Tag: gfi

The Big Picture at the Astaro Roadshow 2010

Our European partner roadshow 2010 led us through 11 European cities, from Amsterdam to Zurich. We are happy to have welcomed more than 400 participants! Many thanks to everybody who took part – we are grateful and highly value your feedback regarding Astaro Security Gateway Version 8 and our new strategy and roadmap

Wireless Security at the Athens Digital Week 2010

In association with our Greek Distributor, Networks Systems Security (NSS), Astaro participated at the Athens Digital Week between 7th and 10th October 2010. The Athens Digital Week is one of the biggest technology events in Greece which sees thousands of visitors yearly

The Best Security Suites for 2011

The latest edition of Astaro Security Gateway, version 8, has already been recognized by PC Magazine as one of the best security suites for home users in 2011. Our home use firewall is a fully equipped software version of the Astaro Security Gateway, available at no cost for home users – no strings attached. Astaro Security Gateway features full Network, Web, Mail and Web Application Security with VPN functionality and protects up to 50 IP addresses.

Don’t Let Your Web Server Fall Victim to Sophisticated Malware

Recently, the micro-blogging service Twitter was a victim of different cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. Malicious code had been distributed without the knowledge of its users via their accounts. Many people think such exploits are only a problem for large international companies, but the simple truth is that only incidents at large or well-known companies hit the media channels.

“Why blame Google? Anyone can collect WiFi data these days!”

An opinion piece regarding Google collecting WiFi data by Astaro's Gert Hansen was published in SC Magazine : Google data collection scandal reveals careless approach to security at WiFi access points  The news that Google saves unencrypted content from WiFi networks as it collects data for its Street View mapping service is creating an uproar among the public. More and more data protection specialists are leveling harsh criticism at the company. Wrongly so, what is so alarming about the Google WiFi scandal is not the fact that data was collected

How to Use Social Networks at Schools

Facebook , Twitter, email and other online social networks play a major part in the lives of today’s youth. Students as young as kindergarten have cell phones that can access the Internet and students expect to have access to this online world at all times. Technology, especially social network sites, can distract students from classroom activities; however they can also be used for educational purposes .     Finding the right balance between acceptable use and what is unacceptable use in schools can be a difficult task for school administrators

Astaro IPsec Client V10.23 released

This new release adds FIPS certification and provides some bug fixes.   New Features The new release V10.23 of the Astaro IPsec Client offers the following major new features against the Astaro IPsec Client version 10.22 (and against version 9.22 of the Astaro Secure Client):   FIPS inside The IPsec Client has a cryptographic algorithm according to the FIPS standard.