SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 22, 2006- Fortinet - the pioneer and market leader of Unified Threat Management and only provider of ASIC-accelerated, network-based multi-threat security systems for real-time network protection- today announced that its FortiClient™ Host Security software has achieved ICSA Anti-Spyware certification. This highly-regarded certification validates the effectiveness of Fortinet's unified threat management (UTM) endpoint security solution for protecting against insidious and malicious spyware, and also brings Fortinet's ICSA certification portfolio to eight certifications - more than any other security vendor in the industry.

Among the most prevalent types of cyber attacks, spyware is an application that is often secretly installed on a user's computer to track and/or report information back to an external source without the user's permission or knowledge. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission recognizes spyware as a prevalent form of on-line identity theft, which in total is estimated to have cost businesses and consumers approximately $50 billion in 2004.¹ Spyware is such a major contributor to on-line identity theft that the U.S. Congress recently passed the I-Spy and Spy acts which make it a crime to use spyware for identity theft purposes.

ICSA Labs Certified Spyware Protection
Fortinet's FortiClient software received ICSA Labs' Anti-Spyware certification based on its ability to effectively protect systems from spyware in real-world situations, such as cyber criminal attempts to steal personal information. The certification test suite used by ICSA Labs included traditional spyware, keyloggers, password stealers, dialers, rootkits and adware.

To achieve certification, products such as FortiClient were tested to ensure their ability to meet requirements for administrative and logging features and defend systems through real-time protection - detecting an attempt by the system to either download or install spyware objects. Additionally, products also were required to detect spyware objects placed on the system before the anti-spyware product was installed, and demonstrate the capability to neutralize the spyware threat so a system is operable and can connect to the Internet without the spyware processes restarting or reinstalling.

"Fortinet's strong commitment to independent certification further ensures that our customers receive validated, best of breed security functionality. The addition of this ICSA anti-spyware certification for our FortiClient endpoint security software expands our comprehensive portfolio of certified security solutions that help combat all types of cyber threats to businesses, including identity theft caused by spyware," said Freddy Mangum, Fortinet's vice president of product management, Emerging Technologies. "A critical component of Fortinet's multi-layered security strategy, FortiClient provides customers with premier anti-spyware protection as part of a cost-effective and complete unified threat management endpoint security solution."

Fortinet is the only security vendor to date to receive a unique and in-demand set of security certifications - an unmatched eight ICSA certifications, including five distinct security applications on its FortiGate integrated security appliances (firewall, antivirus, anti-spyware, intrusion detection/prevention, IPSec VPN and SSL VPN), and three desktop antivirus certifications for FortiClient (virus cleaning and detection and anti-spyware); VB 100% for FortiClient, and NSS certification for its intrusion prevention system (IPS) technology.

For more information about ICSA Labs' anti-spyware certification and criteria, please visit:www.icsalabs.com