Table of Contents

Editor’s Corner

Featured In This Issue

New Partnerships

Best Practices For Securing Your DNS Architecture

The Problem and Growth of Spyware

Cipher Trust’s IronMail Spam Profiler Tool

Five Steps to Enforcing Your Endpoint Security

The Costs of Managing Internal Passwords

Case Study

Akibia Partners

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NEW AKIBIA PARTNERSHIPS

 

Akibia Network & Security Solutions is pleased to announce new partnerships with AirDefense, Tipping Point, and Counterpane. These innovative companies provide state-of-the-art Intrusion Prevention Systems and management capabilities for securing the air or the wire. Solutions in the IPS sector have matured significantly and the solutions from these companies reflect best-in-class technology and management. Here is a brief overview of each company and their solutions.

AirDefense provides a complete suite of solutions that secure wireless networks and protect the extended mobile enterprise against threats and attacks. AirDefense provides protection for 802.11 a/b/g and Bluetooth protocols for enterprises and their mobile users. As a key element of wireless LAN security, AirDefense complements wireless VPNs, encryption and authentication.

AirDefense Enterprise is a wireless intrusion prevention system that monitors the airwaves 24x7 and provides the most advanced solution for rogue detection and mitigation, intrusion detection, policy monitoring and compliance, automated protection, forensic and incident analysis, and remote troubleshooting. Using a monitoring architecture of distributed smart sensors and a secure server appliance, the AirDefense Enterprise system provides the most comprehensive and accurate detection of all threats and intrusions. Scalable, centrally manageable and enterprise ready, it can support single offices, corporate campuses or hundreds
of locations around the world.

TippingPoint, a division of 3Com, is the leading provider of network-based intrusion prevention systems that deliver in-depth protection for corporate enterprises, government agencies, service providers and academic institutions. Their innovative approach offers customers unmatched network-based security with unrivaled economics, ultra-high performance, scalability and reliability.

TippingPoint’s Intrusion Prevention Systems provide Application Protection, Performance Protection and Infrastructure Protection at gigabit speeds through total packet inspection. Application Protection capabilities provide fast, accurate, reliable protection from internal and external cyber attacks. UnityOne provides Infrastructure Protection that protects routers, switches, DNS and other critical infrastructure from targeted attacks and traffic anomalies. UnityOne’s Performance Protection capabilities enable customers to throttle non-mission critical applications that hijack valuable bandwidth and IT resources, thereby aligning network resources and business-critical application performance.

 Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. a Managed Security Services provider mitigates network disruptions so customers can focus on running their businesses. Counterpane protects critical assets and optimizes network security by preventing attacks as they happen in real-time using 60,000 unique event rules developed for 300 supported network device types. Counterpane’s Enterprise Protection Suite is a sophisticated combination of scanning, security device management and consulting services based on Counterpane’s unparalleled Managed Security Monitoring service. Combined with its renowned security analysts, correlation technology, management processes and global visibility, Counterpane simplifies security for hundreds of networks in 33 countries.