Tag: construction

Announcing release of Astaro Security Gateway Version 8

Today the next version of our flagship product is available; Astaro Security Gateway Version 8.000 has been released. Over 2 years in the making, we have collected feedback from you – our customers, partners, and distributors, and listened intently to the entire market and what it asked for in a security solution. Our open approach to feature requests set a new standard for visibility into our planning and allowed us to listen while we provided constant feedback and updates to you.

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”

Challenges of PCI and remote offices

While complying with PCI standards does not necessarily mean an organization's network it adequately secured, compliance is still a challenge all companies that accept credit card information must meet. Understanding and then creating policies that ensure compliance can be difficult enough for an organization, but when you add the challenge of complying to these standards at all remote locations a new level of complexity arises. The very nature of PCI regulations means it will affect organizations with multiple locations, like franchises, retail and wholesale stores, banks, credit unions, as well as restaurants and other consumer facing businesses, because they are the organizations most likely to touch credit card data

Astaro introduces three new products

This morning, Astaro announced three new products that will be available in 2010. Each product will allow organizations to connect their network while remaining confident in its security and ensuring access to information. Also in development is version 8 of the Astaro Security Gateway

Astaro introduces new licensing model

At the beginning of the month, Astaro announced our new licensing model to the world. This model is designed to better meet the needs of our partner community and our end-users. Below you will find the details of the new licensing model