Check Point Expands UTM Appliance Line

With Increased Security Performance and Lower Entry Point Model CheckPoint is expanding its appliance line.

Broader range of UTM-1 Total Security appliances available with the most comprehensive network protection

The three new UTM-1 Total Security appliances consist of the following models:

UTM-1 Total Security 270 featuring 400 Mbps firewall throughput, 100 Mbps VPN throughput, two managed sites and four ports
UTM-1 Total Security 570 featuring 1.1 Gbps firewall throughput, 250 Mbps VPN throughput, three managed sites and four ports
UTM-1 Total Security 3070 featuring 4.5 Gbps firewall throughput, 1.1 Gbps VPN throughput, five managed sites and 10 ports

Contact Positive Control Networks for more details and pricing www.positivecontrolnetworks.com

Nuclear Lab Breach - Los Alamos

Three USB thumb-drives were involved in a security breach at Los Alomos Labs. Those small storage drives contained 408 separate classified documents ranging in importance from Secret National Security Information to Secret Restricted Data (nuclear weapons).

Pointsec would have secured this.

Laptop Stolen

Stolen Laptop Holds Home Depot Employee Data (October 16 & 17, 2007) A laptop computer stolen from a car contains personally identifiable information of approximately 10,000 Home Depot employees from across the country. It is unknown if the data was encrypted.

---This is unacceptable. All Data holding customer information should be encrypted. Pointsec...

Pentagon shuts down systems after cyberattack

The U.S. Department of Defense took an estimated 1,500 computers offline Wednesday after a security breach within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). Full Story..

Check Point Software Wins Award

Check Point’s Integrity endpoint security suite won our silver award for endpoint security, with users praising its ability to perform policy-based access control and the range of policy checks that can be performed. A high percentage of users also gave Check Point Integrity high marks for enforcement options and integration with existing infrastructure. Logging and reporting, scalability, ease of installing, configuring and administering also scored well, while vendor service and support and ROI were voted good or excellent by more than 50% of Integrity users. Read Full Story http://www.checkpoint.com/press/2007/searchnetworking051407.html

The Crossbeam C-Series Operating System (COS) 6.0 brings flexible network security design with Layer 2 bridging

Layer 2 bridging support eliminates the need for network topology changes when a new security application is added, giving IT administrators the power and flexibility to decide the best design for their network. In Layer 2 mode, the C-series platform and accompanying applications are transparent to a potential hacker, adding yet more facilities to improve the security posture of the network. Read Full Story... http://www.crossbeamsystems.com/press_070424.asp

Ultra Tough, Ultra Secure

Check Point VPN-1 UTM Edge Industrial unified threat management appliances are specifically designed to handle extreme conditions and provide complete and comprehensive security for factory floor systems such as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. They are built using the same security technology protecting 100% of Fortune 100 companies and offer the most comprehensive centralized management system. Read full article... http://www.checkpoint.com/products/home_promo/edge-industrial.html