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Yoggie Security Systems Wins PC Magazine's 2007 Technical
Excellence Award
Yoggie Pico Mini-Computer Honored in Security Category
NEW YORK, December 4, 2007 -
Yoggie Security Systems™ has won PC Magazines's 2007 Technical
Excellence Award for its
Yoggie PicoTM, the world’s first hardware-based
security solution for laptops and PCs that provides a suite of 12 security
applications on a USB key-sized security mini-computer.
PC Magazine's 24th annual technical excellence awards,
revealed today in the publication's December 4, 2007 cover issue, as well as
online, recognize products, services and industry leaders that have improved the
computing industry. The
Yoggie Pico took top honors in the security
category; winners were also selected in seven other categories - Storage, User
Interface, Component, Software, Printing, Wireless and Person of the Year.
Winners were selected by the magazine’s editorial staff.
"The
Yoggie Pico is revolutionizing how people
protect their computers, providing much more security in an easier to use and
cost effective way. Using a unique hardware-based Internet security solution,
the Yoggie Pico's USB key-sized Linux-based computer is packed with some of the
toughest available security applications," said Shlomo Touboul, founder and CEO
of
Yoggie Security Systems. "It's gratifying that our innovative
developments have been recognized by a publication as prestigious as PC
Magazine."
By moving the software and the security burden to its own
mini-computer, all Internet threats are blocked outside -- before they reach the
PC -- and the PC regains resources enabling a performance boost. The
Yoggie Pico has simplified "plug and forget" installation and
operation, with no special technical knowledge required to produce a seamless
security solution without pop-ups and update alerts.
In recent weeks,
Yoggie Security Systems has been recognized by a host of other
organizations and publications including CES Best of Innovations 2008 - Computer
Accessories, Business Week/IDSA Silver Idea Award, Red Herring
Global 100 Finalist, RSA 2007 Innovation Award and Network World's ‘Top
Ten Security Companies to Watch.'
About Yoggie Security Systems
Yoggie Security Systems was established in 2005 by Shlomo Touboul,
founder and former CEO of Finjan Software, and the inventor of Behavior Based
Blocking Technology. As a result of countless meetings with IT managers around
the world, Mr. Touboul realized they all share a common concern - while security
technology has matured to provide robust security, traveling laptops create
security holes that jeopardize the security of the entire corporate network. Mr.
Touboul decided to dare the impossible, to try to miniaturize all the security
appliances found in the corporate server room into a credit-card size device
that can be easily carried and connected to the laptop.
The attempt was successful. After
two years of intensive research, the world's first miniature security server was
created. Putting all the security solutions into such a small device requires
robust processing power, and indeed the
Yoggie Gatekeeper is as strong as a full-blown Pentium III PC (520
MHz). But unlike a regular PC, it was designed as security hardware, with a
hardened operating system and physical separation between the unsafe zone
(Internet) and the safe zone (connected to the laptop). Yoggie solved the
vulnerabilities of traveling laptops by effectively extending robust corporate
security to the mobile and remote workforce. In addition to serving the
corporate world, Yoggie security mini-computers are suitable for SMBs and home
users.