Sunrise Offers WatchGuard LiveSecurity Service in Switzerland / WatchGuard and ISPs Continue to Deliver LiveSecurity Around the World

(Nasdaq: WGRD), a leading provider of Internet broadcast securitysolutions, has added sunrise Communications AG in Switzerland tothe growing list of service providers that are offeringLiveSecurity services around the world. sunrise is a member ofthe British Telecommunications/AT&T Concert Alliance, aninternational alliance of leading telecommunications providers.sunrise Secure Access(TM) is designed for small and mid-sizedbusinesses, providing standard firewall and VPN protection at anaffordable price. This new service positions sunrise as the firstISP in Switzerland to offer a security service for smallerbusinesses. Other service providers that have recently adoptedthe LiveSecurity for MSS(TM) system include GTE Internetworking,Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ), InterPath, PSINet and Verio. "Many companies in Switzerland, especially financialinstitutions, conduct international business over the Internetand they need to know someone is monitoring their security 24hours a day, 7 days a week," said Rene Burgener, Director of E-Business at sunrise. "sunrise Secure Access gives thesebusinesses an affordable alternative to hiring a dedicatedsecurity expert and managing the system themselves, and it is aneasy way to secure their mission-critical networks." "Switzerland, like many countries around the world, isestablishing its e-business infrastructure right now withsecurity being an integral component," said Christopher Slatt,CEO of WatchGuard. "Choosing to have their security managed by aknowledgeable service provider, such as sunrise, makes it easierfor companies to get the protection they need before conductinge-business over the Internet." About LiveSecurity for MSS LiveSecurity for MSS allows an ISP to centrally configure,monitor and update the Internet security of thousands of managedcustomers. The ISP can economically deliver a full range ofsecurity services while their subscribing customers enjoy thebenefit of up-to-date protection at an affordable price.LiveSecurity for MSS has four components: Network OperationsCenter, or NOC, security suite software with security andmanagement features, the Firebox security appliances, theLiveSecurity broadcast service and optional monitoring softwarefor the ISP's customers. Pricing and Availability sunrise Secure Access is now available in Switzerland. Pleasecontact sunrise for pricing at http://www.sunrise.ch . For moreinformation about LiveSecurity for MSS, visithttp://www.watchguard.com/products/mss.html . About sunrise Communications AG sunrise Communications AG is a telecommunications serviceprovider for the Swiss market offering a comprehensive range ofdata, voice, Internet and multimedia services. sunrise is a jointholding of Swiss Railways (SBB) and UBS with two internationalpartners, Tele Danmark and British Telecommunications plc (BT),one of the largest telecommunications companies worldwide.sunrise currently has 620 employees and 400,000 business andprivate customers. About WatchGuard Technologies WatchGuard is a leading provider of dynamic, comprehensiveInternet security solutions designed to protect organizationsthat use the Internet for electronic commerce and communications.The WatchGuard family of security products and services keepsInternet security defenses current with LiveSecurity, aninnovative broadcast security service that delivers updatedprotection, responses to new security threats and securityinformation to subscribers directly over the Internet. For moreinformation, call 206-521-8340 or visit WatchGuard atwww.watchguard.com. Certain statements in this press release are "forward-lookingstatements" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, asamended. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions andestimates of management at the time the statements are made andare subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could causeactual results to differ materially from those anticipated in theforward-looking statements. Factors that could affectWatchGuard's actual results include, but are not limited to, the"Risk Factors" described in our Securities and ExchangeCommission filings, including the Prospectus related to ourinitial public offering dated July 30, 1999. Readers arecautioned not to place undue reliance upon these forward-lookingstatements that speak only as to the date of this release. NOTE: WatchGuard is a registered trademark of WatchGuardTechnologies, Inc. in the United States, Norway, New Zealand andJapan, and is trademarked in other countries. Firebox andLiveSecurity are trademarks of WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. otsOriginal Text Service: WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. Internet:http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Frances Bigley of WatchGuardTechnologies, Inc., 206-521-3577, orfrances.bigley@watchguard.com Web site: http://www.sunrise.chWeb site: http://www.watchguard.com

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