Wednesday, July 26, 2006
WatchGuard Launches Industry's Most Comprehensive Unified Threat Management Security BundleWatchGuard Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: WGRD), a leading provider of Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions, announced the most comprehensive all-in-one UTM hardware and security services package for the small- to medium-sized business on the market today. The new offering, based on the recently introduced Firebox X Core e-Series, helps eliminate the time and hassle associated with deploying multiple security solutions by combining components that work cooperatively together—in one convenient package.
The UTM bundle combines WatchGuard’s flagship Firebox X Core e-Series UTM appliance with the company’s robust security services, which include Gateway AntiVirus / Intrusion Prevention with anti-spyware, spamBlocker, WebBlocker and LiveSecurity support. By offering a packaged solution set, WatchGuard is making it easier for resellers to provide their customers with more complete protection from the varied and pernicious threats coursing across the Internet today. End-users will also benefit as the deployment of multiple security services is made much easier, now only requiring a single license.
| Posted by Jeff Wenker on 07/26 at 07:43 AM | Read More • Tell-a-Friend |
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Secure Computing's CyberGuard TSP Security Appliance Achieves Common Criteria CertificationSecure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ:SCUR), the experts in securing connections between people, applications and networks(TM) today announced the company’s CyberGuard Firewall/VPN v6.2.1, received the Common Criteria Certification (CC) EAL4+ using the US Department of Defense (DoD) Application-level Firewall Protection Profile for Medium Robustness Environments. To achieve this higher level of Protection Profile compliance, CyberGuard TSP was subjected to and passed months of rigorous government-defined independent vulnerability analysis and penetration testing required by the US Common Criteria Scheme. To date, CyberGuard TSP and the Sidewinder G2(R) Security Appliance are the only firewalls on the market to complete this testing as application-level firewalls.
| Posted by Nikolett Bacso on 07/19 at 12:00 PM | Read More • Tell-a-Friend |
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Cisco Systems Delivers NAC Appliance 4.0Cisco Systems(R) (NASDAQ:CSCO) today announced the delivery of NAC Appliance 4.0, the latest edition of the company’s Network Admission Control solution designed to protect businesses from information security risks ushered in by non-compliant users and devices.
Designed to address the growing business and information technology security challenges caused by increasingly unpredictable threats, the appliance builds on Cisco’s vision of NAC by providing policy enforcement at network entry points throughout a distributed enterprise. It features significant policy-enforcement capabilities for protecting local-area networks (LANs) as well as remote office, virtual private networks (VPNs) and wireless access points.
Since Cisco released NAC in 2003, the marketplace has witnessed a flurry of related offerings. The role of Cisco’s NAC Appliance 4.0 extends well beyond point products available in the marketplace today. The NAC Appliance addresses network access across all segments of an enterprise network—wired, wireless and remote—covering all network entry points and, in turn, establishing itself as an integral part of a business’ network security infrastructure.
| Posted by Neil Wu Becker on 07/09 at 10:28 AM | Read More • Tell-a-Friend |