Category: Firewalls

Fortinet Security Minute – 40th Anniversary of the Computer Virus

In the March 2011 Security Minute video podcast, Fortinet’s Derek Manky reports on the 40th anniversary of the computer virus, the latest mobile malware statistics, the Rustock botnet takedown and the most recently discovered Flash vulnerabilities.

Astaro Log Management in Beta Status

I’m happy to announce our new Log Management service which will be available at the end of June with the ASG V8.200 update. You may like to bridge the gap and test the ASG Beta version which also includes Log Management – for free, of course! With Astaro Log Management, you are able to search all logs across all your systems with a single click, reducing troubleshooting time by up to 80%. The system can automatically alert administrators to repeated failed logins, application errors etc., so they are able to fix IT issues before users even notice

FortiGate-3950B and BreakingPoint Performance Test – March 2011

Fortinet conducted performance testing on a fully loaded FortiGate-3950B, using the BreakingPoint Elite chassis. The test results showed over 100 Gbps of firewall performance for large, medium, small packets and real world web (HTTP) traffic. Also, the FortiGate-3950B is able to deliver over 170 million packets per second (Mpps) and sub 10 microsecond latency

Security Mythbusting – Consumer Devices on the Network

At RSA Conference 2011, Bill Brenner, senior editor, CSOonline / IDG, Derek Manky, senior security strategist for Fortinet, and Mike Fabrico, a security expert from a Global 500 company participated in “Security Mythbusting: Blowing Up the Security Hype,” moderated by Mike Rothman, analyst and president, Securosis. In this video, the panel discusses the real threat of consumer devices on the network.

Security Mythbusting – Data Breaches

At RSA Conference 2011, Bill Brenner, senior editor, CSOonline / IDG, Derek Manky, senior security strategist for Fortinet, and Mike Fabrico, a security expert from a Global 500 company participated in “Security Mythbusting: Blowing Up the Security Hype,” moderated by Mike Rothman, analyst and president, Securosis. In this video, the panel discusses the media hype and challenge around high-profile data breaches.