CyberGuard Wins SC Award for Best Firewall for Third Year Running; Takes Top Honors, Beats Check Point, Cisco and Symantec in Best Firewall Competition at Infosecurity 2004 in London.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 28, 2004 CyberGuard Corporation (Nasdaq:CGFW), the technology leader in network security, announced today that its line of premium firewall/VPN appliances has won the "Best Firewall" category in the 2004 SC Magazine Global Readers' Trust Awards competition. The announcement came at SC Magazine's Global Awards Gala Dinner held April 27, 2004, at Grosvenor House Hotel The Grosvenor House Hotel is one of the largest and most famous luxury hotels in London. It was built in the 1920s on the site of the former London residence of the Dukes of Westminster, whose family name is Grosvenor. in Park Lane, London. CyberGuard's appliance line was one of four finalists in the category, which included Check Point Next Generation with Application Intelligence, Cisco PIX History Cisco PIX (Private Internet EXchange) is a firewall originally conceived in March 1994 by John Mayes of Redwood City, California and coded by Brantley Coiles of Athens, Georgia. Security Appliance Security appliances protect computer networks from unwanted data traffic, intruders, email spam, enforce policies, and may also be used to create and manage VPNs. There are a number of types of security appliances. and Symantec Enterprise Firewall. "This recognition speaks to the excellence of our product, our technology and our support," stated Andrew Clarke
Awards were given in 22 information security-related categories and were based on judges' deliberations, reader votes and vote validation exercises. The competition is now in its eight year and this is the third year running that CyberGuard has received the SC Magazine Award for Best Firewall. Last year, CyberGuard's line of appliances received the Best Firewall award in competition that 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. Details on the awards can be found at http://www.scawards.com. 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, 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 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 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 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) is a registered trademark and Total Stream Protection(TM) is a trademark of CyberGuard Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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