CyberGuard Takes Top Honors at FOSE 2002, Wins ``Best in Show'' Award.Business Editors/Technology Writers FOSE FOSE Federal Office Systems Exposition 2002 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)--March 21, 2002 KS Firewall/VPN Earns Best New Technology at FOSE Award in Security Hardware Category and "Best in Show" in Stiff Competition CyberGuard Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :CYBG), the technology leader in network security, today announced that the company's KnightSTAR (KS) premium appliance firewall/VPN has earned the "Best in Show" award at FOSE, a large government information technology conference held each year in Washington, DC. The KS firewall/VPN appliance was the winner in the security hardware category of "Best New Technology at FOSE." "Best in Show" was chosen from the award-winning finalists in 11 different categories. A panel of 13 editors 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, judged each entry for its innovation, value and importance to the federal market. The Post Newsweek Tech Media Group also presents FOSE, an annual event that draws information technology companies from around the world who do business with the federal government. In November, the CyberGuard KnightSTAR (KS) premium appliance firewall earned the "Reviewer's Choice Award" and an overall grade of "A" from GCN. Since then, CyberGuard has introduced an integrated 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. into its appliances and the new combination firewall/VPN is particularly well suited for the high security requirements of a complex, mobile, remote work force such as the armed services The Constitution authorizes Congress to raise, support, and regulate armed services for the national defense. The President of the United States is commander in chief of all the branches of the services and has ultimate control over most military matters. . Thomas R. Temin, vice president of editorial for Post Newsweek Tech Media, "To become a finalist in this awards program, products must be not only innovative, but also represent a good value. Our judges found that the KnightStar Firewall, with its excellent user interface, meets the government's needs in functional and innovative ways." 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 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and branch offices worldwide. More information on CyberGuard Corporation can be found at http://www.cyberguard.com. Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. 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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