It’s important to idenfity the right features for your enterprise when evaluating next generation firewalls. Key points include ease of use, centralized management, integrated VPN, high availability, and the ability to stop advanced, sophisticated attacks. Read this latest SANS report as they look in depth at the McAfee Next Generation Firewall as see how it […]
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Security threat and response is a vicious circle of escalating (and increasingly cagey) attacks and sophisticated (and increasingly costly) defenses. The latest generation of malware includes deviously creative evasive techniques crafted to exploit ambiguities in the Internet’s underlying technology, flaws in network software stacks, and limitations of security appliances. In this report, we discuss these […]
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Sophisticated cybercriminals are using advanced evasion techniques (AET), which deliver an exploit or malicious content into a vulnerable target so that the traffic looks normal, to bypass most existing security solutions. McAfee Next Generation Firewall applies sophisticated analysis techniques specifically to detect this type of attack. It has been successfully tested against more than 800 […]
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In early 2014, McAfee commissioned research group Vanson Bourne to determine the level of understanding IT security professionals have about AETs and the defenses they have put in place to stop them. The findings, summarized in this executive summary, show that most respondents do not fully understand AETs and, as a consequence, are not deploying […]
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The need for extreme protection may be the driving force behind your decision to invest in a next-generation firewall (NGFW), but your enterprise also has other factors to consider. You want an NGFW that ensures business resiliency, a reasonable total cost of ownership (TCO), continuous uptime, scalability, and flexibility to handle change. It must fit […]
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Enterprises worldwide rely on network high availability for business continuity. Find out how the capabilities that are part of your next-generation firewall can help ensure that your network is up and running all day, every day.
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Computer networks are built to facilitate the flow of communication, not stop it. Unfortunately, data packets can be manipulated to look normal yet contain an exploit. These techniques evade standard security measures and, in most cases, can deliver a malicious payload without detection. Often, these advanced evasion techniques (AETs) take advantage of rarely used protocol […]
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As next-generation firewall (NGFW) technology becomes more mainstream, it is time to review the advanced capabilities and features that separate the leaders from the laggards. At its most basic, the consensus of a NGFW definition would include these capabilities – standard firewall features like stateful inspection and network address translation, integrated intrusion prevention, application awareness […]
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Few companies can afford operational disruption, yet IT budgets remain flat and can’t encompass the growing need for additional resiliency measures to protect critical-business applications. The recovery-as-a-service offering from VMware, VMware vCloud® Air™ Disaster Recovery, helps you fulfill the need to implement or supplement your organization’s continuity plans while addressing budget, time, and resources constraints. […]
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A Virtual Private Network delivers the best return on investment in securing communications. However, the lack of reliability of VPN links is risky for critical communication within organizations. Constantly available networks typically rely on several Internet service providers to ensure always-on connectivity and increase bandwidth. Augmented VPN aggregates all Internet Service Provider links to obtain […]
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