Westborough, Mass. - April 13, 2008 - Top Layer Networks, a global leader for high performance intrusion prevention solutions, announced the availability of its Network Security Analyzer (NSA) v5.0.  Used in conjunction with Top Layer's IPS 5500, NSA v5.0 includes enhanced dashboards, new triple-query reports, and easier installation to help companies strengthen their network security infrastructure.

Top Layer's Network Security Analyzer provides security event management, real-time alerting, and flexible dashboarding and reporting for users of the Top Layer IPS 5500 product family.  The Network Security Analyzer evaluates and logs security events generated by an organization's IPS 5500 devices and provides a comprehensive assessment of the enterprise network, detailing threats that originate from inside and outside of the network.  

"With the cyber threat landscape constantly evolving, organizations need quick and easy access to flexible dashboarding and reporting on their network environment to proactively defend against threats," said Peter Rendall, president and CEO of Top Layer Networks.  "The latest version of Top Layer's Network Security Analyzer will continue to provide critical network threat information while offering new options for Security Operations Center (SOC) administrators to quickly categorize, track and report on these threats according to their specific infrastructure."

New features in Top Layer's NSA v5.0 include the following:

Easier Installation

Enhancements to default parameters include setting the default web server, allowing for quicker installation 

Enhanced Dashboards

Upgraded dashboards contain automatically generated reports and monitors that easily adapt to the unique details needed by each organization

Broad range of new IPS 5500 optimized dashboards allow for customization according to complexity level, including Default, Basic, Intermediate, Advanced and Template.

New Reporting

New Top Layer-specific reports allow multiple queries for tri-value data points (ex. attacks by event by victim)

Added flexibility includes the choice of exporting reports in HTML, PDF, Excel, or Word, as well as the inclusion of graphs in every report. 

Pricing and Availability

The Network Security Analyzer software is included with the purchase of every IPS 5500 unit.  V5.0 is available immediately.  More information is available at www.TopLayer.com.

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About the Top Layer IPS 5500
The IPS 5500 family of products offers the strongest levels of network protection, performance and reliability on the market today.  By combining content-based IPS/IDS, stateful firewall, and attack mitigation algorithms, the IPS 5500 is the only solution that provides Three Dimensional Protection (3DP) against malicious content, undesired access and botnet-based attacks.  Top Layer's architecture enables the IPS 5500 to protect enterprises and service providers from sophisticated, attacks in real-time while enabling the highest throughput of legitimate traffic.

Top Layer Networks' family of network intrusion prevention solutions, the IPS 5500 E-series, has received top accolades from the world's most prestigious labs and influential publications.  Top Layer has received significant recognition from the NSS Group, Computer Reseller News, Information Security Magazine, IT Week, Service Provider Weekly, the Tolly Group, and was awarded "Best Buy" status by SC Magazine in their 2007 review of IDS/IPS solutions as well as Best IPS Product of 2007.

About Top Layer Networks
Top Layer Networks is dedicated to its role as the leading global provider of Network Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), developing and bringing to market network security infrastructure solutions that help commercial and government organizations protect their critical on-line assets from the losses and risks associated with cyber threats.  Its family of IPS appliances is designed with "Three Dimensional Protection" that provides the most advanced protection capabilities against known and zero-day attacks at the highest performance rates.  Top Layer Networks is headquartered in Massachusetts, USA with sales and support presence worldwide.

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