Unified Management of Firewall VPN and IPS Reduces Complexity and Enhances Network Security Systems
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Stonesoft, a world leader in integrated network security and business continuity, announced at GITEX today, the Middle East availability of its new management center, which unifies a company's firewall, virtual private network (VPN) and intrusion protection system (IPS), providing enterprises with an improved return on investment.
The StoneGate Management Center brings together all three security products under a central management platform, eliminating the need for different multi-vendor solutions, and creating a layered defense network.
"IT administrators have often highlighted the problems with integrating security solutions from different providers," said Jari Valvisto, vice president Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe and emerging markets, Stonesoft. "Ensuring business continuity and protecting IT networks from attack should be the number one priority for managers, but many spend much of their time, ensuring the differing solutions work effectively together."
By integrating Stonesoft's VPN, firewall and IPS, network management becomes simpler, consistent and more efficient, freeing up the administrator's time to react and respond to malicious incidents.
Security experts recommend a strategy of deploying a combined firewall to protect against attacks, a VPN to provide a secure working area for employees, and IPS to detect and alert administrators of a malicious activity.
"Companies need to build a layered defense system that can cope with the number and severity of attacks that we now see on a daily basis," said Valvisto. "However for many organizations, this challenge has been made more difficult by managing different security technologies."
"The StoneGate Management Center addresses this issue by providing a trio of integrated security products under one central management platform. This is a cost-effective solution that provides significant protection against hacking and other threats," he added.
Stonesoft's StoneGate firewall, VPN and IPS are available as separate security offerings, or can be integrated into a complete protection solution.
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About StonesoftStonesoft Corporation (HEX: SFT1V) is a worldwide company focused on enterprise-level network protection and business continuity assurance. Its StoneGate clustered firewall and VPN delivers defense agility combined with high availability for business-critical applications. StoneGate incorporates the award-winning load-balancing technology of StoneBeat. Enterprises that require advanced network security and always-on business connectivity can chose StoneGate for the lowest up-front costs, best price-to-performance ratio, and lowest TCO of any high-end firewall VPN solution. Founded in 1990, Stonesoft Corporation has international headquarters in Helsinki, Finland; Americas headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia; and Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore. For more information, go to www.stonesoft.com.
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