Traditionally, IT operations and IT Security have remained at loggerheads. IT operations team is tasked with the responsibility of carrying out the the day-to-day activities, maintaining the software and hardware inventories, ensuring reliability, optimizing performance, capacity and utilization of the network and a host of other activities.
Object Access Auditing Simplified – Find the ‘Who, What, Where, When’ of File & Folder Access
Most administrators face the challenge of knowing what actually happened to their files and folders – who accessed them, deleted them, edited them, moved them, where the files and folders went, etc. Object access auditing can help administrators to meet this challenge head-on. Object access auditing is a critical requirement for organizations and helps network administrators to secure their enterprise network
Up2Date 8.305 Released
Following last weeks release of 8.304, we have now released 8.305 which solves a small technical glitch in applying the fix fully on some installations.
Security Analytics in NetFlow Analyzer
With Advanced Security Analytics module(ASAM) in NetFlow Analyzer, Security Analyst job on a network would be very easy. This blog helps you to understand the requirements for security Analytics in a network and how ASAM help you to identify network holes
Up2Date 8.304 Released
We have just released Up2Date 8.304 for Astaro Security Gateway. This Up2Date is designed to address a published vulnerability in IPsec, and is the reason for this release.
Up2date 7.512 Released
Following the release of an Up2Date for our Version 8 line, we also have a release for Astaro Security Gateway Version 7 which is designed to address a connectivity issue with SwissCom DSL that was introduced due to changes by that ISP. We'll also take this chance to address some published vulnerabilites for SSL and fix a few bugs. Keep in mind that ASG V7 is due to sunset at the end of this year in December 2012 and will be end-of-life at that time
Up2date 8.303 Released
Greetings! We have released an Up2Date for the Astaro Security Gateway 8 which will bring your installation to version 8.303. This Up2Date will improve Active Directory integration when operating with Web Protection, improves the Web Security reporting in many areas, and resolves some issues reported in the past weeks. You should apply this Up2Date in order to ensure the best performance and stability of your Astaro Security Gateway installation
Configuration changes, human errors and network availability
What happens when you face network outage? No need to explain – the effect will be catastrophic as everything gets affected. Your employees will not be able to do their work; customers will not be able access your services and in extreme cases, entire business activities come to a halt
Astaro Security Gateway V7 End-of-Life Reminder
As originally announced last year to our partners , Version 7 of Astaro Security Gateway will be end-of-life on December 31st 2012. As this date approaches we’d like to provide an update on the options available if you still run this version of our product. If you do not have an ASG V7 installation you are unaffected by this announcement (and following ones) and can disregard it.
Monitoring Corporate Users Internet Activity – Part I
Like unrestricted privileges to administrative users in a network ( PUMA ), uncontrolled web access in companies has its own set of problems. Irresponsible Internet usage tends to reduce employee productivity increases security risks, and the prime bandwidth necessary for business consumption becomes scarce. The Social Enterprise In this era of cloud computing and social media, access to Internet for business usage is the order of the day.