London – 25th October, 2006 – MessageLabs, a leading provider of integrated messaging and web security services to businesses worldwide, today announced that it has been recognized as European Company of the Year in the Security Market by leading analyst firm Frost & Sullivan for the second consecutive year.

Frost & Sullivan present this award annually to a company that has demonstrated excellence in all operations including business development, competitive strategy, and leadership. The award recipient must have demonstrated exceptional customer service, the ability to combine technology and successful strategic initiatives and superior market growth skills to register significant gains in the market.

“MessageLabs has been very successful in the managed email filtering services market since its early years. The company has been innovative from the outset, pioneering the managed services approach to email filtering in the European market and now providing integrated web, email and instant messaging services globally,” says Frost & Sullivan analyst Katie Gotzen.

Frost & Sullivan has cited MessageLabs proprietary technology Skeptic™, which has proven uniquely successful in stopping threats such as viruses, trojans, spam and phishing attacks across communication channels, as a competitive advantage for the company. MessageLabs Skeptic technology is now being employed to provide Converged Threat Analysis™, an industry first, taking recent threat and reputation information from one messaging protocol, such as email, and applying that knowledge to web traffic and vice versa, providing an unparalleled level of knowledge and protection for MessageLabs customers.

“Receiving this accolade is further testament to our achievements in delivering industry-leading integrated protection for messaging threats across email, web and IM. Over the last year, MessageLabs has continued to innovate, achieve significant growth and build on its vision of bringing certainty to the exchange of all business information, regardless of the protocol on which it travels,” said Adrian Chamberlain, Chief Executive Officer of MessageLabs.

Commending MessageLabs on its innovative business model, commitment to global expansion including significant progress in the US and excellent customer service, Frost & Sullivan also positions MessageLabs ahead of its competition in terms of the integration of its services.

MessageLabs range of security and management services provides thousands of enterprise organizations around the world with a fully managed security solution, without the hassle, inconvenience or additional cost of traditional software or hardware solutions. These services ensure the integrity of electronic communications, helping businesses to manage and reduce risk while securing their critical infrastructure and business information.