Ingate Firewall 1600 Earns Certification by ICSA LABS

Passes ICSA Labs' Rigorous Testing Criteria

VoiceCon, San Diego,Aug 29, 2005- Ingate® Systems www.ingate.comwhich develops firewall technology and products that enable SIP-based live communication for the enterprise while maintaining control and security at the network edge, announces that the Ingate Firewall® 1600 has earned Firewall Certification in the Corporate Category from ICSA Labs®, a division of Cybertrust, Inc. ®. The certification indicates that the Ingate Firewall has met the industry's most stringent testing criteria.

The ICSA Labs' Certification Program provides assurance to the user community that certified products meet industry-accepted security standards worldwide.

"Ingate has adopted a policy of strict adherence to industry standards as well as to the SIP specification (as outlined by the Internet Engineering Task Force). Such a policy has streamlined our development process and significantly reduced interoperability issues with other likeminded vendors," said Olle Westerberg, Chief Executive Officer, Ingate Systems. "Passing ICSA Labs' rigorous battery of tests and achieving this certification further validates our award-winning Ingate Firewall 1600 as the clear firewall of choice. In addition to the validation the ICSA Labs certification provides, the Ingate Firewall 1600 is also noted for solving NAT traversal for VoIP and other realtime communications as well as SIP-enabling the enterprise."

"The Ingate Firewall 1600 passed the rigorous testing performed by ICSA Labs' team of engineers," said George Japak, vice president and general manager of ICSA Labs. "By satisfying the requirements of ICSA Labs certification, Ingate holds itself to one of the highest security standards, recognized globally by governments, businesses and end-users. ICSA Labs continually pushes vendors to meet the top security assurance benchmarks, and the Ingate Firewall 1600 has met these stringent security requirements."

About Ingate® Systems

Ingate® Systems develops firewall technology and products that enable SIP-based live communication for the enterprise while maintaining control and security at the network edge. Ingate has a long history of developing next-generation firewall technology that solves the NAT/firewall traversal issue inherent in SIP communications. In addition to an extensive line of Ingate Firewalls®, the company also produces the award-winning Ingate SIParator®, a device that connects to a network with an existing firewall to seamlessly enable SIP communications. Ingate products currently protect the networks of retail companies, financial institutions, industrial firms, government agencies and small-to-large enterprises throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Ingate Systems AB is headquartered Sweden with offices in Stockholm and Linköping. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ingate Systems Inc., is located in Hollis, New Hampshire, with a U.S. technology center in Frisco, Texas. For more information on Ingate Systems, visit www.ingate.com.

For more information, please contact:

Hillary Call, Public Relations Manager, Ingate Systems
(917) 414-9262
hillary@ingate.com