Thursday January 13, 8:02 am Eastern Time
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SOURCE: Secure Computing Corporation
National Security Agency Selects Secure Computing to Provide Type Enforcement(TM) on Linux OS
Secure Computing First to Develop Strong Security Platform for Linux
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Secure Computing Corporation (Nasdaq: SCUR - news), today announced that it has been awarded a sole source contract by the National Security Agency (NSA) to develop a Secure Linux Operating System (OS). This contract calls for Secure Computing to apply its patented Type Enforcement(TM) technology, to develop a robust and secure Linux platform. This award furthers the goal of Secure to pursue and acquire contracts that will provide enabling technologies to both the Federal government infrastructure as well as commercial electronic business applications.
The NSA is the nation's high-technology cryptologic organization that ensures important and sensitive activities in the US intelligence community are protected from exploitation through interception, unauthorized access, or related technical intelligence threats.
Secure Computing's patented Type Enforcement technology provides network security protection that is unique to the industry. This technology, first developed under previous government contracts, is available today as part of the UNIX OS for Secure Computing's Sidewinder(TM) firewall. Type Enforcement secures underlying operating systems and protects applications and network services, by segmenting them into domains. Each domain is granted permission to access only specific file types, including executables. As such, each domain provides a self-contained, discrete layer of protection that cannot be altered. Implementing Type Enforcement within the operating system itself assures the highest level of security available in commercial operating systems.
''The NSA has been a long standing customer and partner of Secure Computing,'' said Chris Filo, vice president and general manager of the Advanced Technology Division at Secure Computing. ''Working with the NSA allows Secure to continue to advance the state of the art in security technologies that is required to enable safe, secure operating environments within the Department of Defense (DoD), while at the same time, providing the basis for our future commercial products.''
Linux is a UNIX-type operating system that includes true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand loading, proper memory management, TCP/IP networking, and other features consistent with Unix-type systems. The Linux source code is freely available to everyone.
About the National Security Agency
The National Security Agency (NSA) is the nation's cryptologic organization, tasked with making and breaking codes and ciphers. NSA is a high-technology organization, working on the very frontiers of communications and data processing. The expertise and knowledge it develops provide the government with systems that deny foreign powers knowledge of US capabilities and intentions.
The NSA is charged with two of the most important and sensitive activities in the US intelligence community. The information systems security or INFOSEC mission provides leadership, products, and services to protect classified and unclassified national security systems against exploitation through interception, unauthorized access, or related technical intelligence threats. The second activity is the foreign signals intelligence or SIGINT mission, which allows for an effective, unified organization and control of all the foreign signals collection and processing activities of the United States.
About Secure Computing
Headquartered in San Jose, California, Secure Computing Corporation is a global leader in providing safe, secure extranets for e-business. Secure Computing solutions provide authentication, authorization and secure network access. Secure Computing's worldwide partners and customer base are counted among the Fortune 50 in financial services, healthcare, telecom, communications, manufacturing, technology and Internet service providers, as well as some of the largest agencies of the United States government.
For more information, visit Secure Computing Corporation at www.securecomputing.com, or by calling: in Europe, 44-1753-826000; in Asia/Pacific, 61-2-9844-5440, in the U.S., 800-379-4944, or 408-918-6100.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to the anticipated delivery of Secure Computing's Type Enforcement technology on the Linux operating system 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, 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.
SOURCE: Secure Computing Corporation
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