Secure Computing's CyberGuard TSP Security Appliance Achieves Common Criteria Certification Using Stringent DoD Profile.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- CyberGuard TSP and Sidewinder G2 are the only firewall appliances on the market to complete rigorous application-level certification requirements

Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ:SCUR), the experts in securing connections between people, applications and networks(TM) today announced the company's CyberGuard Firewall/VPN v6.2.1, received the Common Criteria Certification (CC) EAL4+ using the US Department of Defense (DoD) Application-level Firewall Protection Profile for Medium Robustness Environments. To achieve this higher level of Protection Profile compliance, CyberGuard TSP was subjected to and passed months of rigorous government-defined independent vulnerability analysis and penetration testing required by the US Common Criteria Scheme. To date, CyberGuard TSP and the Sidewinder G2(R) Security Appliance are the only firewalls on the market to complete this testing as application-level firewalls.

"IDC believes that the key to success in the threat management security appliance market will be product differentiation through improved performance and features," said Charles Kolodgy, research director, Security Products at IDC. "With the proliferation of so many appliances, customer confusion can occur. For vendors to win in such a competitive environment, they need to stand out in the marketplace. This can be done in a number of ways -- price, performance, the mix of security functions incorporated in the device, improved manageability, security knowledge services, or security certification."

"This certification is an enormous achievement," said Dennis Nadler, chief technology officer at Merlin International, a Secure Computing Federal channel partner. "With TSP and Sidewinder G2 in Secure's channel, it gives us an edge in a crowded market that has been growing rapidly. At the end of the day, having these rigorous certifications can seal the deal."

"Secure Computing is committed to being the security leader by providing our customers with robust products with security architected in that meet the most rigorous certification requirements," said Mike Gallagher, senior vice president of product development for Secure Computing. "TSP and Sidewinder G2 are the only security solutions in the marketplace that have completed this stringent EAL4+ certification process. This TSP certification highlights the depth and quality of our full-featured firewall appliance lineup and the industry leading security built into them."

About CyberGuard TSP:

Secure Computing's CyberGuard(R) Total Stream Protection (TSP) line of UTM/firewall/VPN appliances is designed to protect mid-sized to large enterprises against both known and zero-hour attacks, using a hybrid architecture that combines stateful packet filtering, seven layer inspection, and secure content policy enforcement. The devices include a fully integrated IPsec VPN, flexible authentication and filtering strategies, and Webwasher(R) content filtering for antivirus, Web filtering, anti-spam and SSL scanning. The TSP appliances are highly scalable with throughput ranging from 250Mbps to multi-Gbps. The TSP family includes the 1150 and 1250 for branch offices and mid-sized networks, the 3100, 3400, and 3450 for central office and HQ locations, and the 7300 for large data centers. TSP appliances work with the Global Command Center, Secure Computing's central management solution for building and deploying global policies quickly and easily.

About Sidewinder G2:

Consolidating all major Internet security functions in one system, the Sidewinder G2(R) Security Appliance from Secure Computing(R) is the strongest self-defending platform in the world. Built on unique Zero-hour Attack Protections (ZAP(TM)) technology, Sidewinder G2 defends your networks and applications from all types of Internet threats, both known and unknown. Its second-to-none security functions provide unified threat management through an unprecedented Application Defenses(TM) firewall with application-level intrusion prevention, protocol anomaly protection, a secure e-mail, Web, and DNS gateway, anti-spam, anti-virus, IPSec VPN, IDS and response, outbound Web access filtering, SSL termination, and clientless VPN access.

About Common Criteria:

The Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation (CC) is a set of evaluative criteria agreed to by the National Information Assurance Partnership, jointly managed by National Security Agency/National Institute of Standards and Technologies and equivalent bodies worldwide. It was designed to resolve technical and conceptual differences among existing standards for evaluating network security systems and products. An international standard for levels up to EAL4 -- ISO 15408 -- the Common Criteria represents the outcome of efforts to develop criteria for evaluating IT security that are widely accepted within the international community and mutually recognized by 22 countries: US, UK, Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, India, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Turkey.

To view the entire report by IDC, "Worldwide Threat Management Security Appliances 2005-2009 Forecast and 2004 Vendor Shares: Security Appliances Remain a Well-Oiled Machine" please visit www.idc.com

About Secure Computing:

Secure Computing (NASDAQ:SCUR) has been securing the connections between people and information for over 20 years. Specializing in delivering the world's strongest security appliances/firewalls, identity and access management solutions, content management and filtering solutions, Secure Computing is uniquely qualified to be the global security solutions provider to organizations of all sizes. Our more than 17,000 global customers, supported by a worldwide network of partners, include the majority of the Dow Jones Global 50 Titans and the most prominent organizations in banking, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, public utilities, education and national and local governments. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and has offices worldwide. For more information, see http://www.securecomputing.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to Secure Computing's Common Criteria Certification and such statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are delays in product development, undetected software errors or bugs, competitive pressures, technical difficulties, changes in customer requirements, general economic conditions and the risk factors detailed from time to time in Secure Computing's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.