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Next-Generation Firewalls 101

March 01, 2013 01:37 AM
Next-generation firewalls combine application awareness and deep packet inspection to give companies more control over applications while also detecting and blocking malicious threats.

Check Point Rolls Out Managed Security Services

November 29, 2012 11:09 AM
Check Point's ThreatCloud offerings include managed security and event analysis for its IPS gateways and incident response to help customers cope with an attack.

Report: SIEM Tools Still Pose Deployment Challenges

July 05, 2012 11:26 AM
According to a new InformationWeek report, SIEM tools are complex and costly, which is making it difficult for enterprises to get their full value--if they use SIEM products at all.

Sourcefire Unveils First NGFW Appliances

December 05, 2011 09:32 AM
Intrusion prevention system vendor Sourcefire is delivering on its October 2010 promise to add next-generation firewalls to its security portfolio. The company says the NGFW, built around its contextual-awareness technologies, delivers advanced firewall capabilities, as well as integrated application control and the "world’s most powerful IPS" in a security appliance that provides enterprise visibility, adaptive security and advanced threat protection.

Sourcefire Claims First IPS For 40 GbE

October 11, 2011 08:12 AM
In what Sourcefire calls an industry first, the security vendor's latest additions to its intrusion protection systems appliance lineup allow quad stacking to grow throughput to over 40 Gbps of IPS inspection for Ethernet networks in 10 Gbps increments. Best known for Snort--its free, open-source network intrusion prevention and detection system (IPS/IDS)--Sourcefire is introducing the mid-market (3D7000 series) additions to its high-end (3D8000 series) systems and the SSL Appliance for "lightning fast" SSL decryption.

Chinese Security Company NSFOCUS Enters North American Market

May 05, 2011 08:00 AM
Chinese security company NSFOCUS is moving into the North American market, offering network intrusion prevention, Web application firewall and anti-denial of service (DoS) appliances, and a Web security service. NSFOCUS is adopting a channel-based strategy to sell into the small and midsize enterprise market, as well as to hosted service providers, including ISPs, managed security services providers and telcos (ILECs/CLECs).

Sourcefire Enhances, Extends IPS Protection To SMEs

April 18, 2011 10:30 AM
Best known for Snort, its free, open-source network intrusion prevention and detection system (IDS/IPS), Sourcefire Inc. is enhancing and broadening the for-profit portion of its IPS portfolio. The company has announced a new version of its software, Sourcefire 4.10, with enhanced awareness and third-party interoperability for the Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS); Sourcefire 8000 Series Appliances, a modular and scalable high-speed platform for enterprise customers; and Sourcefire IPSx, a streamlined, easy-to-manage IPS for smaller organizations with limited technical resources.

McAfee IPS Beefs Up Reputation-Based Detection, Adds Virtualization Traffic Visibility

April 13, 2011 08:00 AM
The latest version of McAfee's Network Security Platform intrusion prevention system (IPS) features enhanced reputation-based threat detection and the ability to analyze traffic between virtual machines. The new virtualization capability is enabled through a partnership with Reflex Systems, which provides products for traffic monitoring, policy enforcement and configuration management within virtual environments.

Critical Watch Releases IPS Optimization Module

February 16, 2011 02:10 PM
Critical Watch, a leading provider of vulnerability management and compliance solutions announced today the release of its new IPS Optimization Module. The solution compares discovered vulnerabilities to IPS configuration settings and enables users of FusionVM to dynamically configure their IPS based on their unique vulnerability landscape.

HP Acquisitions Bring New Security Technology 'Under One Roof'

February 15, 2011 10:30 AM
As the RSA Conference 2011 security industry convention continues this week in San Francisco, HP is revealing how recent acquisitions in the security space are starting to bear fruit. On Tuesday, HP will demonstrate new security capabilities it is offering to protect enterprise networks and software applications, based on its acquisitions of Fortify Software and ArcSight in August and September of 2010, respectively.

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