Juniper to Participate in Global Forum to Enhance Payment Cardholder Data Security

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sep 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Juniper Networks, Inc.
(NASDAQ:JNPR), the leader in high-performance networking, today announced
that it has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a new
Participating Organization. As a Participating Organization, Juniper
Networks will work with the Council to evolve the PCI Data Security
Standard (DSS) and other payment card data protection standards.

The PCI DSS, endorsed by American Express, Discover Financial Services,
JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc., requires
merchants and service providers that store, process or transmit customer
payment card data to adhere to information security controls and
processes that ensure data integrity. More information on the council
and the standard can be found at www.pcisecuritystandards.org.

As a Participating Organization, Juniper Networks has access to the
latest payment card security standards from the Council, and is able to
provide feedback on the standards and recommend new initiatives for
consideration. In an era of increasingly sophisticated behavioral-based
attacks on systems, adhering to the PCI DSS represents one of an entity's
best protection strategies against data criminals. By joining as a
Participating Organization, Juniper Networks is adding its voice to the
process to ensure credit card transaction, consumers and credit card
processors are properly protected.

"The PCI Security Standards Council is
committed to helping everyone involved in the payment chain protect
consumer payment data," said Bob Russo,
General Manager of the PCI Security Standards Council. "By
participating in the standards setting process, Juniper Networks
demonstrates they are playing an active part in this important end goal."

"Enterprises and service providers are under
tremendous pressure to align IT with business requirements in key areas
such as regulatory compliance," said Stephen
Singh, vice president of marketing, Financial Services & Global Banking,
Juniper Networks. "With our proven practices
and high-performance network infrastructure and services, we can help to
evolve the PCI DSS and other payment card data protection standards to
deliver compliance solutions that are easy to deploy and maintain,
improve risk mitigation, and enable businesses to be competitive."

About PCI Security Standards Council

The mission of the PCI Security Standards Council is to enhance payment
account security by driving education and awareness of PCI security
standards. For more information, please visit www.pcisecuritystandards.org.

About Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks, Inc. is the leader in high-performance networking.
Juniper offers a high-performance network infrastructure that creates a
responsive and trusted environment for accelerating the deployment of
services and applications over a single network. This fuels
high-performance businesses. Additional information can be found at www.juniper.net.

Juniper Networks, JUNOS and the Juniper Networks logo are registered
trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other
countries. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks,
or registered service marks are the property of their respective owners.

SOURCE: Juniper Networks, Inc.

Juniper Networks, Inc. 
Cindy Ta, 408-936-6131 (Media Relations) 
cta@juniper.net 
Lisa Chiorello, 408-936-6123 (Investor Relations) 
lisac@juniper.net 
or 
PCI Security Standards Council 
Glenn R. Boyet, 781-876-6248 (Media Relations) 
gboyet@pcisecuritystandards.org

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