Industry First Reputation-based Firewall at GOVIS

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Secure Computing Exhibits Sidewinder 7.0, Industry's First Reputation-based Firewall at the GOVIS Conference - Innovation in ICT

TrustedSource Integration Provides Real-time Reputation Scores for IPs, Domains and URLs for large corporates and government departments

Auckland, Friday May 11, 2007—Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ: SCUR), a leading enterprise gateway security company, today is launching Sidewinder 7.0, the industry's first and only firewall to incorporate reputation technology to provide proactive and reliable protection, at the exhibition for the GOVIS 2007 Conference ‘Innovation in ICT’. In addition to the integration of the TrustedSource™ reputation technology, Sidewinder 7.0 includes significant enhancements for performance, policy management and overall security.

As part of Secure Computing's vision to provide comprehensive enterprise gateway security, Sidewinder 7.0 incorporates global intelligence from the company's industry-leading reputation system, TrustedSource. Like a credit agency provides credit scores to enable reliable commerce, TrustedSource provides reputation scores for IPs, domains and URLs. Using this real-time scoring, Sidewinder 7.0 allows organisations to drop connections from malicious sources in order to prevent security threats such as spam and phishing, reclaim bandwidth and reduce downstream server processing.

"The state sector can no longer sit back and rely solely on reactive technologies to keep looming threats outside of the network,”said Eric Krieger, Country Manager for Secure Computing in New Zealand. “There are many unified threat management and firewall products on the market. However, there is a difference between products that provide basic protection versus those that deliver a complete solution. Security needs to be multi-layered with integrated, best-of-breed offerings, such as what Secure Computing is doing across the enterprise gateway.
“Innovative technologies like a robust global reputation service are critical to State Services to increase efficiency and security whilst controlling costs. Reputation will be critical in ensuring organisations are protected as threats dynamically evolve. That is why GOVIS is the ideal forum, for senior Information Systems to CIOs and people from central and local government to see that with the TrustedSource integration Sidewinder 7.0 can deliver the most comprehensive set of security services in a single perimeter UTM appliance.

“By incorporating a robust global reputation service directly into its offerings, Secure Computing provides that comprehensive layer of protection. As enterprises realize there are many malicious IP senders, they are also recognising that identifying these bad IP addresses is vital to overall security.”

Enterprises use Sidewinder to manage access to their networks and protect Internet-facing applications, as well as to monitor and manage employee use of the Internet, identify hidden attacks in packet streams, block viruses in file transfers, and create a forensic-quality audit trail to assist with regulatory compliance and reporting. In addition to the TrustedSource integration, key enhancements to Sidewinder 7.0 include:

- Fastest application layer security performance in the industry: Sidewinder 7.0 includes enhancements to provide the fastest layer-7 security in the firewall industry.

- Next-generation hardware platforms: Sidewinder 7.0's 64-bit architecture includes Intel dual-core technology for high performance and scalability. Sidewinder 7.0 also delivers the first rugged appliance delivered for military and heavy industrial applications.

- Best-in-class unified policy management: Sidewinder 7.0's flexible and unified policy manager provides customers granular control in a point-and-click manner resulting in an easy-to-use platform and improved security.

- Advancements in VoIP (voice over IP) security: Sidewinder 7.0 provides application-based VoIP security using deep application awareness and control (for example, over VoIP's Session Initiation Protocol) to protect from new threats created as VoIP solutions become more widely adopted in the enterprise environment.

Pricing and Availability
Sidewinder 7.0 is available now from Secure Computing’s local distributor MPA New Zealand. Appliances range from $1,650 to $107,988 based on performance and throughput requirements. For further information see www.mpa.co.nz

About Secure Computing:
Secure Computing (NASDAQ:SCUR), a leading provider of enterprise gateway security, delivers a comprehensive set of solutions that help customers protect their critical Web, email and network assets. Over half the Fortune 50 and Fortune 500 are part of its more than 19,000 global customers in 106 countries, supported by a worldwide network of more than 1,900 partners. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and has offices worldwide.
In New Zealand Secure Computing has a focus on the government and corporate market in addition to SME. Its customers include Canon New Zealand, Canterbury District Health, Presbyterian Support Central and SH Lock.

For more information, see http://www.securecomputing.com.
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