It is with great sadness that we announce Jack Daniel is leaving Astaro . For the past ten years Astaro has grown and developed to become one of the leading network security companies in the market. This growth is in part due to our strong product line and singular focus to provide easy-to-use security solutions, but it is also due to our involvement in the security community
Up2Date 8.103 Released
Up2Date Version 8.103 has been released for Astaro Security Gateway appliances.
InterOp Conference 2011 is back
Once again, Astaro will be attending the Interop Conference in Las Vegas.
6th Annual 2011 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards
Astaro has been named a finalist for the 6th Annual 2011 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards in five categories. The winners will be announced on May 10, 2011 in Las Vegas during the Interop Conference.
More than 50% of all companies are vulnerable to lose important e-mails
The American Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) published an interesting survey. It was conducted among 629 members and revealed a disastrous mindset when handling e-mails in many companies. 26 percent of all companies questioned delete EVERY e-mail and do not ensure they retain it neither for the legally defined period nor for the simple benefit of keeping knowledge and information
“Why blame Google? Anyone can collect WiFi data these days!”
An opinion piece regarding Google collecting WiFi data by Astaro's Gert Hansen was published in SC Magazine : Google data collection scandal reveals careless approach to security at WiFi access points The news that Google saves unencrypted content from WiFi networks as it collects data for its Street View mapping service is creating an uproar among the public. More and more data protection specialists are leveling harsh criticism at the company. Wrongly so, what is so alarming about the Google WiFi scandal is not the fact that data was collected
IPS false-positive can block http download of windows executable
It has come to our attention that a specific intrusion prevention pattern which is normally used to detect .NET exploits is falsely detecting some windows executable downloads to be malicious. You are only affected if you have the IPS system active, if you enabled the category “Attacks against Client Software” -> “Browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla)” and set this category to “drop”
Letter from the CEO
Dear Astaro partners and customers, I profoundly apologize for the events of today. We issued two malfunctioning pattern updates for our flagship product Astaro Security Gateway which caused many of you significant troubles
ASG Version 8 Public Beta Continues
In a little over 1 month since the Beta of our next major ASG Version has been available, hundreds of downloads have occurred and thousands of comments have been posted in the V8 Beta Forum .
Astaro RED is a Best of Interop Finalist
Astaro RED was selected as a Best of Interop finalist for the security award category, recognizing Astaro's significant technological advancements in this specific category area. The Best of Interop winners will be announced on Wednesday, April 28 during Interop Las Vegas, happening April 25-29 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. For more information visit: http://www.bestofinterop.com .