SSH Offers New Governance and Compliance Solution for Real-time Inspection and Audit...

SSH Offers New Governance and Compliance Solution for Real-time Inspection and
Audit of Encrypted Traffic

HELSINKI, Finland and WELLESLEY, Mass., May 19, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SSH
Communications Security (Helsinki:SSH1V), a world-leading provider of enterprise
security solutions and end-to-end communications security, today announced SSH
Tectia(r) Guardian, a new technology solution that enables real-time session and
file transfer monitoring with Intrusion Detection System (IDS) or Data Loss
Prevention (DLP) integration capabilities, as well as replay of sessions for
post-session auditing of encrypted traffic.

This unique security solution enables both real-time inspection, and full replay
of SSH, Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), Telnet, and Remote Desktop
Protocol (RDP) traffic and sessions to meet compliance, governance, auditing,
and forensics requirements in enterprises and government entities. In addition,
SSH Tectia Guardian provides flexible and powerful policy enforcement at the
user, group, host, time, SSH subsystem, and even SSH command level to enforce
security policies. SSH Tectia Guardian enables full monitoring for root and
power user accounts, as required by Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security
Standard (DSS).

SSH Tectia Guardian creates a formidable enterprise IT security system,
delivering unparalleled visibility and auditing capabilities to easily monitor
all activities of internal or external file transfers and remote access. In
addition, PCI DSS mandates, Service Level Agreement (SLA) requirements, and
outsourced operations can be controlled and policies enforced with ease.

In today's IT environment, the possibility of accidental security breaches, or
worse, malicious activity by internal and external sources, are very real
threats to corporate data integrity. SSH Tectia Guardian provides an
easy-to-deploy, layered approach to establishing, maintaining and monitoring the
security of sensitive corporate data in transit, as well as addressing the human
factor.

Strict IDS requirements have in the past prevented the use of encryption in
critical environments. Now, however, with SSH Tectia Guardian, end-to-end
encryption can be utilized between any hosts, without the threat of malicious
use of encrypted channels. SSH Tectia Guardian adds further security controls in
environments where SSH Tectia ConnectSecure and other SSH Tectia solutions are
used to secure File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and other unsecured data-in-transit
operations. This maintains the real-time intrusion detection capability as any
defined audit, IDS or DLP control points can now be assigned to protect
encrypted, e.g. PCI DSS regulated, hosts and databases with virtually no latency
or scalability issues.

SSH Tectia is the leading end-to-end communications security solution for the
enterprise. Providing transparent, strong encryption and authentication, SSH
Tectia enables secure file transfers, secure system administration, and secure
application connectivity with centralized management throughout internal and
external networks. SSH Tectia Guardian is a unique governance tool that fully
integrates into IDS solutions for a layered security approach by adding
additional protection between the DMZ and parallel firewalls.

Packet inspection of the SSH, Telnet and RDP protocols helps to ensure the
accountability of root access and to meet the data security compliance for
Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), PCI DSS, Federal Information Security Management Act
(FISMA), and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) directives and other mandates
requiring encrypted traffic to be inspected, audited and controlled.

"To achieve reliable auditing of encrypted server administration, the data
collection has to be independent from the client and server, or a skilled
attacker could easily mask his actions," said Jari Mielonen, CEO of SSH
Communications Security Corp. "SSH Tectia Guardian brings a new level of
governance and security to encrypted internal and external traffic, and will
help enterprises better mitigate risk, achieve accurate real-time auditing,
preserve the integrity of IT data, and more effectively achieve compliance with
key regulatory requirements, including SOX, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and Basel II."

SSH Tectia Guardian is the only solution to log and record every session and
perform a step-by-step inspection and auditing of both the encrypted and
unencrypted traffic to resolve any potential threats to the internal and
external network. Accountability of file transfers and remote access with
detailed access reports eases the burden of internal and external auditing. Full
playback and archiving of sessions creates a valuable auditing and forensics
tool eliminating many potential security threats. SSH Tectia Guardian provides
fast real-time response to true malicious threats by applying a proactive set of
security controls on the most critical channels in the environment, to minimize
the risk of breaches.

SSH Tectia Guardian is available today directly from SSH Communications
Security, and from its global network of distribution partners. Visit
www.ssh.com for more information.

About SSH Communications Security

SSH Communications Security is a world-leading provider of enterprise security
solutions and end-to-end communications security, and the original developer of
the Secure Shell protocol. The company's SSH Tectia solution addresses the most
critical needs of large enterprises, financial institutions, and government
agencies. With SSH Tectia, organizations can cost-effectively secure their
system administration, file transfers, and application connectivity against both
internal and external security risks. As the original developer of the Secure
Shell protocol and other key network security technologies, SSH has since 1995
developed end-to-end communications security solutions specifically for the
enterprise. Currently more than 200 of Global Fortune 500 companies are using
SSH security solutions. SSH shares are quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Exchange. For
more information, please visit www.ssh.com.

ssh(r) and Tectia(r) are registered trademarks of SSH Communications Security
Corp in the United States and in certain other jurisdictions. The SSH and Tectia
logos are trademarks of SSH Communications Security Corp and may be registered
in certain jurisdictions. All other names and marks are the property of their
respective owners.

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