F-Secure Workstation Suite 4.0 Shipping Now

End-to-End Corporate Network Security with the World's First Fully Integrated, Centrally Managed Solution

Espoo, Finland, July 20, 1999 -- Data Fellows, a leading developer of data security solutions, is shipping its F-Secure Workstation Suite 4.0, the reliable and easy-to-manage solution for the data security concerns of modern corporations.

F-Secure Workstation Suite is based on Data Fellows' new three-tier data security management architecture F-Secure Framework. Through the Framework, the network manager is able to define and manage the security policies and to control all the security applications of an entire distributed organization from one centralized management console. Updating virus signature databases and upgrading applications can also be automated. The architecture means that F-Secure products have a very low total cost of ownership.

"F-Secure Workstation Suite’s centralized management functionality enables network administrators to execute and maintain all corporate security policies from the management console," says Mr. Risto Siilasmaa, Chief Executive Officer of Data Fellows. "It merges world-class protection against malicious code with unobtrusive file and network encryption."

F-Secure Workstation Suite 4.0 integrates Data Fellows' award-winning F-Secure Anti-Virus, F-Secure VPN+ and F-Secure FileCrypto applications. F-Secure Workstation Suite 4.0 is the only product to combine world-class anti-virus protection with strong encryption for network traffic and files stored on the hard disk in an integrated fashion. "Competing offerings lack centralized policy-based management features, they’re not available worldwide with strong encryption, and they are not truly integrated like ours," says Ari Hypponen, VP of Product Management.

F-Secure Workstation Suite 4.0 operates in the Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT environments.

The solution supports the industry-standard SNMP network management protocol, integrates with Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) and includes optional support for leading enterprise management products, such as CA Unicenter, IBM Tivoli and HP OpenView. The product ships with F-Secure Administrator, a Java based graphical console for managing the security policies for the whole enterprise network.

The product is available from Data Fellows and its resellers around the world. Prices will start from $99 per seat for a 100-user license. All F-Secure Workstation Suite 3.0 users with a valid maintenance contract may upgrade to version 4.0 for free.