Press Releases
Mar 28, 2008 – Mi5 Networks CEO to Discuss Why Web Browser is the New Security Perimeter at RSA 2008 Conference
Doug Camplejohn Exposes Enterprise Threats Posed by Web Malware and Web 2.0 Applications
WHO: Doug Camplejohn, founder and CEO of Mi5 Networks. Mr. Camplejohn is an expert in the areas of Web security as well as Internet and datacenter technologies.
Mar 24, 2008 – Mi5 Networks Extends Web Perimeter Protection with Powerful Application Control Capabilities
Version 4.0 Adds Control for More Than One Hundred Applications and Protocols; Botnet Geolocation; Centralized Management Appliances; and ICAP/UFP Support
Mi5 Networks, the web security gateway company, today announced a major software enhancement to its award-winning Webgate line of high-speed appliances which provide filtering of malicious URLs, spyware, viruses, and inbound/outbound botnet communications. Version 4.0 adds control for more than one hundred applications and protocols, including leading Instant Messaging (IM), Peer-to-Peer (P2P), Voice over IP (VoIP), streaming media, and other enterprise applications. In addition, 4.0 can trace the geographic location of Botnet traffic entering and leaving the network; provides centralized management, policy enforcement, and reporting across multiple devices; and enables new flexible deployment options through ICAP and UFP protocol support.
Mar 17, 2008 – Mi5 Networks Appoints Denise Sandoval
Vice President of Finance
Emerging Leader in Web Security Gateway Market Fills Out Management Team with Veteran Finance Executive
Denise Sandoval brings more than 20 years of experience managing finance and operations for networking and telecommunications companies to Mi5 Networks. Sandoval joined Mi5 Networks from Calient Networks, a maker of telecommunications equipment, where she was vice president of finance and administration. Prior to Calient, she was Controller of Photuris, a maker of optical networking equipment. Previously, Sandoval was Controller for AccessLan Communications where she built and managed the company’s entire financial infrastructure through the company’s acquisition by Advanced Fibre Communications (AFC). She has also managed the financial functions at Applied Signal Technology, MadenTech Consulting, and Network Equipment Technologies (N.E.T.) Federal. Sandoval holds a B.S. in Finance from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a CPA certificate through the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Feb 19, 2008 – Mi5 Networks Delivers Enhanced Web Usage and Security Reporting
New Webgate Reports Provide Deeper Visibility into Corporate Web Activity, File Uploads and Downloads, and PC Infections from the Internet.
Mi5 Networks, the web security gateway company, today announced that its Webgate line of high-speed appliances has been enhanced with new reporting capabilities that enable organizations to assess Web usage and remediate Web threats with unprecedented ease and speed. Webgate’s graphical and drill down reports provide enterprise, departmental, user, and machine views of all web activity and infections.
Dec 18, 2007 – Mi5 Networks Named 2007 Industry Innovator
by SC Magazine
Mi5 Named Sole Innovator in Secure Web Gateway Category; Webgate Recognized For Botnet and Multi-Protocol Malware Detection Capabilities.
Mi5 Networks, the web security gateway company, today announced that SC Magazine, one of the world’s most respected security publications, named Webgate as a security industry innovator product for 2007. SC Labs, the testing arm of SC Magazine, selected Webgate as the most innovative Secure Web Gateway product, and singled out Webgate for its efficient management of bot infections.
Sept. 12, 2007 – Mi5 Networks Names Tom Orella Vice President of Sales and Business Development
Emerging Leader in Secure Web Gateway Market Taps Proven Security Industry Veteran to Manage Worldwide Sales and Business Development
Mi5 Networks, the web security gateway company, today announced the appointment of Tom Orella as Vice President of Sales and Business Development. Orella brings more than 20 years of security and enterprise software sales management experience to Mi5 Networks. He has built and managed high performance sales organizations for several successful start-ups and emerging security technology vendors including SenSage, FrontBridge, ForeScout, and Internet Security Systems (ISS). Orella assumes responsibility for worldwide sales including the company's inside sales, systems engineers, and channel partnerships.
Aug. 22, 2007 – Mi5 Networks Webgate Earns World Class Award for Best Anti-Malware Gateway from Network Testing Labs
Single Webgate Appliance Bests Combination of Blue Coat Proxy SG and AV Devices for Accuracy, Performance, and Ease of Use
Mi5 Networks, the web security gateway company, today announced that its Webgate 009 has earned a World Class Award for Best Anti-Malware Gateway Device from Network Testing Labs. In comparative tests against a combination of Blue Coat Proxy SG8000 and AV2000 appliances, Webgate delivered superior accuracy in detecting web malware and up to 8 times the performance. In addition, Webgate provides infection detection, automated spyware removal, and botnet protection capabilities not available from any other vendor. A complete copy of the report is available at www.mi5networks.com/products/literature.htm.
July 23, 2007 – Mi5 Networks Partner Program Enables Security Resellers to Tap Fast Growing Secure Web Gateway Market
Webgate Network Appliance combines Anti-Botnet, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, and URL Filtering Protection for the Price of Content Filtering Only Solutions
Mi5 Networks, the web security gateway company, today announced the Webgate Channel Partner Program for resellers looking to tap the market for Secure Web Gateways, which protect organizations from web-borne threats including botnets, spyware, and viruses. The program is designed to attract Best-of-Class regional VARs, while maximizing margins and minimizing channel conflicts. Resellers can now provide customers a complete URL filtering, Web Malware, and Botnet protection solution for the same price as their URL filtering renewal budget. Mi5 Networks sells exclusively through the reseller channel in North America.
June 25, 2007 — Mi5 Networks Secure Web Gateway Delivers All-in-One Protection Against Web Malware and Botnet Infections
Webgate 3.0 Incorporates URL Filtering, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, and Anti-Botnet Detection-Prevention on Gigabit Speed Platform
Mi5 Networks, the web security gateway company, today announced the Webgate line of high-speed appliances that neutralize malware in web traffic, control web use, and detect/shutdown botnet activity inside an organization’s network. Webgate eliminates downtime, PC clean-up costs, and data theft associated with web-borne attack code that bypasses traditional security mechanisms. Built on Mi5’s proprietary S2 Streaming Engine, Webgate inspects and filters bidirectional web traffic as well as internal network communications on all ports and protocols without imposing user discernible slowdowns associated with proxy-based products.
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June 14, 2007 — Mi5 Networks Named Visionary by Gartner in Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateways
Mi5 Appliances Recognized for Innovation,
Malware Protection and Performance
Mi5 Networks today announced that it was named a visionary company by leading industry research firm Gartner in their first Magic Quadrant Report on Secure Web Gateways (SWG). This new category of products filters unwanted software/malware from user-initiated Web/Internet traffic and enforces corporate and regulatory policy compliance. Gartner recognized the Mi5 Webgate appliance line for its innovative malware detection and protection capabilities, and high performance/low latency architecture.
May 14, 2007 — Mi5 Networks Named Finalist in 2007 American Business Awards
Mi5’s Secure Web Gateway Appliances Recognized in
Best New Product Category of Nationwide Business Competition
“Being named a Finalist in The American Business Awards is an important achievement,” said Michael Gallagher, founder and president of The Stevie Awards. “It means that independent business executives have agreed that the nominee is worthy of national recognition.” “For Mi5 Networks, being selected as a Finalist in a nationally recognized competition like the American Business Awards is a significant achievement,” said Doug Camplejohn, founder and CEO of Mi5 Networks. “We are honored to be in the same company as market leaders like Adobe, Intuit, and WebEx.”
Lack of Confidence Prevails over Ability to Detect, Prevent, Remove Insidious Programs
“Software designed to sneak onto corporate networks and plunder sensitive information assets is a serious threat to data integrity, and our research shows that, while the authors of spyware continue to innovate in an effort to infect corporate networks, companies are not keeping pace,” said Dr. Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute. “Particularly in an age when more and more applications are moving to the web, the risk of infection is very high, the products and strategies needed to address the problem must reflect the true nature of the threat.”
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July 25, 2006—Mi5 Networks Extends Spyware Protection to the Desktop.
Mi5 Networks and Sunbelt Software Partner to Deliver "Dissolvable" Spyware Cleanup Agent Dispatched From Mi5 Enterprise Spygate Appliances
"Our customers are always surprised when they first plug in the Mi5 Enterprise Spygate appliance and see how much crimeware and adware we find in their network, even in locked-down environments with desktop anti-spyware software in place," said Doug Camplejohn, CEO of Mi5 Networks. "With Mi5 Enterprise SpyWash™, cleanup of infected machines is automated, and IT staffs can be freed from many hours of work manually scanning or re-imaging infected PCs."
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June 13, 2006—Mi5 Enterprise Spygate Appliance Wins 2006 Global Excellence Award in Anti-Spyware Gateways Category.
Info Security Products Guide Award Determined by Customer Votes
"Info Security Products Guide's recognition of the Enterprise Spygate™ further validates our goal of providing the best spyware gateway for the enterprise," said Doug Camplejohn, co-founder and CEO. "We especially value that this award comes from the vote of so many end-users, and that they see gateway anti-spyware products as an important complement to desktop anti-spyware defenses."
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March 8, 2006—Mi5 Networks Announces First Enterprise Grade Spyware Risk Assessment Program.
The Mi5 Spyware Risk Assessment provides the simplest way to audit corporate networks for spyware infections
"The toughest challenge enterprises have with spyware is knowing what they're missing," said Doug Camplejohn, CEO of Mi5 Networks. "Although the Help Desk typically has visibility on adware that clogs systems and is visible to the employee, companies have little visibility to keyloggers, RATs, trojans, and other malicious forms of spyware – where the real security risk lies. After installing Mi5's appliance, our customers always find previously unknown spyware infections, regardless of what desktop or gateway protections they already had in place."
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February 6, 2006—Mi5 Networks Announces General Availability of the First Purpose-Built Enterprise Anti-Spyware Gateway Appliances.
Mi5’s Enterprise Spygate Appliances Offer Spyware Vulnerability Assessment, Detection & Prevention, and Cleanup Assistance on a Future-Proof Web Security Platform
"We've gotten an overwhelmingly positive response from customers to the Mi5 Enterprise Spygate line," said Doug Camplejohn, CEO and Co-Founder of Mi5 Networks. "Companies see a spyware gateway as the first line of spyware defense. And by taking advantage of Mi5's spyware vulnerability audit, they've been able to instantly see the spyware in their network that was never brought to the attention of their security and help desk teams, and then use the Mi5 Enterprise Spygate prevention mode to block further infections."
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February 3, 2006—Doug Camplejohn, CEO of Mi5 Networks, To Lead "The Position of Spyware in the Corporate Threat Landscape" Panel at Feb 9th Anti-Spyware Coalition Workshop.
The day-long workshop will be held at the Capitol Hyatt Regency in Washington D.C. and will address the ever growing problem of controlling spyware in the enterprise
Doug will lead a panel of well known Chief Security Officers in discussions regarding unique threats that spyware poses to corporate networks and the steps their companies take to protect themselves.
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January 24, 2006—Mi5 Networks Names Ron Davidson Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, Threat Research.
Former Israeli Defense Forces R&D Executive to Lead Mi5 Threat Research Group and Technical Advisory Board
"Spyware authors are using progressively more complex and sophisticated techniques to infect PCs, and I can think of no better person to lead the fight against them than Ron," said Shlomo Kramer, co-founder of Check Point (CHKP) and current President and CEO of Imperva. "Ron is highly respected and an extremely knowledgeable security technology executive and Mi5 Networks will benefit greatly from his expertise."
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January 9, 2006—Mi5 Networks to Debut New Anti-Spyware Appliances at DEMO 2006.
Brightmail, Netscreen and TurnTide Executives and Investors Back New Security Company
"Spyware has become one of the top security concerns for enterprises today. Mi5 Networks has a unique approach for tackling this threat, backed up by a seasoned management team and investors," said Chris Shipley, executive producer of the DEMO Conferences. “We are featuring technologies at DEMO that will have the greatest impact on the way that enterprises conduct business in 2006, and we are pleased to showcase Mi5 Networks among this group."
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October 25, 2005—Mi5 Networks Joins the Anti-Spyware Coalition to Help Define and Fight Spyware.
Joins Group to Help Protect Enterprises from Growing Spyware Threat
"The Anti-Spyware Coalition is pleased to have Mi5 Networks participating in this collaborative industry initiative," said Ari Schwartz, Associate Director for Center for Democracy and Technology. "We look forward to Mi5's help to further the organization's goal of preventing cyber security threats as the ASC continues its collaborative efforts to help companies create tools to defend against a variety malicious attacks, including adware, system intrusion and spyware."
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