Traditional Network Security Deployment is Slow, Complicated and Costly. eShield combines hardware and best of breed antivirus, anti-spam and web filtering in an integrated appliance that makes gateway protection instant, complete and cost effective.

The traditional Gateway Internet security solution often involves the use of a dedicated server to host firewall software at the edge of a Local Area Network (LAN). This network configuration usually requires the services of technicians to load and configure the software and interconnect the Internet connection with the LAN. This can be costly and time consuming to install and maintain.

An even larger challenge is that high-speed Internet connections and local area network speeds outstrip the capacities of most network applications. Common network gateway applications like firewalls, virus scanners, content filters, and intrusion detectors all need to filter or scan every bit of data as it enters an enterprise LAN to perform their needed function. As a result, although more enterprise users connect to the Internet at higher speeds than ever before, those connections are often unguarded by network security applications because these applications can slow Internet speeds into the LAN.

A more cost-effective alternative to software only security solutions--that also eliminates network throughput issues is to install dedicated gateway communications appliances. Until now, to realize these benefits, you had to install individual appliances for each and every security application. Therefore, you needed a separate device for antivirus, another for web filtering and a third for antispam... meaning higher upfront costs and higher maintenance costs.

eShield allows you to have a single appliance that delivers multiple network security functions at high speed. eShield includes antivirus, web filtering and antispam. eShield requires no proxy or firewall configuration yet is the most powerful security device available for stopping viruses, malicious code, spam and objectionable Internet content at the gateway--before they can penetrate the network.

eShield is a high performance security appliance-featuring patent pending transparent bridging technology that allows it to run in line with the firewall, standing between your network and your firewall. eShield provides truly comprehensive gateway antivirus protection while eliminating dependence on proxy technology. The appliance acts as a network bridge scanning all inbound and outbound network traffic. eShield is the first antivirus appliance with incoming and outgoing virus scanning on all 7 major protocols, including: Web (HTTP, Port 80), incoming and outgoing mail (SMTP, IMAP, POP3), downloads (FTP), News, and instant messaging (Socks).

eShield eliminates the complexity of building a multi-vendor security solution on your own yet integrates Best of Breed security solutions allowing users to choose the specific security vendor of choice including: McAfee, Sophos, Panda or Trend Micro in the antivirus space as well as Secure Computing for web filtering, and Sophos' PureMessage engine for antispam.

eShield is fault tolerant and is an easily scalable platform designed to cost-effectively support security applications in all TCP/IP environments. The eShield platform is remotely updated, allowing additional applications and features to be added in the most cost effective and convenient fashion. The eShield appliance is extremely easy to install and use. It requires no end user configuration and integrates easily with existing firewalls and proxies making it less burdensome to IT groups. eShield also saves valuable IT staff resources because it eliminates management of three separate devices and consolidates support into a single support organization. Moreover, eShield is a specialized appliance that is optimized to operate much faster than software on generic hardware. The additional speed is extremely important in the antivirus, web filtering, antispam, VPN, and firewall markets because slow devices create bottlenecks in the network.

The eShield embedded software engine features patent pending transparent bridge and load balancing capabilities that allow high performance layer 7 technologies to be easily and cost effectively integrated into layer 1 implementations. Each new security technology that is launched on the eShield platform exponentially increases the value of the platform by allowing security application developers to quickly and efficiently deliver their applications to network users without having to design device drivers or user interfaces which are part of eShield. This means you can expect to see additional security applications added to the eShield platform in the coming months and years. This protects your investment in the platform as you can easily add these new applications to your network without unplugging anything!

eShield features a web browser based central management console, which allows IT managers to easily deploy antivirus, web filtering and antispam solutions as well as create, enforce, and update policies to ensure network servers and user PC's are properly protected. The centralized management console also enables administrators to monitor and review network activity in real time - allowing rapid response to security incidents and user policy violations.

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