Novell Nsure Secure Identity Management Products Win SC Magazine Award

WALTHAM, Mass -- May 4, 2004 -- Novell today announced that Novell iChain and Novell BorderManager received the Reader Trust Award for Best Access Control from SC Magazine. Key components of Novell's Nsure secure identity management solution, Novell iChain and Novell BorderManager were selected for their achievement in technical excellence in the information security industry by a panel of judges and from readers' votes.

"It's an honor to be recognized for the excellence of our secure identity management solutions by both a panel of industry experts and the customers who rely on the technology," said Frank Auger, Novell vice president, exteNd and Nsure product management and marketing. "Whether customers are making internal applications and data more accessible to mobile users or opening up their resources to customers and partners, they can use Novell iChain and BorderManager to control access so they can be confident that they are delivering the right resources to the right people."

Novell iChain provides identity-based Web security services that control access to application and network resources across technical and organizational boundaries. Novell BorderManager provides proxy-cache, VPN and firewall services with powerful directory-integrated features that enable organizations to control user access to corporate resources and monitor their Internet activities. For more information about iChain and BorderManager, please visit http://www.novell.com/products/ichain and http://www.novell.com/products/bordermanager respectively.