CyberGuard Raises the Bar for Deep Inspection and Advanced Intrusion Prevention in Enterprise-Class Security Appliances.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)--Jan. 8, 2004 New Features Enable Organizations to Securely Deploy Critical Enterprise Applications and Emerging Technologies CyberGuard Corporation (Nasdaq:CGFW), the technology leader in network security, today announced that it has begun shipping a line of powerful enterprise-class firewall/VPN appliances that enable organizations to deploy critical enterprise applications - such as ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. - and emerging technologies - such as VoIP - while ensuring maximum network security and throughput. Leveraging its heritage as one of the first companies to provide application layer protection, CyberGuard will enable security professionals to create security policies based on deep inspection of HTTP-based applications, streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. , VoIP, and applications that employ SOAP and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. . 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, stated, "CyberGuard has a track record of zero vulnerabilities because we place security first. Government and enterprise customers around the world depend on CyberGuard for strong security solutions that prevent intrusions by protecting against attacks at the application layer. The new appliances take that protection still further by providing an even deeper, more granular level of inspection so companies can deploy critical applications without sacrificing security or throughput." Mark Bouchard, senior program director at META Group, a leading research and consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a that focuses on information technology and business transformation strategies, stated, "Firewalls must add deeper and broader awareness of applications - not just the lower layer port and protocol elements of a communications session. While some firewall vendors are well positioned to meet this need (e.g., those with application proxy architectures), others (e.g., those with stateful packet filtering architectures) will need to find creative ways to graft such capabilities into their solutions." Extending CyberGuard's position in the marketplace, new and enhanced features in CyberGuard's firewall/VPN appliances include: -- Enhanced mail/Web server security and performance options - Extended functionality in the HTTP proxy allows blocking by specific headers and languages, including XML (extensible markup language), and the handling of SOAP (simple object access protocol) traffic. New features enable implementation and enforcement of dynamic, customizable, user-specific rules, including user blacklisting. -- Support for VoIP - H.323 and SIP (session initiation protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. ) inspection allows the secure use of VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) applications, which are increasingly important to companies seeking to trim their telecommunications costs. -- Advanced (DoS) Denial of Service attack An assault on a network that floods it with so many additional requests that regular traffic is either slowed or completely interrupted. Unlike a virus or worm, which can cause severe damage to databases, a denial of service attack interrupts network service for some period. prevention - Tunable parameters for NAT (Network Address Translation) An IETF standard that allows an organization to present itself to the Internet with far fewer IP addresses than there are nodes on its internal network. and packet filtering provide additional protection against traffic intended to cause denial of service. -- Enhanced 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. functionality - New authentication and configuration features offer both greater protection and added flexibility for clients and servers. All of the new features are included in version 5.2 of CyberGuard's firewall, which is now generally available worldwide. About CyberGuard Corporation CyberGuard Corporation (Nasdaq:CGFW), the technology leader in network security, provides advanced intrusion prevention 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, sophisticated security processors and accelerator products for the 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. and IPsec markets, and industry-leading embedded Linux and Linux security solutions. Headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, the company has branch offices and training centers around the world. More information about CyberGuard Corporation can be found at http HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. ://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) is a registered trademark of CyberGuard Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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