-end solution.

Accumuli is a public company quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange with offices in Basingstoke, Cambridge and Leeds. Accumuli's global customer base consists of companies of all sizes across an expanding range of industry sectors including financial services, utilities, telecommunications, manufacturing and government.

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