e^deltacom LAUNCHES SECURITY INITIATIVE WITH FULL SUITE OF MANAGED AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES -Initiative Provides Comprehensive Suite of Information Security Offerings to Businesses-

e^deltacom, the Atlanta-based data center solutions division of ITC^DeltaCom, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITCD), today announced the launch its information security initiative-including a suite of information security solutions to support its data center and client premise customers who want exceptional levels of layered information security for their daily or mission-critical Internet operations. e^deltacoms information security solutions consist of managed services (managed firewall, VPN, intrusion detection service) and professional services (intrusion analysis, risk management, information forensics, vulnerability assessment) to fit virtually any level of security needs.

Suwanee, Ga.- January 23, 2002- e^deltacom, the Atlanta-based data center solutions division of ITC^DeltaCom, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITCD), today announced the launch its information security initiative-including a suite of information security solutions to support its data center and client premise customers who want exceptional levels of layered information security for their daily or mission-critical Internet operations. e^deltacoms information security solutions consist of managed services (managed firewall, VPN, intrusion detection service) and professional services (intrusion analysis, risk management, information forensics, vulnerability assessment) to fit virtually any level of security needs. e^deltacoms specially-trained teams of professionals are dedicated to monitoring and maintaining all aspects of the offerings, supporting information security protection efforts 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

e^deltacom provides businesses with comprehensive, affordable and scalable security solutions that allow our business customers to concentrate on their core business competencies," said e^deltacom General Manager Marty Thallman. Were committed to proving that our customers can be confident they are receiving the maintenance and monitoring security solutions that help minimize risks and safeguard customers networks against unauthorized access and intrusion."

Managed Services

Most businesses do not have the experience or adequate resources in-house to implement a securely managed and reliable firewall, VPN, and intrusion detection system (IDS). e^deltacoms Information Security Operations Center (ISOC) has the experience and resources to provide high quality security solutions to its customers.

IDS

The Intrusion Detection Service (IDS) provides customers with monitoring and responsive security designed to report malicious and unwanted attacks over the Internet. When combined with e^deltacoms managed firewall solutions, the IDS solution provides the identification of known malicious attacks and the ability to block many of those breaches, preventing damage to system resources. The solution has real-time monitoring and detection for attacks on a clients network. Depending on the severity of an identified attack, the IDS solution will notify the customer either by phone (highest levels of severity) or by an email (lowest levels of severity) that an attack has been recognized. e^deltacoms IDS solution will sift through the intrusions detected, and then identify which attacks need immediate attention.

VPN

The Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution provides client-to-site or site-to-site secure encryption tunnels to support safe, remote computing. The IDS solution monitors computer systems and network traffic, then analyzes that data for possible hostile attacks originating from outside an organization. The system also scans for system misuse or attacks originating from inside an organization.

Managed Firewall

The managed firewall solution provides perimeter security between an organizations networks and the Internet. All network traffic, inbound and outbound, flows through the firewall rules, which screen all traffic and reject any traffic that does not meet the restrictions of an organizations security policy.

Professional Services

e^deltacoms teams of security professionals focus their efforts on maintaining the security of the data networks of ITC^DeltaCom, e^deltacom and their respective customers selecting professional services. They provide investigative responses to malicious activity, assisting with reducing risk to information assets within an organization, and providing assessments and testing to determine vulnerabilities in an organizations information security.

About e^deltacom
e^deltacom, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is a division of ITC^DeltaCom, Inc. e^deltacom is an innovative services organization that provides technology solutions to businesses. The Company allows customers to focus on their core business competencies by providing a complete set of managed services, as well as a host of reliable, flexible, scalable secure technology solutions such as Web hosting and colocation.

About ITC^DeltaCom, Inc.
ITC^DeltaCom, Inc., headquartered in West Point, Georgia, is a premier provider of facilities-based integrated telecommunications and technology solutions to businesses in the southern United States, and is a regional provider of broadband transport services to other communications companies. ITC^DeltaCom operates 35 branch locations in nine states, and its 10-state, approximately 9,980-mile fiber optic network reaches more than 160 points of presence. For additional information about ITC^DeltaCom or e^deltacom, visit the Companies' Web sites at www.itcdeltacom.com and www.edeltacom.com.

Statements contained in this news release regarding expected financial results, future growth, network deployment, product design and implementation, ITC^DeltaComs business strategy and other planned events and expectations are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual future results or events may differ materially from these statements. Readers are referred to the documents filed by ITC^DeltaCom with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including ITC^DeltaComs annual report on Form 10-K filed on April 2, 2001, for a discussion of important risks that could cause actual results to differ from those contained or implied in the forward-looking statements. These risks, which are discussed in ITC^DeltaComs filings under the heading Risk Factors," include dependence on new product development, rapid technological and market change, dependence upon rights of way and other third party agreements, debt service requirements, and risks related to future growth and rapid expansion. Other important risks factors that could cause actual events or results to differ from those contained or implied in the forward-looking statements include, without limitation, delays, difficulties or failure to provide products or services in a timely manner, customer reductions in services, delays or difficulties in product development, marketing and implementation, deployment and implementation of colocation arrangements and facilities, appeals of or failures by third parties to comply with rulings of governmental entities, inability to meet installation schedules, general economic and business conditions, failure to maintain underlying service/vendor arrangements, competition, adverse changes in the regulatory or legislative environment, and various other factors beyond ITC^DeltaComs control. This release may contain information provided by or statements of third parties, for which ITC^DeltaCom assumes no responsibility. ITC^DeltaCom expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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