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Latest News

  • Security star Fortinet sets price for IPO

    According to Thomson Reuters, there have been only 10 venture-backed IPOs this year, after a paltry six in the whole of 2008, a huge decline from the heady bubble days of the late 1990s.Headed by modest Chinese-American founder Ken Xie, the…
  • Fortinet detects increase in malware levels

    Fortinet, a network security provider and unified threat management (UTM) solutions specialist has observed the highest level of total malware detected in more than a year. Fortinet, a network security provider and unified threat management (UTM
  • Fortinet mops up defunct Ethernet start-up

    UTM vendor Fortinet has cherry-picked the assets of high-speed Ethernet startup, Woven Systems, which disappeared in May after a funding shortfall. UTM vendor Fortinet has cherry-picked the assets of high-speed Ethernet start-up, Woven Systems…
  • Fortinet spies IPO as market bounces

    Possible uses for the money raised include acquisitions, at least while prices remain relatively cheap.Under the leadership of Chinese-American CEO, Ken Xie, the company has built a respected position in Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliances…
  • WatchGuard buys BorderWare to change tack

    Reborn security vendor WatchGuard has continued its corporate overhaul by acquiring BorderWare Technologies, a Canadian maker of single-function security boxes with a foothold in online reputation services.The terms of the deal have not been made…
  • SnapGear rides again with McAfee UTM re-launch

    Sold several times over, the great survivor of the security product world, SnapGear, has made its latest appearance in McAfee colours.The security giant has re-launched the long-lived range of UTM firewalls it acquired when buying Secure…

Latest Features

  • The fortification of ProCurve

    It can lock down the MAC address of the port, switch the device to a quarantine VLAN or shut the port down altogether.Immunity Manager can also refer suspect traffic to intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS) or a unified threat…
  • Dealing with the wild wild WAN

    He adds that this is one reason for not integrating the optimisation capability into other WAN equipment such as routers or UTM devices just yet: "As a dedicated appliance, it's a lot easier to adjust when you find those stress cracks.
  • UTM: more security, fewer boxes

    Network security, traditionally handled by a collection of separate boxes, is evolving into unified threat management (UTM). The driving force behind UTM is the need to simplify the environment," says Mike Rothman, president and principal analyst…
  • Rejoice - security is evolving after all

    No matter what the UTM people say, putting lots of security features on a single device without causing cost or performance problems is still a challenge. Infosecurity Europe has grown from a small show on the industry?
  • Infosec: New products to look out for

    These systems include Windows Mobile 2003/2003SE for Smartphone, Windows Mobile 2003/2003SE for Pocket PC and PocketPC Phone Edition, Symbian OS 7.0 with UIQ 2.0/2.1 , Symbian OS v7.0s/v8.0a/v8.1a with Series 60 User Interface and now Microsoft…
  • The remote access puzzle

    There is an overwhelming trend toward unified threat management (UTM) and multi-layer inspection," the study says. It compared sales of UTM devices to sales of firewall/VPN boxes and projects that this year the combined sales of SSL and IPSec…
 

How-Tos

  • How to buy UTM products

    Not all organisations will need particular security features and capabilities that could drive up the total cost of the technology as well as the complexity involved in implementing the systems.If you're going to evaluate a UTM box, start with the…
  • Case Study: UTM's weakness: a single point of failure

    Moreover, USEC sought a security appliance that would serve as a check on IT employees with privileged database access who might seek to view or change data without proper authorisation, an atypical function for a UTM.The choices regarding network…

Reviews

  • SonicWALL firewalls round up

    Network managers who have experience with older TZ-series firewalls will be especially impressed with the jump to the Cavium, as the new Cavium-compatible SonicOS Enhanced v5.5 brings a substantial set of useful features, including integrated…
  • Cyberoam CR50ia UTM appliance

    On this model, there is no PSU or cooling redundancy beyond there being two fans rather than one.The ICSA certified firewall on the 50ia is rated at a meaty 750Mbit/s throughput, or 125Mbit/s in UTM mode; thats 120Mbit/s anti-virus throughput by…
  • SonicWall PRO 5060

    For example, while the SonicWall PRO 5060 is a zone-based firewall, some ports are stubbornly bound to a particular precreated zone, and there are aspects of the UTM configuration that make sense only if you stick with these precreated zones.
  • Billion BiGuard S10 SSL VPN

    Dunn, Techworld This is no UTM wonder, but it does SSL VPNing quite well. This is no UTM though it looks the part at times. And it stands its ground remarkably well for the price. When it comes to security hardware, small businesses are getting a…
  • Cymphonix empowers network admins

    It isn't unusual to find Internet-traffic content, virus, and malware filtering in the current crop of UTM firewalls, and routers and other devices have been shaping traffic forever. During my tests, I couldn't detect any noticeable additional…
  • Check Point VPN-1 UTM firewall

    Check Point VPN-1 UTM firewall David Cartwright, Techworld It's orange and blue and it can't make up its mind who made it.review,reviews If you want a small office firewall that's mega-fully featured, this is definitely an option - it seems to do…

White Papers

  • Meet PCI Compliance Standards for 2009

    Meet PCI Compliance Standards for 2009 NetGear How NETGEAR UTM and VPN Firewalls Help SMBs whitepaper Find out more about two-factor authentication (2FA or T-FA) on SSL and IPSec VPN PCI DSS is a standard any SMB or enterprise that accepts, and…
  • Unified Threat Management from Check Point

    This white paper looks at the emergence and inadequacies of unified threat management (UTM) products, and introduces a new solution from Check Point. Over the past couple years, the marquee threats of the past-denial-of-service attacks, viruses…
  • Why green security makes good business sense

    Using one WatchGuard UTM appliance, instead of potentially five or more separate appliances or servers, means you save space in the office and significantly reduce power consumption. How some vendors have integrated the green message into all…
 
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