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Complete Security Buzz at CeBIT 2012

CeBIT 2012 was a great success. The world's largest tradeshow showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments was the perfect platform for Sophos and Astaro to showcase our products and the Complete Security Strategy. The conference was also the perfect platform to debut the new company appearance.

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Recognized as a Leader in 2012 Magic Quadrant for UTM by Gartner

We are proud to announce that we have been positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant of Gartner, Inc’s 2012 Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management. The quadrant is based on an assessment of a company’s ability to execute and completeness of vision.

According to the report, “The Leaders quadrant contains vendors at the forefront of making and selling UTM products that are built for midsize business requirements. The requirements necessary for leadership include a wide range of models to cover midsize business use cases, support for multiple features, and a management and reporting capability that's designed for ease of use. Vendors in this quadrant lead the market in offering new safeguarding features, and in enabling customers to deploy them inexpensively without significantly affecting the end-user experience or increasing staffing burdens.

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Up2Date 8.301 Released

Today we have made available Version 8.301 of Astaro Security Gateway. This is a maintenance release only which addresses various reported issues and will contribute to the stability of your ASG installation. While this Up2Date will be made automatically available for installation, you can read on for more details and manual download links.

This release contains a number of fixes around VPN, Web Security, and wireless. 

Astaro Security Gateway Up2Date 8.301 Information
News:

  • Several bug fixes for IPsec VPN
  • Several bug fixes for Web Filter
  • IRQd restarting often has been fixed

Remarks:

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Exclusive Preview: Sophos UTM 9 Beta Demo

Sophos UTM 9 expands the perimeter of protection to the endpoint, further strengthening its “protect everywhere” value proposition for customers.

And integrated UTM (Unified Threat Management) means having a single solution that further reduces attack surfaces and plugs the gaps separate point solutions can create. You can already see and test our UTM 9 Beta here.

Please note that this is a Beta version with restricted functionality.

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The original article/video can be found at Exclusive Preview: Sophos UTM 9 Beta Demo

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2 days for the $99 deal at MEUCT12

The
response to our ManageEngine Middle East User Conference & Training
(MEUCT12) has been overwhelming. We have got more registrations than
what we planned for but instead of shutting doors, we decided to expand
the room. We have spoken to the hotel and they have been very kind in
allowing us to have more guests at the conference.


There
are two more days to take advantage of the US$99 deal on training at
MEUCT12. Till Feb 29, you can register for the conference & training
at just US$99 (AED 363.5). After that the price will go up to US$199
(AED 731). If you are planning on walking in on March 7, could I
encourage you to register now? It will help us plan the event better and
make sure you have a seat at the show.

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Integrating Applications Manager alerts to IBM Tivoli

To
meet the growing complexity of their infrastructures,
organizations today use numerous monitoring tools to track the health of
their business environments. These monitoring tools generate alerts
of statistics, errors, notifications or any other information that
may be crucial to the enterprise. How does the operations team of any
organization keep track of alerts from so many different tools
generated on different systems?

We
have received a fair number of queries from users whose enterprises
use IBM Tivoli as their main Network Management System (NMS)
console. They
would like a direct method to display critical Applications Manager
alerts in Tivoli’s console. This blog should help you incorporate
Applications Manager’s alerts into IBM Tivoli.

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Astaro Command Center V3.002 Released

Today we have released a maintenance Up2Date for Astaro Command Center. This release will increase the stability of your installation by addressing a few reported bugs, most notably the World-Map overview not operating correctly due to a change at Yahoo with their maps interface. Full details are available inside after the break.

 

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Evolution of online attacks mirrors the history of advertising

The rise of television brought with it the golden age of mass marketing. Businesses selling consumer goods would pay large sums of money to have their ads featured during prime viewing hours and during popular programs and continues today with extravagant Superbowl ad space. Over the last decade with the explosion of online content and sophisticated database mining advertisers became more aware of demographic information that would allow them to become more targeted in their approach. Today, with the prevalence of Internet access and the amount of time consumers spend online, advertisers have moved away from mass marketing programs and are more focused on targeted and personalized marketing.

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National Cyber Security Awareness Month Contest Winners

As part of National CyberSecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), Astaro held a video contest asking “Why is cyber security awareness important and what are you doing to stay safe online?” for a chance to win a laptop.

The videos that came in were very creative and we enjoyed them very much. Now that the competition has closed, the votes are in and we have our winners (click to view their entry):

1. Eddie Cardona from United States
2. Axel Hoffmann from Germany
3. Stefan Augustin from Germany
4. Daniela Kuenstler from Germany
5. Taylor Cole-Lovelace from United States

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Your IT-land needs you!

Today and tomorrow the German Federal Ministry of Interior has launched a nationwide IT-security event with the illustrious description “5th Strategic Crisis Management Exercise” – code named “LÜKEX 11”. Within the scope of this event the government, federal states, organizations and companies likewise practice for the IT emergency in a concerted project.

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