WatchGuard Technologies has launched a new modular device, the WatchGuard 3G Extend that complements and extends the capabilities of its family of Unified Threat Management (UTM) network security appliances.

The WatchGuard 3G Extend is designed for businesses that need high-speed wide area (WAN) connectivity where hard-wired broadband is too expensive or simply unavailable. Examples of this include remote and temporary office sites, stand-alone retail outlets, kiosks, ATMs and mobile assets, such as police vehicles, trains and long-haul trucks. With it, businesses gain highly secure, high-speed Internet access, which can be used for primary network connectivity, WAN failover or 3G wireless data backhaul.

The WatchGuard 3G Extend acts as a 3G wireless bridge to bring Internet connectivity to WatchGuard UTM network security appliances. Because it supports more than 50 cellular radio modems from over 2,000 ISPs, customers around the world can choose among a vast array of mobile service provider options to best meet their location, service requirements and budget needs.

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K7 Computing has launched of the updated version of TotalSecurity 9.0—an internet security suite, with advanced features to protect the user's computer. The 6-in-1, K7 TotalSecurity product is a combination of Firewall, Anti-virus, Privacy Control, Anti-Spam, Anti-Spyware, and system monitor.

Now K7 TotalSecurity comes with an Automatic "Pre-installation Super Scanner" to detect and clean all existing infections, including those loaded on memory, prior to installing the K7 TotalSecurity 9.0 software.

"Dynamic Lock-Down", another latest feature in K7 TotalSecurity, locks Windows' active drive to prevent any possibility of infection while K7 TotalSecurity is being installed. When K7 TotalSecurity software setup is run on a PC, it would first stop all the running processes to prevent malware from running automatically during boot-up process and begins to scan the registry, start-up folder and memory, so that no other application can further infect your PC.

During the pre-installation scan if any virus threat or vulnerability is detected, K7 repeatedly scans to clean the infection. Once the infection is being cleaned, K7 TotalSecurity will start the installation. Moreover the automatic update feature, downloads the latest signature files to ensure maximum protection, and keeps your PC safe and secure up-to-date.

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SonicWALL has announced the SonicWALL Aventail E-Class Secure Remote Access (SRA), which delivers secure, easy-to-manage remote access control for the mobile enterprise. The Aventail E-Class SRA is built on the powerful SonicWALL Aventail SSL VPN platform, enabling it to provide access control by detecting the security of the end point, protecting applications and connecting authorized employees and business partners for up to 2,000 concurrent users from a single appliance.

The Aventail E-Class uses a three-pronged approach to provide complete end-user and network protection; Detect, Protect and Connect. SonicWALL's Recurring End Point Control (EPC) provides the administrator the ability to maintain network integrity through end-point security assessments at log-in and at regular intervals. With the capability to select the regularity of the scans, when the system detects a change in a device's security status, the session will be terminated automatically. This feature then prompts the user to log back in. Recurring EPC delivers NAC-level security by providing that the ongoing integrity of remote devices consistently adheres to corporate IT policy requirements.

Once connected, the IT manager can continue to provide optimum user experience while maintaining security through the use of SonicWALL's redesigned WorkPlace Portal. Additional features of the SonicWALL Aventail E-Class SRA series include: Broader Cross Platform Support; Enhanced Authentication; Zone Based Provisioning: Enabling administrators to extend control over what access agents are deployed based upon the remote user's End Point Control classification.

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NeoAccel adds secure workspace feature to its SSL VPN-Plus appliance. Users of Remote Access working from non-managed end machines will receive a tighter end point security and cache control. Depending on the security and vulnerability level of the end machine from which the user tries to login to the SSL VPN appliance, a secure desktop with same look and feel of windows is created for the user wherein a specific section of hard disk is cordon off for storing all VPN data in a secure and encrypted manner.

Secure desktop provides secure access to customer classified information (eg. Credit Card) wherein a number of control can be exercised to block copy, delete, print operations or block access to Local LAN/USB/ CD drives/thumb drives/file share. This prevents customer classified data from being misused by anybody. For example in case of BPOs/KPOs this would provide an ideal secure access for processing of customers classified information.

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Quick Heal Technologies Pvt Ltd has announced the release of its enterprise security products, Quick Heal Admin Console 4.0 for managing the desk top security centrally from the administrators desk, and Quick Heal protection for Microsoft Exchange server 2000 and 2003 for protecting the mails.

Quick Heal Admin Console takes care of all Internet Threats and keeps your network safe, up and running. Quick Heal Admin Console 4.0 is designed to manage and control virus protection across the network of almost any size with virtually any combination of Windows operating system on clients. Quick Heal Admin Console 4.0 is designed considering the needs of system administrator making it easier to deploy and maintain complete protection across the network.

Admin Console 4.0 is a powerful tool, built with state of the art technology. Client-server technology, with active agent on all the clients in the network enables the user to remotely install, monitor, configure, update, & uninstall Quick Heal protection across the network. The use of latest technology makes the deployment a simple affair, even in networks without domain controllers and server operating systems. The benefits of Admin Console include: increased network control, improved security, easy deployment and maintenance, policy enforcement, extensive reporting, flexible licensing, low cost.

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Lanner Electronics has released a dual mainboard platform for enterprise-class security and network acceleration applications. The Lanner "Twin Turbo" FW-9100 features an innovative modular design that allows for easy replacement of many components without removing the system from the rack. A 2U rackmount appliance, the FW-9100 supports core network applications like gateway security, load balancing and WAN acceleration (its main target application). And because of its central role in corporate networks, high availability features such as redundant power supplies, fail-over network ports and field-replaceable mainboards ensure uninterrupted network operation.

The "Twin Turbo" FW-9100 consists of a performance-optimized x86 mainboard with support for Intel Core 2 Quad CPUs that handles core network applications, and a dedicated Cavium Octeon MIPS64 multi-core processor mainboard for offloading processor-intensive encryption / decryption and deep packet inspection tasks.

The FW-9100 is equipped to handle extremely high throughput required by enterprise-class networks, and provides two front-facing network modules that can be replaced in-rack. This allows for greater flexibility by providing a range of LAN port options that can be easily swapped out to suit the specific network environment. Each of the two modules provides up to 12 LAN ports in a variety of configurations including gigabit copper, SFP fiber and copper or fiber bypass ports.

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Fortinet has announced new functionalities for its FortiDB database security appliances, adding monitoring and auditing capabilities to the vulnerability assessment (VA) solution introduced last year. The new tools enable 24x7 or scheduled-based monitoring and a complete audit trail to help organizations meet regulatory compliance such as PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry-Data Security Standard). Combined with the existing VA tool, these new FortiDB capabilities offer a richer and more comprehensive toolset for securing corporate databases, which are increasingly the target of criminal activity for the valuable data they hold. In addition,

Fortinet is debuting two new models in the FortiDB product family—the FortiDB-400B and FortiDB-2000B - which join the previously announced FortiDB-1000B appliance to round out the family of database security products, offering appropriate sizing for small, medium and large enterprises.

The FortiDB family of products offers three distinct tools that help to prevent the theft of proprietary and personal data by both external and internal sources, including what might appear to be legitimate users: Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) 24x7; Database Auditing; Vulnerability Assessment.

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Cyberoam strengthens its reputation as an Industry Leader in Security Solutions by announcing its enhanced CR range of Identity-based UTM appliances—CR200i and CR300i. This is a bid to create a comprehensive and powerful range of appliances to satisfy its customer demand for powerful UTM appliances that deliver high ROI.
 
The CR200i and CR300i models have been designed to allow Cyberoam customers to improve their choice criteria in matching the right solution within their unique security and performance requirements, and thus, achieve greater value out of Cyberoam products. These new appliances represent an unprecedented combination of exceptional performance using multi-core processor technology which allows Cyberoam security appliances to achieve high UTM throughputs in comparison to hardware-based ASIC solutions.
 
Cyberoam is among the very few providers to significantly raise its hardware port density with 6 GBe ports. This, along with its inclusion of latest hardware with dual-core CPUs, gives Cyberoam UTM products a significant advantage in delivering high throughput yields. With high Firewall and IPS throughputs of 1.5 Gbps and more in addition to high Anti-Virus and UTM throughputs, these Cyberoam appliances deliver the rising performance requirements of small to medium customers. Also, consistent with its aim of delivering continually enhanced throughputs for the prized Enterprise Segment, Cyberoam, in addition to the launch of these new appliances, has come out with 33 % higher UTM throughput levels in its enterprise-grade products—the CR500i, CR1000i and CR1500i.
 
Cyberoam’s introduction of this brand new range of CR200i and CR300i products reflects its clear intention to gain a competitive edge in meeting increased performance demand, network security consolidation, Web 2.0-security and higher information protection requirements of SMEs.

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Aladdin Knowledge Systems has recently announced the release of Aladdin eSafe Version 7.0 that offers organizations new levels of management, protection and productivity. eSafe Secure Web Gateway provides real-time, intelligent security solutions for organizations seeking to protect information assets, enforce acceptable use policy and maximize productivity. eSafe delivers complete protection against the dynamic threats of malware, Trojans, viruses, spam and spyware, with the wire-speed performance required for total transparency. With the release of Version 7.0, eSafe provides centralized management, role-based administration, and policy control options that streamline integration, increase visibility and enhanced productivity:

Unified management capabilities now enable centralized viewing and monitoring of multiple machines, and simplified deployment of eSafe configurations across the enterprise. Robust role-based administrative capabilities such as hierarchical, customized views and more granular control of policies, applications and users help organizations enforce policy and comply with regulations by controlling access and privileges. The addition of VMWare support provides enterprises the option of easily integrating and deploying eSafe in distributed or remote environments. Further enhancements to eSafe Version 7.0 include granular control over Web-enabled applications and policy with eSafe AppliFilter, which now enables enforcement of policy and control of applications by user, group, computer, and VLAN without the need for resolving IP in advance. Improved control has also been added for high bandwidth applications of streaming video and audio.

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