Concord Publishing Achieves Significant Cost Savings While Gaining Security, Speed and Stability With Secure Computing’s Sidewinder Firewall
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Secure Computing Corporation , a leading enterprise gateway security company, today announced that Concord Publishing is achieving considerable return on investment from its Sidewinder(R) network security appliance deployment, and is benefiting in terms of employee productivity and overall network operations. According to Michael St. Charles, the systems administrator at Concord Publishing, the company has experienced a 25-30% boost in network performance and is saving thousands of dollars over their previous network security approach.
“I can summarize the benefits of the Secure Computing(R) Sidewinder solution in three words — security, speed and stability,” said St. Charles. “Our network has become more stable and proportionately faster as we’ve been able to block most unwanted traffic at the network gateway. This has also led to a significant increase in available bandwidth.”
Sidewinder is the world’s most robust firewall/VPN and is the first and only firewall to deepen its defense-in-depth arsenal with a real-time global intelligence reputation system. Secure Computing’s reputation system, TrustedSource(TM), provides Sidewinder with sender-based reputation scores that allow it to more effectively and proactively block threats while significantly improving network performance.
The Sidewinder security appliance provides next-generation unified threat management, advanced intrusion prevention, and protection of Internet-facing applications as well as employees’ outbound Internet use. It blocks spam, viruses, spyware, phishing attacks and other malware through a process of deep content inspection down to the application layer.
“Sidewinder’s flexibility and ease of use make it the best firewall I have seen. I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking to take control of their network security and improve overall performance,” said St. Charles.
The Sidewinder network gateway appliance gives Concord Publishing’s heterogeneous computing environment advanced bi-directional protection while eliminating the burden of having to regularly update ACL lists through a third-party provider. To St. Charles, this means reclaiming control of the company’s network security without inhibiting the ability of employees to connect to the network remotely.
St. Charles explained: “Sidewinder allows us to control security and routing issues in-house with detailed reporting and logging, completely eliminating third-party ACL [Access Control List] updates. From a technical perspective, it is much faster to add a rule on Sidewinder than on the router or any of our previous firewalls.”
“Using the Secure Computing solution, we’ve been able to save hard dollars simply by not having to pay an outside IT company to keep reconfiguring routers and firewalls. And the productivity gains are immeasurable, thanks to a much more stable network,” he said.
Concord Publishing House is a multi-location, multi-media powerhouse publishing company that owns multiple newspapers and various other publications in the Midwest. With more than 200 employees working in multiple locations, including home offices, Concord Publishing must ensure that its employees have unrestricted access to many different sites, including some that under normal circumstances might be considered inappropriate to visit.
About Sidewinder
Consolidating all major perimeter security functions under a single management interface, Sidewinder Network Gateway Security appliances deliver industry-leading, application-layer performance and best-in- http://www.securecomputing.com/webform.cfm?id=123class security. With over a decade of successful deployments in the most demanding high-security environments, Sidewinder has never been compromised nor required an emergency security patch, earning it a reputation as the world’s strongest self- defending perimeter firewall. Built with a comprehensive combination of high-speed application proxies, TrustedSource reputation-based global intelligence, and a complete arsenal of signature-based security services, this Unified Threat Management (UTM) firewall defends networks and Internet- facing applications from all types of malicious threats, both known and unknown. Sidewinder has achieved the coveted Common Criteria EAL4+ certification, which is the highest assurance level recognized by the International community.
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/.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning the anticipated relationship between Secure Computing and Concord Publishing and their use of the Sidewinder product, 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.
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CONTACT: Ally Zwahlen of Secure Computing Corporation, +1-925-288-4175,ally_zwahlen@securecomputing.com; or Paula Dunne of Contos DunneCommunications LLC, +1-408-776-1400, cell, +1-408-893-8750,paula@contosdunne.com, for Secure Computing Corporation
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