Kerio WinRoute Firewall is the first ICSA Labs certified network firewall for Windows

ICSA Labs certifies WinRoute as the first modular firewall for Windows XP to meet the industry's toughest security criteria

Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) December 22, 2003 --Kerio Technologies today announced that ICSA Labs®, the independent authority for global product security testing that maintains stringent vendor-neutral quality standards, has declared Kerio WinRoute Firewall the first certified network firewall for Windows XP under version 4.0 of the ICSA Labs' Modular Firewall Certification Criteria.

ICSA Labs tests 95% of products in key technology categories such as anti-virus, IPSec, VPN, firewall, PC firewall, cryptography, intrusion detection and content security.

Any network administrator can take a regular PC running Windows XP and turn it into a powerful corporate firewall," comments Dusan Vitek, director of marketing for Kerio Technologies. "Because it runs on Windows, Kerio WinRoute Firewall offers a much more intuitive interface than solutions using Linux, or appliances with proprietary operating systems, that are much more expensive."

"We were impressed with the product's capabilities, given that it runs on a simple workstation PC," says Brian Monkman, firewalls program manager for ICSA Labs. "It is clear that Kerio understands the importance of this type of testing and is dedicated to maintaining the highest security standards."

Kerio WinRoute Firewall supports networks with anywhere from 10 to 1000 computers. In addition to certified security, it offers advanced user management, Active Directory integration, VPN support, and web content filtering options.

Kerio WinRoute Firewall, which runs on server and desktop versions of Windows 2000 and later, starts at $299 for the standard 10 user base license, and $479 version with integrated McAfee Anti-Virus for scanning HTTP and FTP traffic.

For more information about the ICSA Labs certification and a link to the lab report, please visit http://www.icsalabs.com/html/communities/firewalls/newsite/cert2.shtml.

About Kerio Technologies Inc.

Founded in 2001, Kerio Technologies Inc. (www.kerio.com) is a major provider of Internet security software for small to medium sized networks, specializing in network and desktop firewalls and secure workgroup messaging systems. Kerios corporate headquarters is located in Santa Clara, California, with offices in Great Britain and the Czech Republic. Kerio's technology partners include Network Associates and German content filter maker Cobion AG.

About ICSA Labs

ICSA Labs, an independent division of TruSecure® Corporation, offers vendor-agnostic testing and certification of security products. Hundreds of the world's top security vendors submit their products for testing and certification at ICSA Labs. The end-users of security technologies rely on ICSA Labs to authoritatively set and apply objective testing and certification criteria standard for measuring product compliance and reliability. The organization tests products in key technology categories such as anti-virus, firewall, IPSec VPN, cryptography, intrusion detection, SSL VPN, wireless LAN, PC firewall and content security.