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Secure Computing Shares Research Innovations and Best Practices In Email, Web and Domain Authentication

Posted on: Tuesday, 17 April 2007, 15:00 CDT

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Secure Computing Corporation , a leading enterprise gateway security company, today announced its participation in Authentication Summit 2007, a two-day intensive program that outlines best practices in email, Web and domain authentication. The Secure Computing-sponsored event -- intended to highlight authentication techniques proven to help eliminate online security risks -- will feature two of the company's spokespeople.

Secure Computing experts will address industry and company-specific best practices in email, web and domain authentication. Secure Computing's expertise is evidenced in its security products. For example, IronMail(R) and Webwasher(R) appliances employ a suite of authentication techniques such as SenderID, Domain Keys and signature verification to ensure that communications that are not proven to be from the claimed sender are blocked. This helps to prevent end users from even receiving phishing and other fraudulent emails by blocking them at the gateway -- even when they are masquerading as authentic email from a valid sender. In addition, Secure Computing's Webwasher product can determine whether an executable file has been signed and verified, thus helping to ensure that incoming files are legitimate and not malware disguised as friendly correspondence.

The long-term result of using these authentication products is to help prevent end users from providing personal information to cybercriminals. The authentication in IronMail and Webwasher helps to prevent some would-be cases of identity theft or, in the cases of re-selling credit card or bank information, transnational organized crime.

At the summit, Dr. Paul Judge, Secure Computing chief technology officer, will moderate a panel discussion, April 19th at 1:30pm, titled "360 Degree View -- Real World Authentication; Protecting the Customer." The session will review lessons learned from the deployment of Sender ID/Domain Key Identified Mail, one technique for authenticating email messages so that phishing emails -- or emails that use fraudulent tactics to elicit personal information -- are identified and blocked.

In a separate panel, on April 18th at 3:50pm, "Evolving Threat Research Review - Image Base Spam & More," Dr. Phyllis Schneck, Secure Computing's vice president of research integration, will detail emerging image spam randomization and image manipulation tools as well as the importance of authentication, reputation and other counter-measures.

"Today, spam comprises well over 90-percent of all emails and continues to wreak havoc on organizations that have not taken appropriate measures to defend themselves," said Dr. Phyllis Schneck. "This summit is a perfect forum for us to take all of the information gleaned through our experiences, which include identifying and blocking spam messages for thousands of customers each day. We've long been involved in authentication techniques and can provide significant insight into how they can help eliminate phishing emails and other threats when properly deployed."

For more information about the summit taking place in Boston, Mass. on April 18 and 19, 2007, visit http://www.aotalliance.org/summit2007/index.html .

About Secure Computing:

Secure Computing , 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 Secure Computing's involvement at the Authentication Summit and its scheduled presentations, 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.

CONTACTS: Ally Zwahlen Avi Dines or Ross Levanto Secure Computing Schwartz Communications 925-288-4175 781-684-0770 ally_zwahlen@securecomputing.com scur@schwartz-pr.com (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060808/LATU027LOGO )

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CONTACT: Ally Zwahlen of Secure Computing Corporation, +1-925-288-4175,or ally_zwahlen@securecomputing.com ; or Avi Dines or Ross Levanto, both ofSchwartz Communications, +1-781-684-0770, or scur@schwartz-pr.com , for SecureComputing Corporation

Web site: http://www.securecomputing.com/http://www.aotalliance.org/summit2007/index.html

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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