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Company issues call for vendors to submit products & papers for independent studies

CHICAGO, November 13, 2007 – NSS Labs, a world leader in independent security product testing and certification, today announced its development of technology sector reports for firewall, intrusion prevention systems (IPS) and unified threat management (UTM) products.

Components of the Technology Sector Reports will include:

• •    Trends in security and compliance faced by information security professionals
• •    Critical requirements from IT implementers ‘in the trenches’
• •    Summary of technology advances in the industry
• •    Key product features and approaches
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The studies will include information on products that have undergone NSS Labs’ public testing and certification programs.  Certified products will be included in the reports at no charge, and the reports will be freely distributed. The first reports are scheduled to begin appearing in the second quarter of 2008.

“With our rigorous testing methodologies, we are in a unique position to scientifically validate security effectiveness, functionality, and performance, and we welcome industry practitioners, IT implementers, and product manufacturers' research contributions for these independent reports,” said Christian Stankevitz, CTO of NSS Labs.  “The reports will include quantitative results from unbiased independent product testing, along with critical insight into implementation requirements and evolving technology trends to address those requirements.”

Vendors interested in participating in any of these reports can obtain the relevant technology sector testing criteria, and product submission deadlines, by visiting www.nsslabs.com/techsector, emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , or calling 847-553-4298.

Information security professionals implementing these technologies are encouraged to provide feedback on their requirements & experiences via NSS Labs’ Advisory Groups. For more information, please visit: www.nsslabs.com/advisorygroup.