Barracuda Web Filter Firmware Release 4.0 Now Available

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Barracuda Web Filter firmware release 4.0 is now generally available to all customers.  This major release includes powerful new features and enhancements, including:

  • Support for Cisco WCCP v1 and v2 enabled routers/switches; allows forwarding of HTTP traffic via a single WCCP-enabled router.
  • Integration with the Barracuda Control Center (BCC); enables administrators to control multiple units from a single location.
  • Expanded Reporting Capabilities; offers 8 new time-based reports including “Top Users by Session Time” and “Top Domains by Session Time.”

To view detailed firmware release notes, click here.

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F-Secure Leads Internet Security Industry in Developing ‘In-The-Cloud’ Technology

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F-Secure Corporation is at the forefront of developing ‘in-the-cloud’ technology to fight cybercrime through object reputation analysis – a technology that has far-reaching implications in the security industry and beyond.

The Internet security industry needs the speed and power provided by cloud computing to be able to respond to the exponentially growing volume of cyber crime. F-Secure is committed to developing cloud computing and reputation-based services – harnessing the power of end-user systems and collaborative intelligence in the network to fight cybercrime. This creates a strong, trusted connection between the security provider and the end user, allowing F-Secure to offer unprecedented quality and speed of protection for its customers.

F-Secure launched its real-time protection network in September 2008. It is an implementation of the in-the-cloud reputation service, capable of supporting several types of security solutions. F-Secure DeepGuard 2.0, which combines local analysis of program behavior with the use of a real-time protection network for identifying both good and bad software, scored an industry first in the same month with its instant reaction times and global protection against new threats. This is important in today’s dramatically changed threat situation where the Internet is facing a deluge of new malware and variants that make traditional heuristics or signature-based solutions just too inefficient and slow.

Pirkka Palomäki, Chief Technology Officer at F-Secure, says: “Our real-time protection network is based on in-the-cloud computing. It has been designed to support a wider range of security services than just antivirus and F-Secure is now further enhancing many of its services to use the power of cloud computing. 

Palomäki continues: “Looking towards the future, F-Secure’s real-time protection network has the architecture and potential for checking the reputation of any objects, such as applications, sites, documents or even phone numbers. It provides more nuanced information, for example whether an application is ‘productive’ or ‘violent’.”

This progression into cloud computing is natural for F-Secure and is considered critical for addressing future threats. F-Secure has been building in-the-cloud protection for years. Its first form has been the creation and maintenance of Network Operation Centers globally since 2001, which laid the groundwork for the real-time protection network. Actual in-the-cloud protection has been implemented since 2006 with F-Secure’s antiphishing services that use network-based verification of threats.

T. Sean Obrey, Head of ISP Business, says, “We have over 170 partners globally and network operation centers on all continents. These global networking services and solutions have been developed to support our business. It is very natural step for us to now provide our protection services, via our Service Provider partners, to their end customers using the cloud experience that we continue to develop.”

The F-Secure real-time protection network is currently being used by F-Secure DeepGuard 2.0 which is included in the F-Secure Internet Security 2009 and F-Secure Anti-Virus 2009 consumer security products, as well as the corporate F-Secure Client Security 8 solution and others being launched this year.

To learn more about F-Secure please go to www.Optrics.com/f-secure.aspx

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Paessler Releases White Paper on “Virtualization And Network Monitoring”

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Server virtualization is the latest major technology trend in data centers. It provides many opportunities but is not entirely risk-free. Network monitoring can help plan the virtualization of a data center while also minimizing risks for already virtualized environments.

Dirk Paessler, CEO of Paessler AG and an expert in network monitoring has quite a bit of experience in virtualizing data centers, seeing as Paessler AG works with virtualized environments itselfs. His whitepaper provides a comprehensive overview about the opportunities and risks of virtualization and the role network monitoring plays in this context. A great help for administrators and IT executives.

You can download a copy of this white paper by going to:

http://www.paessler.com/content/e2030/e1895/e3863/e2572/ServerVirtualization_eng.pdf

Paessler offers two applications that form a complete network monitoring suite for small-to-medium businesses and is used by large and very large enterprises to provide more detailed visibility into critical
parts of their networks.

Paessler has re-architected all its tools recently, putting them on the optimal technological base and improving their overall functionality, efficiency and usability.

Its tool suite consists of:

PRTG Network Monitor is an easy-to-use Windows application for monitoring and classifying bandwidth usage and for monitoring network uptime/downtime.  It provides live readings and long-term usage trends for network devices. PRTG makes early detection of network and website problems easy and affordable. It helps organizations monitor critical network resources and detect systems failures or performance problems immediately, minimizing downtime and its economic impact. SNMP Helper enables PRTG Network Monitor to collect detailed performance information on Windows servers and workstations.  Up to several thousand parameters and performance counters on a PC can be monitored with just a few mouse clicks.

Webserver Stress Tool is a powerful HTTP-client/server test application designed to pinpoint critical performance issues on a Web site or Web server that may obstruct delivery of an optimal user experience. By simulating simultaneous access by hundreds or thousands of simultaneous users, it tests Web server performance under normal and extreme loads to ensure that critical information and service are available at response times that users expect. All of these tools come in various editions, and include a free edition to allow users to try out their main features before making the purchase decision.

For more information on Paessler’s tools please go to: http://www.optrics.com/paessler.aspx

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How Have You Protected Your Organization From Web 2.0 Security Threats?

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Securing today’s Internet requires more than simple Web filtering. Web 2.0 applications, real-time communications and the world of social networking present additional security challenges – spyware, rootkits, information leakage, and non-compliance with regulatory and e-discovery requirements.

The Internet has changed. Employee initiated traffic is no longer just e-mail and Web browsing. The new Internet is dominated by Web 2.0 apps, instant messaging, social networking, P2P file sharing, VoIP and other collaborative applications.

Employees – especially the new generation of workers – often introduce these consumer-oriented applications onto the corporate network. Some are used to socialize, others to gain efficiencies in the workplace, but they all circumvent existing security infrastructure making it difficult for IT to gain visibility and control.

Securing today’s Internet requires more than simple Web filtering. Web 2.0 applications, realtime communications and the world of social networking present additional security challenges – spyware, rootkits, information leakage, and non-compliance with regulatory and e-discovery requirements. At the same time, organizations are recognizing the productivity and cost benefits of some real-time communications and want to enable their use. The challenge remains: how do you mitigate business risks while allowing employees to collaborate?

The Solution?

FaceTime Communications has developed what it dubs the Unified Security Gateway (USG), which provides a single solution that enables organizations to get visibility into and control over the use of social networking and other Web 2.0 activities, as well as over standalone real-time communications applications like IM and P2P and unified communications environments like Microsoft Office Communications Server and IBM Lotus Sametime.

USG enables companies to safely let their employees use FaceBook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and other personal and professional social networking sites. With USG, enterprises can

  • Manage access to and use of applications within social networking sites like Facebook according to established acceptable use policies
    • Lower the risks from inbound threats and outbound data leakage
    • Meet employee needs without impacting productivity or security
    • Maintain regulatory compliance through logging and archival.
  • Keep protection on track with dynamic updates of new social networking sites and applications hosted by those sites
  • Benefit from a single point for enablement, access management, security and control for web and real-time channels
  • Protect investment in security today by providing a platform on which future web-borne threat prevention can be built

With flexible deployment options, USG fits seamlessly into existing network topologies to offer the highest level of security with zero latency and a low total cost of ownership.

Your Next Step? Meet with a FaceTime expert and get informed!

  • Learn how the Internet landscape has changed and why traditional security solutions fall short on instant messaging, social networking and other Web 2.0 applications
  • Learn why organizations like Gartner recommend that IT managers look at broader secure Web gateway solutions that go well beyond URL filtering controls
  • Identify security and compliance best practices for all Internet applications
  • Translate Acceptable Use Policies into real-time policy enforcement on the network
  • New methods for gaining visibility over rogue users and applications
  • Plus get all your Web security questions answered in a live Q&A session with our experts

To sign-up for a demo please go to: www.Optrics.com/contact.aspx

To learn more About Facetime Unified Security Gateway download the data sheet by going to:

www.Optrics.com/downloads/facetime/facetime-Unified-Security-Gateway-datasheet.pdf

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