This post was written by Tammy Giovanni
eSoft’s Threatwall 250 appliance offers a reasonable specification and with a price tag of £1,532 for the hardware looks comparatively good value. It can be customised to suit as eSoft offers two ThreatPak software upgrades with each costing a very reasonable £665 per year. The 250 can also function as a full mail server that can handle SMTP, POP3, IMAP and webmail. eSoft supports a number of deployment scenarios although if you want everything including intra-LAN traffic to be scanned you should use the transparent or bridged mode.
Fox Technologies (FoxT) Inc. has said that Info Security Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication and the world’s leading publication on security-related products and technologies, has named Visiant Security’s deployment of centralized security and biometrics authentication at Telecom Italia Mobile Brazil, featuring the FoxT BoKS Access Control for Desktops solution, a winner of the 2008 Best Deployment Scenario Award. The Visiant Security implementation of the FoxT BoKS Access Control for Desktops solution, including integration of the fingerprint reader from Sagem, was selected based on a best-in-class example of real world deployments that are making the most positive impact on security in today’s highly sophisticated and blended attacks environment.
Symantec has announced the launch of Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton AntiVirus 2009 in India. Norton 2009 was compared to existing security products in the market by independent test labs PassMark Software and AV-Test in a lead up to its global launch. Vishal Dhupar, Managing Director, Symantec India said that Norton 2009 is a significant product in company’s history given the advancements over their existing product lines, in response to both user feedback and the rapidly evolving, complex nature of security threats and risks.
Micro Technologies has launched a security system for two-wheeler segment in the market, Micro Bike Security System (Micro BSS), to secure motorbikes and scooters against theft. ‘Micro Bike Security System’ is a small hardware device developed for the security of all type of two wheeler vehicles. Micro BSS comprises of a compact hardware unit which is fitted on to the bike, along with a small receiver unit. In the event of movement or tampering of the bike, the owner is immediately alerted through an alarm.
Symantec Corporation has indicated that its next-generation security products for consumers would install fast, run fast, and download fast. Tom Powledge, vice president of product management for the consumer products division of Symantec said the primary complaints Symantec hears from consumers boil down to security products being confusing, eating up a lot of storage space, and slowing down the PC. “Security technology does not have to be big, fat, and slow,” he said as he gave reporters a sneak preview of the features that will be built into Norton products, Symantec’s brand of consumer security software. “We are setting on a mission to provide zero-impact on the performance of your computers.”
CA Inc. has launched an internally developed CA security product, CA Security Compliance Manager. The CA Security Compliance Manager delivers capabilities that help the company’s customers address IT security and comply with legal, corporate and government regulations. The CA Security Compliance Manager product focuses on helping organizations automate processes for answering security questions such as “Who has access to what?” “Who can do what?” and “Who approved what?” to help detect security policy or compliance violations and then initiate any necessary remediation.
DNF Security has unveiled its Falcon Hybrid EQ series of high-performance, hybrid surveillance systems that are compatible with both leading IP and analog cameras, providing a smooth transition to IP network surveillance. With five models now available in capacities ranging from 4TB to 48TB, the Falcon Hybrid systems offer superior scalability from four cameras to thousands of cameras — all managed by a single system. These open-platform systems support analog, IP, megapixel and high-definition cameras under a common user interface, without the need for ripping out and replacing existing analog systems.
Abloy Security Inc. has recently expanded the product offerings of the SHUT-OUT® series. The series, which now include SHUT-OUT® Hasps, SHUT-OUT® Puck Locks, the SHUT-OUT® Shield and the SHUT-OUT® Safeguard, has been developed to provide a complete vending security solution in order to provide secure asset protection. The SHUT-OUT® line includes general purpose hasps and puck locks as well as products specifically designed for the vending and bottling industry. All products are built to resist physical attack and environmental conditions. The series includes four hasp models that are constructed of cold-rolled steel providing strength and environmental durability.
Procera(R) Networks Inc., has announced PacketLogic PL1400, an advanced statistics repository designed to scale with the high-end carrier-grade PacketLogic PL10000 series. Featuring a scalable design with up to 14.4 terabytes of data aggregation on a Sun Microsystems platform, the PL1400 allows operators to manage, store and analyze the large volume of highly granular network traffic data generated by one or more PL10000 platforms. PL1400 with PacketLogic’s Statistics module empowers the operator with the competitive advantage to discover network traffic trends, track improper user behavior, detect traffic congestion and simplify the creation and billing of service offerings.
AhnLab has launched a new integrated security product for Windows server called the Net for WindowsServer 7.0, or V3 Net 7.0. The new product is an integrated security solution that provides security for corporate network environment by protecting the Windows server from malignant code and hacking. Aside from providing regular features such as anti-virus and anti-spyware, it also offers network security, making it a unique product.