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NAC Solution Provides for Network Usage Control and Enforcement

ATLANTA – Stonesoft, an innovative provider of integrated network security and resilient connectivity solutions, announced today the formation of a joint marketing partnership with Bradford Networks, a recognized leader in Network Access Control (NAC). The partnership enables network administrators to quickly identify and enforce network usage policy violations down to the individual user and machine levels. The combination of solutions from Stonesoft and Bradford provide organizations with the most comprehensive approach to layered security available on the market today.

Today’s organizations support an escalating number of devices connected to the network – whether it’s the laptops and handhelds from the company’s own employees or the devices from outside consultants and contractors. The combination of StoneGate’s Secure Connectivity solutions and Bradford’s NAC Director reduces the security risks inadvertently brought into the network. Additionally, the combined solutions help organizations provide contractors and consultants with selective access to systems – versus access to the whole network – maintaining integrity of the corporate data.

• Comprehensive NAC capabilities including identity management, end-point compliance and usage policy enforcement;
• Out-of-band architecture across wireline, wireless, and VPN networks that enables organizations to leverage existing infrastructure and easily integrate NAC technology without network downtime; and
• Extensive interoperability to work with a wide range of existing infrastructures as well as different operating systems and security applications.
• A proven, highly scalable network security platform that handles single-site environments and a few dozen users with the same ease as thousands of sites and tens of thousands of users with no sacrifices in manageability, security, robustness or performance.

“Bradford Networks gives us a leading edge offering that addresses specific challenges that our customers are currently facing in network security,” said Paul Johnson, President for Stonesoft Americas. “ Bradford’s NAC Director is an excellent complement to our firewall, VPN and IPS offerings.”

About Stonesoft Corporation

Stonesoft Corporation (HEX: SFT1V) is an innovative provider of integrated network security and resilient connectivity solutions. Stonesoft is a global company focused on enterprise level customers requiring advanced network security and always-on business connectivity with the lowest TCO, the best price-to-performance ratio, and the highest ROI. The StoneGate™ Platform unifies firewall, VPN and IPS solutions, blending network security, end-to-end availability and award-winning load balancing into a centrally managed system for distributed enterprises.

Founded in 1990, Stonesoft Corporation has corporate headquarters in Helsinki, Finland and Americas headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit: www.stonesoft.com