Tag: security

National Cyber Security Awareness Month Contest Winners

As part of National CyberSecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), Astaro held a video contest asking “Why is cyber security awareness important and what are you doing to stay safe online?” for a chance to win a laptop. The videos that came in were very creative and we enjoyed them very much

More Air Traffic Control For Your Network with the Sophos AP50

With the Astaro Security Gateway centrally acting as a wireless controller, our access points are the easiest and most cost-effective way to secure your wireless networks. The Wireless Access Point product family is about to get bigger with the introduction of the AP50 device. The AP50 is a dual-band/dual-radio wireless access point that operates in both the 2.4 and 5 GHz WLAN frequency bands and features:  802.11 a/b/g/n support 300 Mbits throughput PoE+ compatibility Gigabit Ethernet interface Support for up to 50 users The AP50 provides fast and reliable WLAN for more flexibility and is less vulnerable to interference, even in congested environments.

Astaro Security Gateway V8.2 Competition Results

With the release of Astaro Security Gateway V8.2 a few months ago, we celebrated by running a competition where users could win an Apple iPad2. Over five thousand people tried their luck, but there could only be one! And that “one” is Mr. Alexander Schapeit (pictured right) from Tenovis Direct GmbH who was lucky enough to be selected at random to claim the prize

Astaro enters Cloud Security Alliance

Astaro recently joined the Cloud Security Alliance(CSA) along with Sophos and is now looking into further cooperation and speaking opportunities with the group. The CSA is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and to provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing.

How to Actively Defend Your Network Using SolarWinds Log and Event Manager

Keeping your network secure is a full-time responsibility. The ability to rapidly identify and respond to malicious activity is imperative, but you can’t be on-guard 24/7. That’s where the real-time event correlation and active response capabilities of SolarWinds’ Log and Event Manager can help.