Stonesoft, a provider of network security offerings, has introduced a new intrusion prevention system (IPS) appliance that is designed to secure gigabit networks and protects intranet users and data centre services against advanced attacks while maintaining gigabit network speeds.
According to Stonesoft, the IPS-1205 offers internal network users protection against client-side attacks. It includes capabilities to protect against malware that may spread from infected USB sticks to laptops and further to internal networks. The IPS limits the damage by preventing the worm from spreading within the internal network.
The StoneGate IPS-1205 also helps admins monitoring network protocols and applications, as well as web content control capabilities. Malicious network traffic can be blocked automatically and unwanted web content can be controlled with built-in category-based web filtering at any network location, the company said.
In addition, the new IPS offers protection for data centre services and provides virtual patching for servers and services by protecting vulnerable servers awaiting patching within the next available maintenance window. The appliance ensures full-duplex gigabit protection under real-life traffic conditions without putting service availability at risk.
Jeff Hajek, senior vice president of operations at Stonesoft, said: “The need to protect the network from internal threats and attacks is dire, but so is the need for organisations’ networks to operate at gigabit speeds. With this appliance, Stonesoft is telling organisations that they can finally have both benefits the highest level of security without sacrificing the speed of traffic across the network.”
