NSA Selects SC to Provide TM on Linux

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Company Press Release

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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