Category: Firewalls

Dual Internet connections to your network

With this video, you’re going to learn how to set up your FortiGate unit to receive two simultaneous redundant connections from two Internet Service Providers. Having redundant connections can protect you from outages or traffic overloads, and the FortiGate unit will automatically switch to the second connection if the first fails, and when the first connection is restored it will automatically take over again. If both connections are working properly, they will share the load.

Sophos UTM Manager 4 Public Beta Begins

With UTM 9 fast approaching it's mid-July release date, we'd like to invite you to test the next major version of our central management tool. Previously called Astaro Command Center, it is now named Sophos UTM Manager (SUM).  You can test out SUM 4 with UTM 9, and also see how it operates against your older installations; things should be backwards compatible.

WatchGuard Technologies: Best-in-Class by Design

WatchGuard Technologies: Best-in-Class by Design WatchGuard’s XTM line of powerful, multipurpose appliances has been engineered to seamlessly integrate many security controls into one easy to manage package. Each security service leverages the advanced technology of a thoroughly vetted industry luminary (AVG, WebSense, Commtouch, BroadWeb, Kaspersky, etc.). Layer-by -layer, this stacks up to superior defense-in-depth when compared to the solutions of our competitors, who largely take a “do it all by ourselves” approach to tackling the many different and unique security challenges out there

IPv4 Firewall Testing on the Fortinet FortiGate 5140B using BreakingPoint FireStorm

Fortinet announced that the Fortinet FortiGate-5140B handled 526 Gbps of blended application traffic and security attacks during recent massive-scale testing. These definitive real-world tests were created using the BreakingPoint FireStorm CTM, the industry’s only product capable of creating stateful application traffic at the massive-scale required to stress today’s high-performance firewalls.

STF Consulting Flexes Air-Tight Defense & Game-Changing Centralized Management from WatchGuard

(Watch in HD 1080 for optimal quality) Serving 35 customers and over 800 users across a diverse range of industries, STF consulting is a 5-person Managed Service Provider leveraging WatchGuard solutions to deliver air-tight defense and reliable networking performance to clients who put a premium on uptime. The powerful centralized management console of the WatchGuard System Manager allows STF Consulting to dramatically reduce the time it takes to onboard new customers, implement updates, and perform other tasks when compared with competitor solutions. Watch to learn how the simplified management and reliability of WatchGuard allows STF Consulting to meet the demands of its broad customer base, while still enjoying a great work/life balance