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Webwasher Solutions Meet the Requirements for Today's Web Security Demands

Organizations can do more over the Web today than ever before. As use of the Web continues to grow and evolve into Web 2.0, virus outbreaks and other forms of Web-borne threats evolve as well, leaving current security systems such as IDS, traditional firewall, or anti-virus (A/V) solutions behind. While still important these were not designed to combat cleverly blended threats that can be targeted against individual organizations, hiding inside seemingly good HTTP or HTTPS traffic.

Anti-virus companies have doubled or tripled their signatures in less than two years in an attempt to keep pace with the increasing trends of malware. Unknown threats as new forms of malware or targeted attacks leave organizations unprotected and largely exposed. This window of opportunity for malware catches a number of organizations off-guard and unprotected. According to the 2006 CSI/FBI Computer and Crime survey even though 97% of the enterprises surveyed use anti-virus software and 98% even used a firewall, almost two thirds (65%) suffered a virus outbreak or incident.

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What is needed is a comprehensive solution that goes beyond desktop or even gateway protections that rely solely on signatures of known threats. Organizations need to be protected from both known and unknown threats, and all the varieties and forms that sophisticated malware takes.



Comprehensive Web Gateway Security
Secure Computing® offers a complete portfolio of Web Gateway Security appliances which protect enterprises from malware, data leakage, and Internet misuse, and ensure policy enforcement, regulatory compliance, and a productive application environment. Through our TrustedSource technology, we are able to profile in real-time literally millions of entities connected to the internet worldwide and provide up-to-the minute host behavior analysis to create a “reputation score” which can be used to determine whether a connection to the Enterprise network should be allowed to occur. We also employ the most sophisticated behavior based heuristics and signature-based techniques for stopping Malware as well as patented content analysis software for stopping data leakage.



10 Key Considerations in a Web Gateway Security Solution
A complete Web Gateway Security solution provides all of the following:

1. Complete product family for Web gateway security
2. Secure and scalable architecture integrating advanced reputation-based technologies
3. Real-time anti-malware protection for anti-virus,spyware, zero-day, zombie and rootkit protection that is predictive, preventative and reactive
4. Self tuning low maintenance solution
5. Comprehensive corporate policy and regulatory compliance with minimal impact on users
6. Integrated solution for secure http traffic (HTTPS)
7. Multi-protocol protection including instant messaging, VoIP and mobile devices
8. Enterprise readiness with maximum flexibility and minimum administration
9. Low total cost of ownership
10. Market leader and vendor viability

The Business Challenge
Typically, enterprises deploy a dozen or more software packages or appliances to counter threats to their networks, and this number continues to grow. Now, companies are finding their growing arsenal of security applications difficult and costly to manage. There is a need to centralize, coordinate, and consolidate the measures necessary to combat existing and emerging security threats at a manageable price.

The Web Gateway Security Solution
Webwasher® adds an urgently needed layer of security for today's Web environment which includes both inbound and outbound threats. Webwasher provides immediate protection against threats such as malware hidden in blended content, encrypted SSL traffic, and email. This in-depth security also protects organizations from outbound threats such as potential loss of confidential information that can leak out on all key Web protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP).