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SafeNet Announces First Intrusion Prevention IP for Network Semiconductor Market
SafeXcel IP Content Inspection Engine is the First Intrusion
Prevention Hardware Acceleration Core for Network Security Processors
and Communications Processors
BALTIMORE, Md.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Sept. 7, 2004—
SafeNet, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFNT), setting the standard for information
security, today announced the release of SafeXcel IP Content
Inspection Engine, the market's first hardware acceleration IP
solution that is designed to address the unique needs of chip
manufacturers looking to implement high-performance intrusion
prevention systems (IPS) into NPU's and communication processors.
"In an environment of rising security threats and perimeter
vulnerabilities, customers are looking for new approaches to protect
networks against attacks," said David Potts, Senior Vice President and
General Manager of SafeNet's Embedded Division. "OEM security
appliance vendors are designing product lines that combine VPN,
firewall, and intrusion prevention in a single high-performance
appliance. The SafeXcel IP Content Inspection Engine opens this market
to NPU and communication processor manufacturers by enabling them to
integrate a hardware accelerator for intrusion prevention into
silicon."
The SafeXcel IP Content Inspection Engine provides network and
communication processor vendors with a silicon-proven content
inspection core that enables fully integrated, high-performance
intrusion prevention systems that meet vendor requirements for fast
integration, low gate count, cost-effectiveness, and maximum network
protection.
"We expect substantial increases in demand for high performance
hardware appliance-based IPS solutions among Medium and Large
Enterprise markets in the short term," said Jason Wright, Industry
Analyst for Security Technologies at Frost & Sullivan. "SafeNet's new
IP offering is uniquely positioned to provide high value to networking
semiconductor manufacturers looking to add advanced IPS capabilities
to NPUs and communications processors."
Performance and Scalability
Intrusion detection and prevention is a computation-intensive
task, continuously growing with the number of threat patterns and the
amount of data traffic passing through the network. SafeXcel IP
Content Inspection Engine is specially optimized to handle IPS
processing tasks - enabling network security gateways to improve
content inspection performance significantly over software-only
solutions.
"By dramatically accelerating the performance of intrusion
prevention algorithms, our SafeXcel IP Content Inspection Engine
hardware core ensures that the IPS system can manage highest speed and
performance requirements with ease, while protecting against the
broadest possible array of network threats," adds Henk Pruim, Vice
President and General Manager Networking at SafeNet.
Complete IPS Solution for Large Enterprise, SMB, and SOHO Markets
Security appliance manufacturers are asking for a single
cost-effective, IPS solution that is designed to scale to meet the
performance expectations of SOHO, SMB and Large Enterprise market
segments. SafeNet enables network and communication processor
manufacturers and network appliance vendors to provide an advanced IPS
solution that precisely meets the price, feature, and performance
requirements of this market.
SafeXcel IP Content Inspection Engine combined with SafeNet's
best-of-breed intrusion prevention software, QuickSec IPS, provides
SafeNet customers with a complete IPS solution.
Best-of-Breed Security IP
SafeNet is the first vendor in the industry to release
intellectual property of silicon-proven IPS acceleration cores that
have been successfully deployed in SafeNet's industry-leading
SafeXcel-4850 content inspection processor. SafeXcel IP Content
Inspection Engine adds to SafeNet's unique portfolio of hardware cores
and software toolkits, designed to implement IPSec and SSL protocols
for embedded network security.
For more information, please contact SafeNet's Embedded Security
Division at 443-327-1200 or oemsales@safenet-inc.com, or visit
www.safenet-inc.com/solutions/network-oem.asp.
About SafeNet, Inc.
SafeNet is a global leader in information security. Founded more
than 20 years ago, the company provides complete security utilizing
its encryption technologies to protect communications, intellectual
property and digital identities, and offers a full spectrum of
products including hardware, software, and chips. ARM, Bank of
America, NetGear, the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security,
Adobe, Samsung, Texas Instruments, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service
and scores of other customers entrust their security needs to SafeNet.
For more information, visit www.safenet-inc.com.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995
The statements contained in this release, which are not historical
facts, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. These statements are subject to uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set
forth in or implied by forward-looking statements. Important factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially are included but
are not limited to those listed in SafeNet's periodic reports and
registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update information
concerning its expectations.
Editor's Note: SafeNet is a registered trademark and SafeXcel is a
trademark of SafeNet, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.
Contact:
SafeNet, Inc.
Maureen Kolb, 443-327-1238
mkolb@safenet-inc.com
www.safenet-inc.com
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