Secure Computing Announces Immediate Availability of SafeWord 4.3; Open Architecture and Interoperability Offers Access Security Across Wide Range of Internetworked Systems.

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 1997--Secure Computing Corporation (Nasdaq:SCUR), a leading provider of total network security solutions, announces immediate availability of SafeWord Release 4.3, featuring dynamic password ID verification, the most secure form of advanced user authentication.

In version 4.3, SafeWord provides users with a host of new feature sets and upgrades that significantly improve the product's interoperability and scalability, making SafeWord the industry's most open, reliable and secure user authentication solution in the marketplace today.

"SafeWord 4.3 provides the complete security software solution required by enterprise networks," said Marty Jost, director of product marketing for Authentication Technologies.

"Its authentication, authorization and centralized accounting/ auditing utilities offer customers an integrated security solution that operates across a broad range of hosts, servers, clients and applications. The distributed replication architecture of a SafeWord system stands alone in providing scaleable, mission critical security."

SafeWord 4.3 protects networked resources with a Dynamic Password system, which requires the user to supply a different randomly- calculated password each time access is desired.

These passwords are impenetrable to interception because they can not be reused. SafeWord 4.3 also provides authorization and accounting features, such as securing network resources based upon IP addresses, and collects data about network usage. These features enable enterprise security accounting and auditing.

Available immediately, SafeWord 4.3 supports more than a million users per server application. The product features include:

-- A choice of software or hardware "tokens" or authenticators based on SafeWord challenge response and event synchronous technology;

-- Centralized administration protected by Data Encryption Standard (DES);

-- Distributed replication and load balancing throughout the network;

-- Optimal performance with up to 300 network access logons per second;

-- Multi-server fault tolerance for non-stop access to protected networks and applications enterprise-wide; and

-- Automatic real-time transaction mirroring to guarantee all SafeWord databases and logs remain completely intact and available in the event of server failure.

SafeWord 4.3 supports widely used security protocols including RADIUS, TACACS+, XTACACS in securing a broad range of communication server platforms including Cisco, Bay Networks, 3Com, Ascend, Livingston, Shiva, US Robotics, Microsoft RAS and Novell Netware Connect. Network administrators can manage an entire SafeWord protected network from a single node anywhere on the network.

SafeWord 4.3 provides database support for up to 1 million users so customers can utilize the enterprise-wide support across a corporate Intranet or WAN without jeopardizing performance.

In addition, SafeWord 4.3 provides additional support for third-party Authentication Tokens and extends the capabilities of dynamic password authentication to IBM mainframes and applications. Supported Authentication Tokens include those from Vasco, ActivCard, Cryptocard, AssureNet, Digiline, Lee Mah, and Racal.

SafeWord 4.3 is immediately available and can be purchased either directly through Secure Computing or through one of Secure Computing's registered VARs or distributors. Pricing information is available from Secure Computing.

Headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., Secure Computing is one of the largest network security companies in the world. Secure Computing's product suites and applications address every aspect of enterprise network security including firewalls, Web filtering, identification, authentication, authorization, accounting and encryption technologies.

The only network security company that provides end-to-end network solutions encompassing all universal enterprise security standards, Secure Computing has more than 3,000 customers worldwide, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies to government agencies. For more information, visit our Web site at www.sctc.com .

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