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Monday August 3, 10:56 am Eastern Time Company Press Release CyberGuard Corporation Strengthens Strategic Relationship With Microsoft by Joining Security Partners Program CyberGuard's Extensive Security Consulting and Training Services for Windows NT Entered into Microsoft Security Partners Program FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1998-- CyberGuard Corporation (NASDAQ:CYBG - news), a leading provider of network security and electronic commerce solutions, today announced that it has strengthened its strategic relationship with Microsoft by joining the Microsoft Security Partners Program. ''CyberGuard's extensive security consulting and training services for the Windows NT(R) operating system have been entered into the Security Partners Program to provide customers worldwide with increased confidence in selecting Windows NT as the platform of choice for enterprise security,'' noted Robert L. Carberry, chairman and chief executive officer of CyberGuard Corporation. Other Security Partners in the Program's consulting category include Arthur Andersen, Coopers & Lybrand and ISS. ''Microsoft is pleased to include CyberGuard as part of its Security Partners Program,'' said Karan Khanna, Windows NT Security Product Manager at Microsoft Corp [Nasdaq:MSFT - news]. ''This program will help our mutual customers develop and deploy secure solutions built on the Windows NT platform.'' The Microsoft Security Partners Program provides customers with the tools and information they need to establish, test and maintain effective information security for their computing infrastructure. It brings together software manufacturers, security consultants, and security trainers, making it even easier for customers to provide robust security in their Windows NT networks. ''Joining Microsoft's Security Partners Program is further validation of CyberGuard's efforts to provide best-of-breed products and services for the Windows NT platform,'' noted Tommy Steele, president of CyberGuard Corporation.'' Our ongoing strategic relationship with Microsoft provides our Windows NT firewall customers with continued assurance of the security of the Windows NT platform. This relationship also offers our customers the necessary training and consulting services for their changing enterprise security needs.'' As a member of the Program, CyberGuard will leverage Microsoft's marketing resources to disseminate information on its consulting and training products and services for Windows NT. The Program is publicized by Microsoft's web site, sales force and Microsoft conferences. For more information, visit the Program's web site at microsoft.com .