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Secure Computing Honors Leading North American Companies with Partners of Excellence Awards

Secure Computing Honors Leading North American Companies with Partners of Excellence Awards

SAN JOSE, Calif.—May 18, 2006—Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ:SCUR), the experts in securing connections between people, applications, and networks(TM), today announced the winners of its annual Partner of Excellence Awards. Under the awards program, Secure's top resellers and distribution partners are recognized for their outstanding achievements in the sale and marketing of Secure's products.

    North America Partners honored this year are:

    --  National VAR of the Year -- Clareity Security, LLC

    --  West VAR of the Year -- Accuvant

    --  Central VAR of the Year -- Automation Services Company

    --  East VAR of the Year -- NetDirect

    --  Rookie of the Year -- SynerComm

    Former CyberGuard North America Partners honored this year are:

    --  Partner of Excellence -- e-DMZ Security

    --  Partner of Excellence -- Viyu Network Solutions

    --  Partner of Excellence -- RBTi

    North America Distributor of the Year is:

    --  Alternative Technologies

"We are honored to be recognized by Secure Computing as their National VAR of the Year," said Gregg Larson, president and CEO of Clareity Security. "Over the years, our partnership with Secure has given us the ability to provide quality products and services to our customers. With the joint development of the SafeMLS(TM) token, we've been able to provide a simple, proven security solution for the real estate market. Secure Computing is the gold-standard of partners."

"Secure Computing delivers the solutions our customers are looking for," said Gavin Adams, president of Viyu Network Solutions. "With Secure's recent merger with CyberGuard, the launch of SnapGear(TM) and SafeWord(R) SecureWire(TM), they are well positioned to meet the demands of enterprises large and small."

Secure's partner program, PartnersFirst, is designed to help partners excel in delivering network security solutions to customers worldwide. PartnersFirst was again awarded five stars -- the highest possible rating in VARBusiness' Annual Partner Programs Guide for 2005. Members have access to world-class support through Secure's sales, marketing and technical resources. For more information about the PartnersFirst program or becoming an alliance partner, visit www.securecomputing.com/index.cfm?skey=8.

All of Secure Computing's products have been designed with the channel in mind, thereby providing resellers with solutions that are easy to sell and that deliver significant revenue and margin opportunities. Secure Computing's products include:

    UTM/Firewall/VPN:

    --  Sidewinder G2(R) Security Appliance

    --  CyberGuard(R) TSP Security Appliance

    --  SnapGear Security Appliance

    Secure Content Management:

    --  Webwasher(R)

    --  SmartFilter(R) and SmartFilter(R), Bess(R) edition

    Identity and Access Management:

    --  SafeWord SecureWire

    --  SafeWord(R) PremierAccess(R)

    --  SafeWord(R) RemoteAccess(TM)

"We're 100 percent channel focused," said Chris Peterson, vice president of alliance and channel sales at Secure Computing. "We work closely with our partners and recognize all they do to help Secure Computing be a world-class provider of enterprise security. Recognizing our partners' outstanding contributions is important to us and gives us pride knowing we work with the best in the industry."

An interview with John McNulty, president, chairman and CEO of Secure Computing discussing Partners of Excellence Awards can be viewed at http://www.vidpr.com/securecomputing/pr1506/

About Secure Computing:

Secure Computing (NASDAQ:SCUR) has been securing the connections between people and information for over 20 years. Specializing in delivering the world's strongest security appliances/firewalls, identity and access management solutions, content management and filtering solutions, Secure Computing is uniquely qualified to be the global security solutions provider to organizations of all sizes. Our more than 17,000 global customers, supported by a worldwide network of partners, include the majority of the Dow Jones Global 50 Titans and the most prominent organizations in banking, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, public utilities, education and national and local governments. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and has offices worldwide. For more information, see http://www.securecomputing.com.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding Secure Computing's Partners of Excellence Awards, and such statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are delays in product development, undetected software errors or bugs, competitive pressures, technical difficulties, changes in customer requirements, general economic conditions and the risk factors detailed from time to time in Secure Computing's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

CONTACT: Secure Computing Corporation
Nikolett Bacso, 206-336-1542
nikolett_bacso@securecomputing.com
SOURCE: Secure Computing Corporation