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Secure Computing Announces SafeWord for Check Point Strong Authentication Product Designed Specifically for Check Point VPNs

OPSEC-Certified SafeWord for Check Point Provides Secure and Positive Identification of Remote Users Prior to Allowing Access through Check Point VPN Solutions

SAN JOSE, Calif.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Oct. 30, 2003- Secure Computing Corporation (Nasdaq:SCUR - News), the experts in protecting the most important networks in the world, today announced SafeWord® for Check Point concurrent with its OPSEC™ (Open Platform for Security) certification from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHKP - News). This solution, specifically designed for Check Point VPNs, enables organizations to easily implement strong authentication for remote user and administrator access to Check Point's VPN-1® Pro and new Check Point Express®, eliminating the vulnerabilities of fixed passwords. With its plug-n-play architecture and simplified pricing structure, Secure Computing SafeWord for Check Point is ideally suited for and will be sold exclusively through channel partners.

Secure Computing SafeWord for Check Point provides an easy and cost-effective solution for adding strong authentication to Check Point's over 153,000 VPN installations. SafeWord for Check Point installs in minutes and integrates with Check Point's user management system through the Smart OPSEC Manager framework, which provides centralized event-logging, reporting, monitoring and management via Check Point's Security Management Architecture (SMART™). Smart OPSEC Manager streamlines the configuration and installation process, and it also provides monitoring capabilities and automatic software distribution of OPSEC certified products within Check Point's SMART console, thus enabling customers to better manage their overall security environment.

"With rapid increase in VPN deployments to securely access business applications, our customers also require positive identification of who is accessing their sensitive information," said Marc Malizia, director of engineering at RKON Technologies, a Check Point Premier Value-Added Solutions Provider. "Secure Computing SafeWord for Check Point adds this essential layer of strong authentication with a system that is affordable, easy to install and fits seamlessly into Check Point environments."

"Positively identifying users and administrators guards against unauthorized access to the corporate network and is a vital component of a secure VPN solution," said Upesh Patel, director of business development at Check Point Software. "With the additional integration into the Smart OPSEC Manager framework, Secure Computing will be able to provide our joint customers with a rich strong authentication solution along with tighter management capabilities."

Highlights of the Secure Computing SafeWord for Check Point solution include:

  • Secure Computing SafeWord for Check Point-Branded Tokens - Easy-to-use tokens generate new passcodes for every user login, removing the common security threats of passwords being stolen, guessed, hacked or simply written down.
  • Authentication Server Software - The main engine behind the tokens providing strong authentication for remote Check Point VPN connections, so you know who is accessing the network.
  • Seamless Directory Integration - Secure Computing SafeWord for Check Point utilizes an organization's existing Check Point user management directory or Microsoft Active Directory; there is no need to create redundant user accounts in a separate database, saving administrative time and money.
  • Ease of Management - Secure Computing SafeWord for Check Point is completely managed through a plug-in to either the Check Point SMART (Secure Management Architecture) or the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) for easy token and user record management.

Pricing and Availability
Secure Computing SafeWord for Check Point is available immediately through Secure Computing distributor's Westcon and Alternative Technology, and will be made available to the more than 1,900 Check Point partners worldwide. Simplified pricing combines tokens, software licenses, and support, starting at $99 per user.

"Secure Computing is committed to protecting remote access applications with manageable and cost-effective solutions as demonstrated by the extension of our Secure Computing SafeWord line with Secure Computing SafeWord for Check Point," said Jay Goldlist, vice president and general manager, Enterprise Security Division at Secure Computing. "Check Point's OPSEC certification ensures that Secure Computing SafeWord for Check Point works seamlessly with Check Point VPN-1 Pro Next Generation and Check Point Express, providing customers with an ideal option for easily and cost-effectively implementing strong authentication."

About Check Point's OPSEC
OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) is the industry's open, multi-vendor security framework. With over 350 partners, OPSEC guarantees customers the broadest choice of best-of-breed integrated applications and deployment platforms that support Check Point's Secure Virtual Network Architecture. Products that carry the OPSEC Certified seal have been tested to guarantee integration and interoperability. For complete OPSEC Alliance program information, including partner and product listings, the freely available OPSEC SDK (software development kit) and evaluation versions of OPSEC Certified products, visit http://www.opsec.com.

About Secure Computing
Secure Computing (Nasdaq:SCUR - News) has been protecting the most important networks in the world for over 20 years. With broad expertise in security technology, we develop a comprehensive line of enterprise security products that help our customers create a trusted environment both inside and outside of their organizations. Our more than 11,000 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, and federal and local governments. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and has sales offices worldwide. For more information, see http://www.securecomputing.com.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to the anticipated delivery of Secure Computing's SafeWord for Check Point and the expected benefits of such technology, 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.