Yoggie Selects SurfControl URL Categorization and Filtering Partner

February 5, 2007; 04:15 AM
SurfControl (London:SRF), a leading provider of global on-demand, network and endpoint IT security solutions, and Yoggie Security Systems™, developer of the Yoggie Gatekeeper Pro™, today announced that SurfControl’s award-winning URL categorization and filtering technology is one of the 13 layers of integrated security protection onboard the Yoggie Gatekeeper Pro™. The recently launched Yoggie Gatekeeper Pro™ is a credit card sized security appliance that provides enterprise-level security for any type of computer, both in or out of the office.

SurfControl’s Web filtering database of over 20 million URLs supplies users daily updates and real-time intelligence technologies, offering the most accurate, comprehensive and relevant Internet content security available. Providing 24/7 worldwide threat analysis and research, SurfControl’s Adaptive Threat Intelligence™ Service includes a dedicated team of Global Threat Experts who are at the forefront of Internet protection.

SurfControl’s technology is an important component of the comprehensive protection provided by the Yoggie Gatekeeper Pro™. Released in January 2007, the Yoggie Gatekeeper Pro™ is the only device which offers 13 layers of integrated software, an embedded hardened operating system, patented data mining-based security agents and the ability to physically separate a laptop from the network.

“Our partnership with SurfControl enables us to offer our users protection against URLs which pose an immediate threat to mobile devices and corporate networks,” said Shlomo Touboul, founder and CEO of Yoggie Security Systems™. “Our shared goal is to provide users with the most comprehensive security experience possible, radically simplify the security of mobile devices, and extend SurfControl’s URL filtering to small business and home PC users.”

“The Yoggie Gatekeeper Pro™ is a unique and innovative end-point device that provides valuable security protection to mobile and home users,” said Rocco Donnino, Vice President of Worldwide Business Development for SurfControl. “As mobility within the workforce continues to grow, so does the threat of securing corporate IT assets. Through this unique partnership and integration, together we can dramatically reduce instances of malicious online activity, assist with productivity and protect company property from misuse.”

The innovative technology behind the Yoggie Gatekeeper Pro™

The Yoggie Gatekeeper Pro™ uniquely offers 13 layers of security applications to provide the traveling workforce robust corporate level protection:

• Adaptive Security Policy™
• Multi-Layer Security Agent™
• Layer-8 Security Engine ™
• URL Categorization & Filtering
• Anti-Spam
• Anti-Phishing
• Antispyware
• Antivirus
• Transparent Email Proxies (POP3; SMTP)
• Transparent Web Proxies (HTTP; FTP)
• Intrusion Detection System / Intrusion Prevention System
• VPN Client
• Stateful Inspection Firewall

About SurfControl

SurfControl provides a portfolio of security solutions to protect our customers from Internet threats, deliver business and regulatory compliance, and enable business continuity. SurfControl believes that security should be treated as a science, delivering protection at multiple points -- "in the cloud" with on-demand security services, on the network with software and appliances, and on the desktop and mobile client. All of SurfControl's solutions for Web, e-mail and endpoint security are backed by industry-leading threat detection technologies, delivered by SurfControl's Global Threat Experts who work 24/7 to provide customers with dynamic zero-day protection. The company protects more than 16 million users and over 25,000 customers worldwide, and employs more than 600 people in offices across Europe, the Americas, and Asia/Pacific. For further information and news on SurfControl, please visit www.surfcontrol.com.

About Yoggie Security Systems

Yoggie Security Systems™, established in 2005 by Shlomo Touboul, former founder and CEO of Finjan Software, and the inventor of Behavior Based Blocking Technology, has developed a unique hardware/software security appliance, the Yoggie Gatekeeper Pro™. The robust, credit-card size Yoggie Gatekeeper Pro™ combines best-of-breed security applications with proprietary technologies, to protect traveling laptop users from large enterprises, SMBs, and SOHO, as well as individual consumers, against a variety of malicious code attacks by simply plugging it into a laptop, home computer or home network. Yoggie™ is headquartered in Israel and has several patents pending. For more information, please visit www.yoggie.com