McAfee Unveils Next Generation Firewall Solutions
Added 29th Apr 2010By integrating with McAfee's real-time, cloud-based global threat intelligence, McAfee Firewall Enterprise and McAfee Firewall Enterprise Profiler provide increased visibility into external and internal threats and vulnerabilities, protecting customers more efficiently and reducing both compliance and operational costs.
"Mobile users, modern web-based applications and ever more sophisticated cyber criminals have combined with the economic environment to create the perfect storm. By expanding application protection capabilities, backed by the researchers at McAfee Labs, McAfee provides a new value proposition to customers," said Charles Kolodgy, research vice president, IDC Security Products. "McAfee Firewall Enterprise provides comprehensive application threat and malware blocking, as well as industry-leading URL filtering and reputation-based blocking capabilities. With this new release, McAfee is expanding the level of application protection customers can receive from their firewall."
Traditional firewall technologies have proved to be expensive to manage, and in reality, don't effectively enforce business policies. In recent years, organizations have faced the burden of dramatically increasing firewall management costs, as legacy firewall technology has struggled to keep up with the volume of today's threats and the changing application environments. McAfee Firewall Enterprise features streamlined management through integration of management that will allow organizations to enjoy lower operating expenses.
"The release of our next generation firewall is intended to disrupt a stagnant firewall market that has failed to keep pace with the threat landscape. Last generation firewalls don't effectively enforce relevant business policies and are simply too hard and expensive to manage," said Dan Ryan, executive vice president and general manager of the Network Security business unit at McAfee. "With this release, we're delivering next generation firewall capabilities that improve network security while lowering compliance and operational costs."
The benefits, according to McAfee include expanded application protection, advanced threat protection and advancements in firewall management
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