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CyberGuard and Toshiba America Medical Systems Partner to deliver secure VPN solutions to HIPAA-Sensitive Healthcare Providers

The Leader in Medical Diagnostic Imaging Chooses CyberGuard to Deploy VPN
Tunnels for Secure Remote Diagnostics and Maintenance Within Healthcare
Networks

BOCA RATON, Fla., March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CyberGuard Corporation (Nasdaq: CGFW), a global provider of security solutions that protect the critical components of the largest and most complex information networks for Global 2000 enterprises and government organizations, today announced that Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc., a national provider of medical imaging equipment and services, has selected CyberGuard to upgrade their existing security system for secure access to scanners and medical diagnostic imaging equipment located within HIPAA-sensitive networks.

The VPN concentrator is based upon existing CyberGuard SG710 hardware and can handle up to 1,000 simultaneous VPN tunnels to securely network this leader in medical imaging with its customer hospitals and imaging centers throughout the country. It has been further customized to provide extended authentication, which affords tighter control over access to sensitive data.

"HMOs, hospitals and doctors are working diligently to deliver the best care available in an increasingly competitive and cost-sensitive environment," said Tim Peeler, director, services technical operations, Toshiba America Medical Systems. "In addition to competitive pressures, new HIPAA regulations require more accountability and tighter control over access to equipment used for patient diagnostic imaging. CyberGuard's ability to integrate with our existing security and authentication structure, as well as versatility of implementation made them the obvious choice for our remote-access installation."

CyberGuard's VPN concentrator solution helps medical providers slash system administration overhead, improve security and simplify management of many devices through:

* Simultaneous and automated upgrades of security patches and router OS
versions across all devices in a medical center or provider network;

* Single point of administration and analysis for alerts, management and
tracking of security incidents without requiring systems administrators
to manage individual devices;

* Single point to administer security policies for all devices in a
specific geographic location or across distributed enterprise
workgroups; and

* Restricting user access to specific VPN tunnels.

"The fact that our technology is relied upon to secure the information assets of the largest enterprises in the world made it an ideal fit to power this solution for healthcare providers who are concerned with HIPAA regulation," said Pat Clawson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CyberGuard. "We are pleased that our products have been selected to enable collaboration between healthcare providers and medical imaging manufacturers to occur more quickly and securely."

The VPN concentrator is unique because it can control which VPN tunnels an individual user may access based upon domain authentication through Active Directory. The VPN concentrator queries other systems through LDAP and knows exactly what systems/sites the user is allowed to access. That access is simultaneously logged for later auditing. Toshiba America Medical Systems is using standard X.509 certificates for setup of IPsec tunnels for the system.

About Toshiba America Medical SystemsWith headquarters in Tustin, Calif., Toshiba America Medical Systems markets, sells, distributes and services diagnostic imaging systems, coordinates clinical diagnostic imaging research and has responsibility for research and development for all modalities in the United States. Toshiba Corporation is a world leader in the development of medical imaging equipment, with a product line-up that includes CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, and both conventional and vascular X-ray systems. Toshiba Corporation is a leader in information and communications systems, electronic components, consumer products, and power systems. Toshiba has 161,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of over $53 billion.

About CyberGuard Corporation

CyberGuard Corporation (Nasdaq: CGFW) is a global provider of security solutions that protect business-critical information assets at Global 2,000 organizations and government entities. The company's firewall/VPN, TSP(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 organizations 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. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

SOURCE CyberGuard Corporation
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/CONTACT: Brian Lustig of Qorvis Communications, +1-703-744-7826,
blustig@qorvis.com, for CyberGuard Corporation/
/Web site: http://www.cyberguard.com /
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"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding CyberGuard's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year.