CyberGuard's KS Premium Appliance Firewall Earns an 'A' and Reviewer's Choice Award From Government Computer News.Business Editors/High Tech Writers FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2001 CyberGuard Corporation (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :CYBG), the technology leader in network security, today announced that the company's KnightSTAR (KS) premium appliance firewall has earned the "Reviewer's Choice Award" and an overall grade of "A" from Government Computer News (GCN GCN Government Computer News GCN Gamecube Nintendo (gaming) GCN GIG (Global Information Grid) Computing Nodes GCN GRB Coordinates Network GCN Gospel Communications Network ), a Post Newsweek Tech Media Group publication. The review, titled "Enterprise firewalls halt network traffic," appeared in the October 22, 2001, issue of GCN. Comparing three appliance firewalls - CyberGuard's KS, Symantec's VelociRaptor Velociraptor (vəlŏs`ĭrăp'tər) [Gr.,=swift robber], swift bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period. It was relatively small, being approximately 6 ft (1.8 m) long. and Watchguard's Firebox III 4500 - the reviewer noted that the KS offered the "highest level of certified security" and was "easy to use and set up." In comparing the products, the reviewer also pointed out that a KS appliance can "cover a network with up to one million simultaneous connections." The other firewalls in the comparison could only handle 14,000 and 5,000 connections respectively. In June, Business Communications Review magazine awarded the KS appliance their "Best in Test" award in an evaluation of enterprise firewalls. The complete GCN review can be found at http://www.gcn.com/20_31/reviews/17324-1.html. About CyberGuard Corporation CyberGuard Corporation, the technology leader in network security, provides enterprise and electronic commerce security solutions to Fortune 1000 companies and governments worldwide. CyberGuard's award winning, industrial-strength firewall products and services protect the integrity of data and applications from unauthorized access. CyberGuard's appliances are the world's first to receive Common Criteria (Common Criteria for Information Technology Security) An international standard process for defining security objectives and for evaluating compliance with those objectives. The Common Criteria have largely replaced the Trusted Computer Security Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC), the Canadian EAL EAL English as an Additional Language EAL Evaluation Assurance Level EAL Eastern Airlines EAL Emergency Action Level EAL Environmental Analysis Laboratory EAL Evidence Analysis Library (American Dietetic Association) 4 certification, the most prestigious and rigorous IT security evaluation available. The company has world headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate canal system, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city's population is described as metropolitan, where diverse culture is commonplace. According to 2006 U.S. , and branch offices worldwide. More information on CyberGuard Corporation can be found at http://www.cyberguard.com. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve certain risks, uncertainties and factors, including without limitation, those described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, that may cause the Company's future actual results to materially differ from the Company's current expectations. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. |
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