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Protecting your network with Napera
from davidstrom on 9/29/08
Napera's appliance works in conjunction with Microsoft's Network Access Protection (NAP), and will support three different operating systems: XP with Service Pack 3, Vista, and Mac OS X. It allows for guest and identity-based access. It installs a small agent on each device that is used for the health check, and to help secure your computer and guide you with the remediation process. It also works with both wired and wireless networks too. Category: Endpoint network security appliance Pricing: $3495 for 24 gigabit managed ports. There are also stackable add-ons when you have larger networks. While this is expensive compared to other managed switches (Dell sells one for $500), it is a bargain when compared to full-featured NAC products from Cisco and others. Pros: Easy to use and setup No Windows servers required to operate NAP Cons: Only Windows XP with SP3supported Browsers must be at least IE7, Firefox 2 or Safari 3 Windows agents use Active X to install themselves Napera Networks Inc 9423 SE 36th St Mercer Island, WA 98040 425 747 7142 http://www.napera.com
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Using BlueCoat PacketShaper
from davidstrom on 6/24/09
PacketShaper 900 Blue Coat Systems 410 N. Mary Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 (408) 220-2200 http://bluecoat.com Price: $2,500 base price We tested a PacketShaper 900 on a small test network showing how it can discover, classify and prioritize application traffic. We address four different questions that IT managers have about understanding how bandwidth-consuming applications interact over their networks, and how individual applications can be controlled for particular use cases.
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Managing VMware ESX with HyTrust
from davidstrom on 3/27/09
HyTrust offers managers and administrators of VMware's ESX virtual infrastructure a centralized, single point of control for hypervisor configuration, compliance, and access management that is both secure and easy to use through ordinary Web browsers. We tested the RC version of the product in March 2009 by making a remote connection to HyTrust's own test lab. Supports: -- ESX version 3.5 only (not ESXi) -- Works with Internet Explorer and Firefox, most current versions. -- Both Windows Server 2003/2008 domain controllers Price: $7,500 for the appliance ($3,000 for software only) plus $500 per CPU ESX socket protected plus 25% for maintenance and support per year. Free version available to protect up to three ESX hosts but without any support contract. Pros: -- A solid collection of tools to secure your VMware ESX infrastructure -- Integrates with Active Directory and VMware vCenter policies -- Fully functional freeware version allows for experimenting and learning before purchase Cons: -- Limited to ESX currently -- Log viewer could be better integrated into the product HyTrust Appliance 1975 W. El Camino Real, Suite 203 Mountain View, CA 94040 650-681-8100 hytrust.com
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Using Tricipher's MyOneLogin
from davidstrom on 6/8/09
A single-sign on, two-factor authentication portal that is easy to setup and deploy for both internal and external Web and other resources. Price: $30 per user per year subscription service (or $3/mo/user) Requirements: Runs on Windows IE v6 and above, Firefox v3 on both Windows and Mac We tested the service on a variety of browsers on both computers during June 2009. Pros: Simple to setup and deploy without any programming or security skills required Hosted service, no software to install on the desktop Powerful management controls for business users Cons: Reports and event logging somewhat difficult to parse Doesn't completely support Safari browsers MyOneLogin.com Tricipher Corp. http://www.myonelogin.com/ 650.376.8326 750 University Avenue #260, Los Gatos, CA 95032
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Stopping Data Leaks with Code Green Networks
from davidstrom on 12/8/08
True DLP Code Green Networks Inc. http://codegreennetworks.com 385 Moffett Park Drive, Suite 105 Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (408) 716-4200 Summary:Data loss protection is still a new field, but Code Green Networks brings a comprehensive solution to stopping leaks of confidential data to unauthorized users. Is your IT leaving with employees that are getting downsized? Is your customer list now the property of one of your competitor's? Then you might be interested in the latest data leak prevention appliance from Code Green Networks. Called True DLP, it consists of hardware and software tools that can detect when critical information is being copied from your network to a Web mail account, a removable USB thumb drive, or placed inside a document that is emailed as an attachment, even over an encrypted connection or hidden inside a compressed file ZIP archive. Code Green works in conjunction with the Blue Coat Web proxy (to decode SSL traffic) and a series of email encryption products from Voltage and Cisco. Requirements: Just about any network and server configuration is supported. More monitoring and control is available using Windows-based agents for both servers and desktops. Price: $10,000 for 50 users, more for larger networks. Maintenance fee is an additional 18% annually, and agent support is an additional 20% fee Pros: Both structured and unstructured data protected Automatically encrypts sensitive outgoing data Straightfoward Web management interface Cons: There are a number of ways to install and configure the product, depending on your own network connectivity and which servers you choose to protect Only Windows endpoints supported with its agents.
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eEye Blink to Protect Your PC
from davidstrom on 8/27/08
eEye Digital Security's integrated endpoint security agent Blink offers a wide variety of protective measures, including personal firewall, anti-virus and anti-spyware, host intrusion prevention, and overall system registry and executable file protection. We tested the product in August 2008 and demonstrate some of the ways these features work together and how easy they are to configure. There are versions for personal use as well as ones that communicate with a central policy server too. Summary: Blink v 4.0.4, eEye.com, runs on Windows 2000 or later versions both 32 and 64 bit too eEye Digital Security, 111 Theory Suite 250 Irvine, CA 92617
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Offsite online backups using 3X Backup
from davidstrom on 8/25/09
The 3X Systems Backup appliance is a great way to automatically backup a collection of PCs and servers across the Internet at reasonable cost. We tested version 2.1.6 in August 2009 on a small network of Windows clients and servers. Windows agents available for 2000 and later versions, including both servers and 64-bit OS's Pros: • Easy to setup and operate • Simple and effective offsite backups • Can scale up storage as disk requirements grow Cons: • Only Windows agents supported • Require recent browser versions such as IE v7 and Firefox v2 • Restoring full domain controller or specific email messages could be easier Price: base system starts at $2,495.00 3X Systems 1275 Kinnear Road, Columbus Ohio 43212 614.372.6868 http://3x.com
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Using Sendmail's Sentrion for messaging
from davidstrom on 8/11/09
Sendmail isn't your father;'s SMTP server. Sentrion is a fairly sophisticated messaging server that has wide-ranging policy management for data leak protection, message encryption, email sender reputation, and message routing purposes. Price: Less than $13 per user, with a minimum of 1000 users. Pros: • Very complex message routing processes can be constructed for a wide variety of purposes • Compliance and governance can be built into messaging infrastructure • Sendmail is a leading email server software and supports a large number of third-party applications Cons: • Still some integration into a single Web server for management purposes • Policies can be fairly complex and require careful debugging Sendmail Inc. 6475 Christie Ave., Suite 350 Emeryville, CA 94608 510-594-5400 http://sendmail.com