We are releasing ASG Up2Date 7.506.
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.
WatchGuard Leads the Way for Next Generation IT Professionals
Because a strong working knowledge of network security is so important in the education of future IT professionals, Cracow University of Technology installed a learning lab for hands-on practice with the newest, most sophisticated security technologies. See why they chose WatchGuard UTM and XTM solutions as teaching tools to give their students the experience they need to handle today’s – and tomorrow’s – network threats.
Security BSides -Community and Communication
It started as a little idea, but it has grown into the Next Big Thing.
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”
Astaro RED is here!
Astaro RED, (Remote Ethernet Device) is now available.
I don’t need to filter web traffic, I trust my employees
I occasionally hear this argument against the use of web content filtering and it is great to hear- but things aren't that simple. Part of the reason managers and employers can trust their employees is that they have built a good working environment, where employees work together and get their jobs done with minimal supervision.
Up2Date 7.505 Released
Hello! Up2Date 7.505 has started to push to installations. This version is mainly to update some ASG code in preparation for the imminent GA release of the Astaro RED product .
Letter from the CEO
Dear Astaro partners and customers, I profoundly apologize for the events of today. We issued two malfunctioning pattern updates for our flagship product Astaro Security Gateway which caused many of you significant troubles
Faulty IPS pattern blocks all traffic – How to fix it!
Dear partners and customers, As you might have noticed, our automated IPS pattern test routine has missed a faulty pattern which lead to the distribution of IPS pattern which blocked all communication through the Astaro Security Gateway. I personally apologize for this fault