For Immediate Release

Bluefire Earns 5 Star Overall Rating in SC Magazine's Wireless Security 2008 Product Review

Bluefire's Enterprise Edition praised for "transparent ease of use and excellent administration"

Baltimore, MD (April 9, 2008) – Bluefire, the leading provider of mobile and wireless security software, announced the Bluefire Mobile Security® Enterprise Edition received a 5 star overall rating from SC Magazine in its annual portable device security Group Test review.  This rating placed Bluefire’s product among the highest for mobile security products and ahead of several key competitors.

SC Magazine’s reviewer commended Bluefire’s Enterprise Edition on a number of fronts including: an intuitive and well organized management console, easily configured and deployed features, straight to the point documentation, and comprehensive functionality. The overall verdict on the product specifically called attention to the software’s ease of use, multifunction capabilities, and outstanding administration tools.

“As mobile devices proliferate in the enterprise, employees are using their phones not just to talk and email, but to access the Web for mobile business applications; to send text messages, pictures, audio; and to store confidential corporate and personal information,” said Bluefire CEO Mark Komisky. “IT managers are becoming more aware that they need to implement the same security policies on mobile devices that they have employed on desktops and laptops.”

SC Magazine reviewed the products based on the following criteria:  features, ease of use, performance, documentation, support, and value for money.  Bluefire’s Enterprise Edition received perfect 5 star ratings in the performance, ease of use, and features categories.

The Bluefire Mobile Security® Enterprise Edition is the industry’s only fully integrated security solution designed specifically for smartphones and wireless devices. With the Enterprise Edition, data is protected on multiple levels including: firewall, intrusion prevention, authentication, encryption, integrity monitoring, logging, and central management.

All of SC Magazine’s reviews are managed and coordinated out of the United States for the U.S. and U.K. editions, as well as for the electronic versions of the Australia and Asia-Pacific editions. SC Magazine is the longest running information security magazine in the world with the widest distribution, published in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific online.

About Bluefire Security Technologies, Inc.

Bluefire provides complete security solutions for smartphones and wireless devices used in both the consumer and enterprise markets. Products designed for enterprise deployments range from Bluefire Mobile Security® Enterprise Edition, the industry’s only fully integrated security solution including authentication, encryption, integrity monitoring, firewall, logging and central management, to Bluefire Mobile Security® VPN, an IPSec compliant VPN that secures data-in-transit for smartphones. Products designed for mass market applications include Bluefire Mobile Defender™, a complete standalone solution for consumers and business users that provides new revenue opportunities for OEMs, carriers and mobile application providers. For more information, visit www.bluefiresecurity.com or call (410) 637-8160.

Media Contacts:

SSPR
Tony Keller
(719) 634-8279        
tkeller@sspr.com
Bluefire
Amy Garland
(410) 637-8018
agarland@bluefiresecurity.com
Bluefire Contact Information
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509 S. Exeter Street, Suite 220 Baltimore, MD 21202
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