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Elite Development Group Warns U.S. Businesses of Possible Increase in Computer Viruses Due to Vulnerability from Recent Gulf Coast Disaster

2003 FBI data verifies that 82 percent of U.S. businesses were attacked by a virus resulting in more than $200 billion in losses

ALISO VIEJO, CA – September 26, 2005 – Elite Development Group, providing specialized network integration and security initiatives, announced today it believes within 30 to 90 days, U.S. business IT networks are in danger of being infected by computer viruses as a result of recent physical catastrophes that can weaken IT infrastructures.

Studies have shown that crippling and catastrophic events, such as 9/11 and the 2005 London Terrorist Attacks have been followed by an increase in cyber terrorist activity. Elite Development Group’s network security services ensure that businesses can be protected from these potential security threats by taking specific steps.

“In 2005 after the London Terrorist Attack, an IT virus rapidly spread over business networks that posed itself as CNN video news clip,” said Nicole Friel, President and CEO of Elite Development Group. “Only a week after 9/11, the “Nimda” E-mail worm spread by sending infected E-mail messages to business network’s servers using Microsoft’s Internet Information Server (IIS) software. When government and private sector resources are diverted to one specific area, these are the times that cyber terrorists attack. They take advantage of the already weak infrastructure and therefore implement IT viruses that are designed to cripple business.”

In order to protect its clients, Elite Development Group implements best security practices to prevent network compromise from hackers, viruses, and other threats. Elite Development Group can also design and implement Disaster Recovery Plans to address the different levels of interruption a client’s network could experience. These IT Network Contingency Plans identify the infrastructure required to provide tolerable to exceptional levels of IT service in the event of an unforeseen technology disaster.

About Elite Development Group Elite Development Group is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, and supplies specialized network integration and security initiatives for small to mid-size companies across the United States and the United Kingdom. Their certified technical engineers provide the latest network safety measures and proactively respond to anticipated network threats. Elite Development Group designs, manufactures and supplies innovative custom configured mid- to high-end servers, workstations, and storage solutions integrated with state-of-the-art network security software and hardware from the foremost companies including SonicWall, Symantec, Barracuda Networks, eEye Digital Security, Kerio Technologies Inc. and Hewlett-Packard.