Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ:SCUR), a leading enterprise gateway security company, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc., a premier research and advisory firm, in the Leaders Quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway, 2007" report published on June 4, 2007 (written by: Peter Firstbrook, Lawrence Orans, Arabella Hallawell). This report evaluates 20 vendors and focuses on enterprise anti-malware, URL filtering, and application control. Visit http://www.securecomputing.com/ to view the report.
"Secure Computing has built a strong track record of leadership in the web gateway security market," said Jay Chaudhry, chief strategy officer and vice chairman, Secure Computing. "Secure Computing's approach is to deliver comprehensive and integrated, best-of-breed security functionality in security appliances. This is key to a successful overall solution that includes malware detection, URL filtering, and application control, while concurrently being able to meet the scalability and reliability demands of the largest enterprise customers." Chaudhry continued, "Our vision in this area continues to evolve as we increase our business investment and seek to provide the most advanced technologies that will offer a solid return on customers' investments." According to the report, a Secure Web Gateway is a solution that filters unwanted software/malware from user-initiated Web/Internet traffic and enforces corporate and regulatory policy compliance. To achieve this goal, SWGs must, at a minimum, include URL filtering, malicious-code detection and filtering, and application controls for popular Web-based applications, such as instant messaging (IM).
Secure Computing offers a complete portfolio of web gateway security appliances that address these issues and more. Secure Computing's Webwasher(R) is the industry's first and only reputation-based solution that protects enterprises against malware and spyware, phishing fraud and identity theft, data leakage, and Internet misuse. Simultaneously, it helps to ensure policy enforcement, regulatory compliance, and a productive application environment.
Secure Computing has set a new standard for proactive detection through the company's industry-leading reputation system, TrustedSource(TM). Like a credit agency provides credit scores to enable reliable commerce, TrustedSource provides real-time reputation scores for URLs, domains, images, messages and IP addresses. Integrating this reputation scoring information with behavioral analysis and the millions of URLs in its award-winning SmartFilter(R) database, Secure Computing gives organizations the most effective protection on the enterprise gateway against security threats.
"Following last year's combination of Secure Computing, CyberGuard and CipherTrust, our combined company is proving to be a formidable force in the industry," said Chaudhry. "We believe this report not only underscores our enterprise gateway strategy but also the execution of that strategy in the marketplace." About the Gartner Magic Quadrant The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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 our more than 20,000 global customers in 106 countries, supported by a worldwide network of more than 2,300 partners. 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 Gartner's position of Secure Computing in the Magic Quadrant, and the expected benefits of such positioning, 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 that 1) there is no guarantee that Secure Computing will benefit from this award, and 2) that there may be changes in customer requirements, delays in product development, 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.
CONTACTS:
Ally Zwahlen
Secure Computing Corporation
925-288-4175
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