Tag: security

Astaro Security Gateway Up2Date 8.202 Released

Today we have released ASG 8.202 to increase performance in many areas, especially for the Web Filtering engine.  This release addresses the majority of the issues reported by users of 8.200/8.201, and greatly enhances the stability of your Astaro Security Gateway V8.2 installation.

3 reasons that make mail archiving a priority

Welcome to our new blog series on e-mail archiving! E-mail systems are not designed to manage huge volumes of data, and yet they are forced to do so by an ever growing e-mail flood. In real terms, this leads to mail server capacity problems. As a result, servers may become slow and unstable and ordinary maintenance routines can take a disproportionate amount of time – or users are forced to limit their e-mail volume and thus store their e-mails in PST-files

Perils of ‘Static’ Windows Service Accounts

Windows Service Accounts, used by the system programs to run application software services or processes often possess higher or even excessive privileges than normal user accounts. These are indeed very powerful accounts that run critical business processes and services. Many third-party services or scheduled tasks or processes might make use of the same service account, resulting in a complex interconnection