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 StoneGate IPS can inspect encrypted web traffic to protect hosts and servers against hidden web attacks

Traditionally, organisations’ network security relies mainly on the perimeter security enforcement, while encrypted web channels have acted as a means to bypass the security functions.

Stonesoft has introduced the new StoneGate IPS-1030 appliance with the unique capability of inspecting encrypted web traffic. This eliminates the traditional blind spot in network protection. The new appliance provides protection for both corporate network users and public web services against attacks hidden inside the encrypted web connection.

StoneGate IPS provides a controlled way to open the encryption in the network and to submit the encrypted web traffic for the same inspection as the clear-text data, thus eliminating the blind spot in the network protection.

The new, unique SSL inspection feature provided by StoneGate IPS 5.0 and IPS-1030 appliance gives the network security administrators an efficient tool to monitor the traffic inside of the TLS/SSL encryption and to protect against u...  [ more ]

 FalconStor Software Virtual Tape Library delivers the fastest backup and deduplication time

FalconStor Software, Inc. has announced that it now delivers the fastest backup and deduplication time in the industry with the FalconStor® Virtual Tape Library (VTL) with deduplication solution. In addition to reducing backup, deduplication and restore time through optimization, the FalconStor VTL solution's ability to leverage Fibre Channel for replicating deduplicated data further reduces the total time to DR.

A critical metric for assessing enterprise readiness for full recovery from data center failure, total time to DR is measured by the time required to back up a given amount of data, write it to tape, deduplicate it, replicate it to a remote DR site, and restore the data to full availability.

FalconStor staged a test of its latest version of FalconStor VTL with deduplication in order to validate the performance of FalconStor VTL in a real data center configuration and to demonstrate a best-practice scenario. Measured were key performance criteria, including ingest rate, ...  [ more ]

 

 

Latest public sector security articles

 StoneGate IPS can inspect encrypted web traffic to protect hosts and servers against hidden web attacks

 FalconStor Software Virtual Tape Library delivers the fastest backup and deduplication time

 Clavister launches Security Gateway 4300 Series with UTM and built in VPN connectivity

 Kaspersky Internet Security Special Edition for Ultra-Portables provides protection from all types of Cybercrime

 3ami MAS v7 enables businesses to monitor and audit employee usage of USB devices

 VideoSphere Intelligent Video Management solution to enhance security for two transportation projects in South Africa

 InfoExpress CARE lets organizations deploy Network Access Control at a reduced cost

 Government's Use of Secure File Transfer Could Help Prevent Embarrassing Data Leaks

 New range of SoloProtect services assist employers protect staff and meet their duty of care

 IT Security professionals suffer from password fatigue

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Cost of pensions in the public sector (Guardian Unlimited) Here we go again - another attack on public-sector pensions ( Cost of public-sector pensions equal to 85% of GDP, think thank warns , 29 June, 2009). The report by the British-North American Committee on government commitments to public-sector pensions in the UK, US and Canada demands clarification on a number of key points. First, the current level of public sector pension provision is ...

Losses of public sector units increase (The Hindu) NEW DELHI: Despite the Centre increasing its spending in reviving public sector enterprises (CPSEs), the losses of state-owned units increased in the last fiscal. Of the 242 units, 53 incurred losses worth Rs. 11,274 crore in 2007-08 ...

Toronto strike shines spotlight on public, private-sector compensation (Dose) Growing public anger over Toronto's municipal strike has shone a spotlight on disparities between compensation in government jobs and the private sector, analysts say.

Public sector seen to revert to deficit this year (The Manila Times) of a looming recession. Data from the Department of Finance showed the consolidated public sector fiscal position may turn in a P232.95 billion deficit this year.

Economy: Public sector expected to swing to deficit (BusinessWorld Online) THE PUBLIC SECTOR is expected to swing to a deficit of P232.95 billion this year from the P32.3-billion surplus recorded last year, as the national government and the monitored state-run firms are seen to record higher budget shortfalls this year, Finance department data showed.

Public sector deficit seen to hit P233-B this year (ABS-CBNNEWS.com) The country's public sector is expected to be in the red again this year due to the ballooning budget deficit and the deteriorating financial condition of pension funds and the 14 monitored non-financial government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs).

Possible private sector pain offers public sector gain (The Age) PPPs have evolved to where the private sector is taking on more risk to the benefit of the public.

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