Category: Firewalls

IT Complexity Bolsters Argument for Managed Security

The forward drive and accompanying expense found in the integration of existing systems and infrastructure with new technologies is placing pressure on organizations to rethink network security strategies. Increasing complexity of both IT and physical security requirements, observes Frost & Sullivan in its “Analysis of the Global Managed Security Services Market” (Feb

Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs Discovers Critical Vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave Player

Affected Software Could Allow an Attacker, Who Successfully Exploits These Vulnerabilities, to Run Malicious Code on the Affected System SUNNYVALE, Calif., February 20, 2013 ― Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) − a world leader in high-performance network security – today announced the company’s FortiGuard Labs has identified critical zero-day vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave Player. Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs consist of over 175 researchers and analysts world-wide, working to discover, monito…

FortiOS Cookbook – Application Control (5.0)

In this video, you’re going to learn how to use Application Control to monitor and control applications’ access to your network. Application Control is a UTM security system that monitors and restricts applications over your network, using the FortiGuard database of applications, which categorizes apps according to popularity, networking technology, app function, and risk. You can create a list of flagged apps or select by category, and monitor or block the actions of those applications using your existing firewall policies.

New Revisions of UTM 525 and UTM 625 Released

In response to market demand for Next Generation Firewall capabilities, we have just launched two enhanced high-end Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliances, Sophos UTM 525 and 625. Both models are ideal for larger organisations that require greater throughput speeds and more flexible deployment options. The Sophos UTM 525 and 625 are both based on the latest Intel Sandy Bridge server technology (using Intel Multi-Core Xeon CPUs) for optimum performance.

ASG Up2Date 7.513 Released

Today we have released ASG 7.513 for those customers still using this old version. This Up2Date is designed to provide an announcement that only a few days is left before ASG 7 sunsets as part of the End-of-Life Announcement ( http://www.astaro.com/en-uk/blog/up2date/ASGV7EOL ). Package details are found by reading on