CyberGuard Boasts Two Product Lines In SC Magazine Global Awards Final

    Business Editors/Technology Writers

    BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2005--CyberGuard Corporation (Nasdaq:CGFW), a provider of proven, intelligent, security solutions that protect business-critical assets at Global 2,000 organizations and government entities worldwide, announced today that its line of premium firewall/VPN appliances and Webwasher Content Security Management (CSM) Suite 5.1 have been named finalists in the 2005 SC Magazine Global Awards in the "Best Firewall" and "Best Content Filtering" categories, respectively.
    "This recognition speaks to the excellence of our products, our technology and our support," stated Mike Wittig, president and chief technology officer of CyberGuard Corporation. "The selection is made, not only by experts, but also by the individuals who use our solutions. The SC Magazine awards are considered to be among the principal security awards in the industry."
    CyberGuard's line of premium firewall/VPN appliances won the "Best Firewall" category in the 2004 SC Magazine Global Readers' Trust Awards competition. It was the third year running that CyberGuard received the award for Best Firewall. This is the first year that CyberGuard has entered the "Best Content Filtering" competition since the company's acquisition of Webwasher in April 2004.
    The competition, now in its ninth year, will announce the winners at a gala dinner to be held February 16, 2005, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Calif. in conjunction with the RSA Show. The SC Magazine Global Awards saw its highest level of activity in history during the voting period in November and December with more than 56,000 individual visits to its Web site. For more information on finalists and the gala reception, please visit http://www.scawards.com.

    About CyberGuard Corporation

    CyberGuard Corporation (Nasdaq:CGFW) provides proven, intelligent, security solutions that protect business-critical information assets of Global 2,000 companies and government entities worldwide. The company's firewall/VPN, Total Stream Protection(TM), Global Command Center(TM) and Webwasher(R) product suites comprise a comprehensive, integrated security system, which offers highly adaptive, scalable solutions that intelligently guard against network intrusion and content-based vulnerabilities, detecting and eliminating security threats in real-time for performance optimization. CyberGuard has deployed more than 250,000 products in companies around the world to maintain the health and integrity of their enterprises. Headquartered near Boca Raton, Florida, the company has branch offices and training centers around the globe and can be located on the World Wide Web at http://www.cyberguard.com.

    Forward-Looking Statement

    This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve certain risks, uncertainties and factors, including without limitation, those described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that may cause the Company's future actual results to materially differ from the Company's current expectations. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

    CyberGuard(R) and Webwasher(R) are registered trademarks and Total Stream Protection(TM) and Global Command Center(TM) are trademarks of CyberGuard Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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