STONESOFT OYJ 
By Rigorous testing confirms excellent stability, reliability, protection and performance
Helsinki, Finland - 1 August 2012 - NSS Labs has confirmed that the Stonesoft IPS-1302:
http://www.stonesoft.com/en/products/ips/ provides 100 % protection against all tested evasion techniques and low total cost of ownership (TCO) during real-world traffic and threat scenarios. In NSS Labs' 2012 Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) Test, Stonesoft also demonstrated excellent stability and reliability. Stonesoft is a global provider of proven, innovative network security:
http://www.stonesoft.com/ solutions, including IPS, Firewall/VPN, SSL VPN and remote cloud access.
According to NSS Labs' recent product analysis, the Stonesoft IPS protected against 96.6 percent of all exploits at a high level of throughput - all at a $26 price per protected Mbps. Additionally, the Stonesoft IPS performed strongly in the three-year TCO analysis.
NSS Labs' tests also praised Stonesoft for its ease of use, especially when handling the complexities of enterprise-class network security. Vikram Phatak, CEO at NSS Labs comments: "The Stonesoft Management Center has been designed from the ground up as a flexible and powerful large enterprise or service provider management system. Administrator access is via extremely granular role-based mechanisms. Policy management and deployment is straightforward and extremely flexible, with grouping and inheritance providing the ability to deploy complex policies across multiple devices with ease."
"There's a difference between claiming protection and performance and doing it in a real-world environment. The NSS Labs findings show that the Stonesoft IPS is actually doing it. We're providing the highest level of protection and performance while tackling the complexities of enterprise networks head-on", comments Tomi Kononow, IPS Product Manager at Stonesoft.
NSS Labs is a leading independent, information security research and testing organization. Its expert analyses provide information technology professionals with the unbiased data they need to select and maintain complex security products for their organizations.
The full report, "Network Intrusion Prevention System, Product Analysis, Stonesoft IPS-1302," can be downloaded here: https://www.nsslabs.com/research/network-security/network-ips/2012-stonesoft-ips-1302.html:
https://www.nsslabs.com/research/network-security/network-ips/2012-stonesoft-ips-1302.html.
For more information on Stonesoft and its next generation IPS solutions, please visit www.stonesoft.com:
http://www.stonesoft.com/.
Contact:
For more details, please contact:
Tomi Kononow
IPS Product Manager
Stonesoft Corporation
Tel. +358 9 476 711
E-mail: tomi.kononow(AT)stonesoft.com
About Stonesoft
Stonesoft Corporation (NASDAQ OMX: SFT1V) delivers software based, dynamic and customer driven network security solutions that secure the information flow and simplify security management. The company's product portfolio consists of the industry's first transformable Security Engine:
http://securityengine.stonesoft.com/, standalone next generation firewalls and intrusion prevention systems, and SSL VPN solutions. At the core lies Stonesoft's Management Center which unifies the management of entire networks.
Stonesoft serves private and public sector organizations requiring high availability, ease of management, compliance, dynamic security and protection of their critical digital assets and business continuity against today's rapidly evolving cyber threats. Stonesoft is a recognized researcher of advanced evasion techniques used in targeted cyber attacks to bypass security.
Stonesoft has the highest customer retention rate in the industry due to low TCO, ease of management, and overall customer excellence. Stonesoft's customer base covers more than 6,500 mid- or large-sized organizations across various industries and geographical markets.
Founded in 1990, the company's track record is well recognized by certifiers, industry analysts and demanding customers. The company's corporate headquarters are based in Helsinki, Finland and North American headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit www.stonesoft.com:
http://www.stonesoft.com/.
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