Secure Computing's Secure Web Achieves 99.7 Percent Success in Anti-Malware Detection Study by AV Test Labs
22 September 2008 - 11:00PM
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Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ: SCUR), a leading enterprise
gateway security company, today announced that in an independent
test conducted by AV Test Labs (www.av-test.org), Secure
Computing's Secure Web Anti-Malware achieved 99.7 percent detection
success, leading all of the major anti-malware vendors and scoring
higher than 32 other companies. Secure Computing's reputation-based
Web gateway solution, Secure Web (formerly known as Webwasher�),
scored five "A" grades out of a possible six scores giving Secure
the best overall average of all anti-malware products that were
tested. AV Test Labs' research simulated a real-world combination
of malware threats and illustrated the varying degrees of
competitive product effectiveness in detecting these threats.
For this test, AV Test Labs only used current samples that were
seen spreading (or which were distributed by malware authors)
within the last three months. A total of 1,164,662 unique malware
samples were used for this test, including worms, backdoors, bots
(zombies) and Trojan Horses. The test also included detection of
94,291 unique adware and spyware samples. AV Test Labs' test sets
and procedures reflect today's threat landscape, covering the
latest malware trends as outlined in Secure Computing's "The State
Of Malware - Summer 2008"
(http://www.securecomputing.com/pdf/StateOfMalware08.pdf).
Secure Computing's Secure Web is the industry's first and only
reputation-based solution that protects enterprises against malware
and spyware, phishing fraud and identity theft, data leakage, and
Internet misuse. Simultaneously, it helps to ensure policy
enforcement, regulatory compliance, and a productive application
environment.
"The sophistication of today's security threats for enterprises
continues to increase and thus, it is important for companies to
protect themselves from attacks designed to steal information and
inflict maximum damage," said Andreas Marx, managing director for
AV Test Labs. "We see our job at AV Test Labs as a proactive way to
offer evaluation for the best anti-malware products so enterprises
can make a good decision in their evaluation process."
"AV Test Labs in Germany is well respected among the entire
security community. Secure's ability to consistently score high on
testing completed each year is testimony of Secure Computing's
multi-layered approach," said Tim Roddy, director of Web Gateway
Products for Secure Computing. "We know our customers demand
real-time protection from all attacks, and as inbound threats
increase this fall leading up to the holiday season, Secure
Computing will continue to provide the ultimate protection for each
of our customers."
About Secure Web
Secure Web delivers a comprehensive security solution for all
aspects of Web 2.0 traffic. When a user is requesting content from
a Web 2.0 application, he is implicitly asking for active content
to be delivered to, and executed by, his computer. Furthermore, the
same user is required to provide content to the Web 2.0
application, making the security concerns both inbound and outbound
in nature. Secure Computing and TrustedSource enable organizations
to say "yes" to Web 2.0 while still protecting users and the
enterprise from malicious attack and data leakage.
Secure Web provides immediate protection for user-initiated Web
traffic against threats such as malware hidden in blended content
or hidden in encrypted SSL traffic. Secure Web analyzes the intent
of all content entering the network -- even new Web pages before
they are categorized. It also protects organizations from outbound
threats such as potential loss of confidential information that can
leak out on all key Web protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP).
Additional information about the test labs can be found here:
http://www.av-test.org/
About Secure Computing Corporation
Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ: SCUR), 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 22,000 global customers, supported by a worldwide
network of more than 2,000 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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