Network Testing Labs Calls FaceTime's RTGuardian 'A World Class Internet Gateway'

July 20 2006

FaceTime Communications, the leading provider of solutions for securing and managing greynets, today announced that Network Testing Labs (Mobile, Ala.), the world's foremost independent security testing facility, has recognized the RTGuardian 500 with an "excellent" rating based on five key criteria: identifying and thwarting malware, ease of use, reports, installation and documentation.

By awarding FaceTime its "World Class Award" for spyware, IM and P2P gateway security, Network Testing Labs concluded that RTGuardian offers an excellent way to protect a network from spyware infection.

"These test results confirm the importance of our strategy to understand real-time communications applications, and secure and control their use in the enterprise," said Kailash Ambwani, president and CEO of FaceTime Communications. "Because of this deep understanding of how these applications operate on a network, we can more effectively thwart inbound threats, stop intentional or unintentional information leakage and ensure that organizations can maintain communications compliance."

Performance: Quick, Robust and Reliable

The report notes that the RTGuardian appliance inspects inbound and outbound traffic without impacting network performance. Instead of sitting inline and potentially delaying traffic, the RTGuardian is deployed in passby mode where it enforces policies set by the IT administrator.

The report says "FaceTime's approach is simply brilliant," protecting the entire network without becoming a bottleneck for Internet traffic. Overall, the report said the appliance was "quick, robust and reliable."

Effectiveness: Complete Protection

The testing report states that "the RTGuardian unit did an especially good job of recognizing IM and P2P protocols ... and thwarting all spyware regardless of their channels of propagation (IM, P2P, HTTP)." The tests showed that RTGuardian detected 100 percent of IM protocols, and 99 percent of P2P protocols, providing complete protection. As hackers and threats increasingly target new methods and applications to access important data, companies must find a solution that adapts beyond email filtering and virus signatures. The RTGuardian system blocked 96 percent of other malware, spyware and adware.

The increasing popularity of Skype in the enterprise has raised new security concerns because Skype data disguises itself on a network to insure a consistent and ubiquitous communications path. As a result, legacy security products are unable to recognize, stop or control Skype traffic. However, testing showed that RTGuardian effectively detects and controls Skype.

Ease of Use: Truly a Hands-off Tool

Network Testing Labs raves about the RTGuardian's ease of use, noting the browser-based interface and dashboard overview. Calling it "truly a hands-off tool," the test report says the configurable whitelist and blacklist entries make it highly customizable and flexible.

The dashboard interface allows administrators to schedule automatic updates of both spyware definitions and firmware. The built-in report generator helps an administrator produce reports on several options and criteria, ranging from the simple to complex explanations of network traffic.

About Network Testing Labs

Network Testing Labs performs independent technology research and product evaluations. Its network laboratory connects myriads of types of computers and virtually every kind of network device in an ever-changing variety of ways. Its authors are networking experts who write clearly and plainly about complex technologies and products.

Network Testing Labs' experts have written hardware and software product reviews, state-of-the-art analyses, feature articles, in-depth technology workshops, cover stories, buyer's guides and in-depth technology outlooks. Our experts have spoken on a number of topics at Comdex, PC Expo and other venues. In addition, they've created industry standard network benchmark software, database benchmark software and network diagnostic utilities.

About FaceTime Communications

FaceTime Communications is the leading provider of security solutions for the management and control of greynet applications such as adware/spyware, instant messaging, webmail, P2P file sharing, web conferencing and instant voice. FaceTime delivers the industry's first IMPact Index, which assesses "point-in-time" risks posed by viruses, worms and other malware propagating through greynet applications. FaceTime's award-winning solutions are used by over 650 customers, among them seven of the eight largest U.S. financial institutions. FaceTime supports or has strategic partnerships with all leading public and private IM network providers, including AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, IBM, Reuters, Bloomberg, and Jabber.

FaceTime is headquartered in Foster City, California. For more information visit http://www.facetime.com or call 888-349-FACE.

NOTE: FaceTime, FaceTime Communications, IMAuditor, RTGuardian, GEM, Facetime Enterprise Edition, FaceTime Security Labs, IMPact Index, SpywareGuide.com and the FaceTime logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of FaceTime Communications, Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

CONTACT:

Emily Chamberlin

Edelman for FaceTime

650-429-2734

emily.chamberlin@edelman.com