CyberGuard Names Information Security Marketing Executive to Lead Worldwide Marketing and Branding Effort; Information Security Company Names Bryan Bain VP Worldwide Marketing.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. -- CyberGuard Corporation (Nasdaq:CGFW), the technology leader in network security, today announced the appointment of Bryan Bain as vice president of worldwide marketing. An expert in marketing and corporate development in the information security sector, Bain will be responsible for developing the marketing strategy and directing the global branding efforts for the company's expanded security offering. "Bryan brings a unique combination of technical knowledge, experience and business savvy to the company," stated Pat Clawson, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CyberGuard. "He has a very successful track record in the information security industry and will be optimizing our marketing effectiveness Marketing Effectiveness is the function of improving how marketers go to market with the goal of optimizing their marketing spend to achieve even better results for both the short-term and long-term. Also related to Marketing ROI and Return on Marketing Investment (ROMI). as we integrate the talent and technology resources from our Webwasher and SnapGear acquisitions." Before joining CyberGuard, Bain was vice president of marketing and corporate development for Netilla Networks, a secure application access management (SAAM SAAM Smithsonian American Art Museum SAAM Sexual Assault Awareness Month (National Sexual Violence Resource Center) SAAM Seattle Asian Art Museum SAAM Software Architecture Analysis Method (SEI) ) policy enforcement provider, where he was responsible for all marketing, channel development and product management functions. In that role, he created a new branding strategy, product roadmap and go-to-market strategy for the company. Prior to Netilla, Bain served as regional vice president of sales and business development for the Americas East division of Array Networks, a provider of Web traffic management and SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. appliances. The company's "evangelist" for its secure proxy, clientless VPN and Web traffic management appliance, Bain managed eight sales teams on the east coast and was the number one revenue producer for the region that produced 70 percent of the company's revenue. After earning a bachelor's degree in economics from Western Maryland College in Westminster, Maryland Westminster is a city in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. The population was 16,731 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Carroll CountyGR6. Westminster is within the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. , in 1982, Bain worked in a number of increasingly responsible technical, sales and business roles. He began his career as a programmer, became a network operations manager See datacenter manager. , moved into technical sales and then marketing and business development. About CyberGuard Corporation CyberGuard Corporation (Nasdaq:CGFW), the technology leader in network security, provides advanced Total Stream Protection(TM) solutions that protect the critical information assets of Global 2000 companies and governments worldwide. CyberGuard offers a broad line of scalable high performance firewall/VPN appliances, the Webwasher suite of enterprise-class Web and e-mail content security solutions, sophisticated security processors and accelerator products for the SSL and IPsec markets, and industry leading embedded Linux The Linux operating system configured and enhanced to work in a wide variety of applications, including handheld devices, network appliances, industrial machines and consumer electronics devices. The modularity of the Linux kernel makes it well suited to embedded systems. and Linux security solutions. Headquartered 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. , the company has branch offices and training centers around the world. More information about 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. CyberGuard(R) and Webwasher(R) are registered trademarks and Total Stream Protection(TM) is a trademark of CyberGuard Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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