CyberGuard Wins SC Award for Best Firewall at Infosecurity 2003 in London for the Second Year Running; Company Takes Top Honors.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. & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2003 Beats Nokia, Secure Computing For the general concept, see . Secure Computing Corporation, or SCC, is a public company (NASDAQ: SCUR) that develops and sells computer security products, such as:
in Best Firewall Competition CyberGuard Corporation (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :CFW CFW Custom Firmware CFW Call Forward CFW Cystic Fibrosis Worldwide CFW Cache Fast Write CFW Citizens for Florida's Waterways CFW Center for Writing (education) CFW Continuous Fillet Weld (engineering) ), the technology leader in network security, today announced that the company's line of premium firewall/VPN appliances has earned the "SC Award" for best firewall at the SC Magazine ceremony presented on the first night of Infosecurity Europe 2003, a large information technology conference held each year in London. CyberGuard's appliance line was one of four finalists in the category, which included Nokia's Nokia IP380, Secure Computing's Sidewinder sidewinder, common name for a rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, found in the deserts of the SW United States. This 2-ft (60-cm), pale yellow and pink snake is named for its curious method of locomotion. and Zone Labs ZoneAlarm Pro. The SC Magazine Awards, now in their sixth year, are the principal security awards in the industry. The winners were announced at the SC Awards 2003 Gala Dinner at the London Hilton, Park Lane, on April 29, 2003. Awards are given in 23 information security-related categories. CyberGuard picked up the award for Best Firewall - one of 13 information security-related categories decided by the SC Awards Council which is made up of IT professionals who work in corporate organizations. Using real-world experience in large organizations, they based their decisions for category winners on security solutions that best suit the needs of corporations. This is the second year running that CyberGuard has received the SC Award for Best Firewall. Last year CyberGuard's line of appliances received the Best Firewall award in competition that included Check Point's Firewall 1, the NetScreen-200, Secure Computing's Sidewinder and Symantec's Enterprise Firewall. For more information, visit http://www.westcoast.com/events/awards/. About CyberGuard Corporation CyberGuard Corporation, the technology leader in network security, provides enterprise and electronic commerce security solutions to Global 2000 companies and governments worldwide. CyberGuard's award winning, industrial-strength firewall/VPN/SSL products and services protect the integrity of data and applications from unauthorized access. CyberGuard's appliances, which include SL, KS, FS and LX models, hold 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 Evaluation Assurance Level The Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL1 through EAL7) of an IT product or system is a numerical grade assigned following the completion of a Common Criteria security evaluation, an international standard in effect since 1999. 4+ (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. CyberGuard(R) is a registered trademark of CyberGuard Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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