Finjan Announces Formation of Advisory Board and Appointment of Practitioners and Leaders in the Web Security Industry


SAN JOSE, California, December 16 /PRNewswire/ --     Finjan Inc., a leader in secure web gateway products, today announced the
formation of an advisory board and its first appointments.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080618/309345 )

"Our new advisory board members will help to guide Finjan as we expand
our presence in the global Secure Web Gateway market, delivering our unique
Finjan Secure Web Gateway to enterprises for Web security without
compromise," said John Vigouroux, CEO of Finjan, Inc. "Both our advisory
board members are recognized leaders in the global cyber security industry. I
welcome them to our new advisory board and look forward to their
contributions to Finjan's strategic decisions and general market view."

The Finjan Advisory Board members include:

- Gregory Todd Garcia, who was the first presidentially appointed
Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Communications at the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security. Recently departed from the Department after
more than two years of public service, Mr. Garcia previously held a variety
of technology and public policy positions, including Vice President,
Information Security Policy and Programs with the Information Technology
Association of America; professional staff member for the U.S. House of
Representatives Committee on Science,; and Director, Global Government
Relations at 3Com Corporation. Garcia graduated with distinction in
International Business from San Jose State University in 1985.

- Taher Elgamal, who is a leading expert in computer, network and
information security. Mr. Elgamal served as Chief Technology Officer of
Tumbleweed Communications until its acquisition by Axway, Inc. He also served
as the founder/chairman of Securify and as the Chief Scientist of Netscape.
Taher Elgamal is recognized in the industry as the "inventor of SSL" and
helped establish SSL as the Internet security standard. He is a
well-respected expert in cryptography with several thousand publications to
his name. Mr. Elgamal has extensive public Board of Director experience and
is an advisor to Onset Ventures as well as several Internet and Web security
companies. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford
University.

About Finjan

Finjan is a global provider of web security solutions for the enterprise
market. Our real-time, appliance-based web security solutions deliver the
most effective shield against web-borne threats, freeing enterprises to
harness the web for maximum commercial results. Finjan's real-time web
security solutions utilize patented behavior-based technology to repel all
types of threats arriving via the web, such as spyware, phishing, Trojans and
obfuscated malicious code, securing businesses against unknown and emerging
threats, as well as known malware. Finjan's security solutions have received
industry awards and recognition from leading analyst houses and publications,
including Gartner, IDC, Butler Group, SC Magazine, CRN, ITPro, PCPro, ITWeek,
Network Computing, and Information Security. With Finjan's award-winning and
widely used solutions, businesses can focus on implementing web strategies to
realize their full organizational and commercial potential. For more
information about Finjan, please visit: http://www.finjan.com.

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change without notice and does not present a commitment or representation on
the part of Finjan. The Finjan technology and/or products and/or software
described and/or referenced to in this material are protected by registered
and/or pending patents including European Patent EP 0 965 094 B1 and U.S.
Patents No. 6092194, 6154844, 6167520, 6480962, 6209103, 6298446, 6353892,
6804780, 6922693, 6944822, 6993662, 6965968, 7058822, 7076469, 7155743,
7155744, 7185358 and 7418731 may be protected by other U.S. Patents, foreign
patents, or pending applications.

Finjan, Finjan logo, Vital Security, Vulnerability Anti.dote and
Window-of-Vulnerability are trademarks or registered trademarks of Finjan
Inc., and/or its affiliates and subsidiaries. All other trademarks are the
trademarks of their respective owners.

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