Astaro officially released version 7.5 of the Astaro Security Gateway today. The new version of the Unified Threat Management product includes several enhancements such as an improved Intrusion Protection Engine, multicast support, and real-time bandwidth monitoring capabilities. Many of the new features included in this new version were included in the release due to user feedback on Astaro's new Feature request site.
Knowing is half the battle
Network security is a daily and complicated struggle for most network administrators who strive to keep on top of the latest virus outbreaks, network intrusion attempts, software patches, and web and email scams. Comprehensive Network security today requires a layered approach so that internal network resources can be properly protected against all the different types of malicious content out there. Properly designing and maintaining a network to guard against these attacks can be a challenge to even the most seasoned admin
Astaro Strengthens Management Team With Former Cisco Executive
Today Astaro announced the appointment of a new Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing. Günter Junk, who will be based in Germany, will be responsible for Astaro's worldwide sales and marketing strategy as a globally operating vendor for UTM solutions. Today Astaro announced the appointment of a new Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing
Aligning Compliance and Security
Compliance and security aren't the same, but they are often related, and even when they are at odds we need to accomplish both.
Astaro to offer Free Business Firewall for VMware
Today, Astaro announced that it will soon offer a Free Business Firewall for VMware to all organizations with virtual environments. The Free VMware Firewall will protect networks from external threats as well as control and monitor communications between virtual machines. The Free Business Firewall for VMware offers the base functionality of the Astaro Security Gateway virtual appliance using a special license key
Astaro’s Regina Grieco Recognized as One of the Top 100 Women in the Channel
Astaro's Regina Grieco was named one of Everything Channel's CRN Magazine Top 100 Women in the Channel. Astaro's Regina Grieco was named one of Everything Channel's CRN Magazine Top 100 Women in the Channel. This award honors women in the channel who were able to achieve great results as executives and the amount of influence they wield over the technology channel.
Free silent business audit and forensic analysis
Last week we announced an exciting new offer for all businesses in the US – a free silent business audit with forensic analysis.
Choose the battlefield
PC World's Jaikumar Vijayan recently reported on the attacks against US government public information infrastructure. In the article, Karen Evans, a Bush administration Information Systems executive outlined what she thought should be fast-tracked. It includes using TICs (Trusted Internet Connections) for all public infrastructures.
Google Chrome OS and Some Words On Hype
THE HYPE With the announcement of the upcoming Google Chrome OS, Google is adding some hype to the mix. Google is boldly stating that they are “going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates.
As Slowloris HTTP DoS Rises Astaro is Ready
Recently the Slowloris Denial of Service attack has jumped in popularity. This attack is similar to SYN flood, but uses HTTP instead, basically consuming sockets on the Web Server vs