Secure Computing's SmartFilter Wins SC Magazine Global Award for Best Content Filtering Solution

Business Wire, Feb 22, 2005

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Sidewinder G2 Security Appliance, SafeWord PremierAccess also honored as finalists

Secure Computing Corporation (Nasdaq:SCUR), the experts in securing connections between people, applications, and networks(TM), today announced that the company's SmartFilter(R) v4.0 Web filtering solution won the SC Magazine Global Awards 2005 Reader Trust Award for Best Content Filtering Solution, beating out other rivals in the filtering space. This year's award for filtering from information security publication SC Magazine was especially coveted because of the emerging importance of security features in Web filtering solutions to address spyware, phishing, malware, and other threats. Additionally, the Sidewinder G2(R) Security Appliance was honored as a finalist in the category of Best Firewall Solution; and SafeWord(R) PremierAccess(TM) was a finalist in the category of Best Smart Card Solution.

The awards highlight the information security industry's best products and services and acknowledge excellence for corporate achievement. The SC Magazine Global Awards saw a higher than ever level of activity during the 2005 voting period in November and December with more than 56,000 visits to the site. The 2005 SC Magazine Awards were presented on February 16th at a gala dinner at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA, during the RSA Conference. A full list of award winners is available at http://www.scawards.com/winners/2005.asp

"Web filtering today is increasingly focused on critical security needs and it is very gratifying to win a Reader Trust Award where the judges are the thousands of IT security professionals with those security needs," said John McNulty, CEO of Secure Computing. "Our web filtering customers, which include over 100 of the Fortune 500, know that when they want to get security features in their web filtering products, it's best to trust a company like Secure Computing with our 20 years of experience in the security industry."

About SmartFilter

SmartFilter offers one of the largest and most accurate databases of Web content, featuring over six million sites in 62 categories. The SmartFilter v4 SL Control List addresses the newest security, productivity, and liability threats with a powerful set of categories, including Instant Messaging, Malicious Sites, Peer to Peer, and Spyware. SmartFilter SmartReporter(TM) offers unparalleled precision reporting capabilities through a browser-based desktop application that allows managers to create detailed reports on the Web use of individuals, groups, and departments.

About Secure Computing

Secure Computing (NASDAQ:SCUR) has been securing the connections between people and information for over 20 years. Specializing in delivering solutions that secure these connections, Secure Computing is uniquely qualified to be the global security solutions provider to organizations of all sizes. 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.

This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to tbe Reader's Choice Award from SC Magazine for SmartFilter v4.0, and the expected benefits of such award and relationship, 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.