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Breaking News -
Security:
ISS Proventia Appliances Offer
Gigabit Performance
Internet Security Systems Inc announced the availability of new Proventia
intrusion prevention appliances offering gigabit performance. Designed
specifically for high-bandwidth, high-capacity networking environments, the
Proventia G1000 and G1000F appliances block Internet threats before they
negatively impact an organization.
The Proventia G1000 and G1000F offer preemptive protection against known
and
unknown attacks, preserving network uptime, improving productivity and
preventing embarrassing security breaches. More organizations are adopting
intrusion prevention products to actually block attacks instead of simply
detecting them. Blocking attacks reduces the strain on IT resources who have
to analyze events from intrusion detection systems and then coordinate the
appropriate response.
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"Intrusion prevention technology has advanced considerably and more
businesses
are gaining efficiency and value from products that sit in-line on the network
and accurately prevent attacks," said Greg Adams, vice president of product
management at ISS. "ISS was the first to offer an intrusion prevention system
several years ago and we've seen the interest in this technology increase over
the years. Now we're bringing the Proventia G1000 or G1000F to market to
prevent attacks on the most demanding networks."
Unlike other intrusion prevention products available today, Proventia
protects
against vulnerabilities, the weak spots targeted by Internet attacks. When a
vulnerability is discovered, ISS' security research team updates Proventia to
immediately protect against attacks targeting that weak spot. ISS' preemptive
approach keeps organizations protected ahead of the next threat, alleviating
the need to patch vulnerable systems during an emergency or when inconvenient
-- which can be costly and risky. Because of its focus on protecting
vulnerabilities, ISS preemptively protected against all of the last four major
attacks -- MS Blaster, SQL Slammer, Nimda and Code Red.
Proventia intrusion prevention appliances are simple to deploy with three
flexible modes of operation (protection, passive and simulation) allowing
customers to easily switch from detection to prevention without disrupting
network traffic. The simulation mode is particularly helpful for organizations
that want to ease into prevention. Simulation mode reports which traffic the
appliance would have blocked so that customers can evaluate effectiveness
before applying prevention. Proventia offers high reliability with a built-in
bypass feature that allows traffic to pass in the event of a power loss.
According to IDC's annual market share report Worldwide Intrusion Detection
and Prevention Forecast Update and Analysis, 2003-2007 (IDC# 30546), dated
December 2003, Internet Security Systems was recognized as the worldwide
market leader in the intrusion detection and prevention (ID&P) software market
for the fourth consecutive year, garnering more than 33 percent of the entire
ID&P market and 54 percent more revenue than its nearest competitor.
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