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| WatchGuard Updates Its Zero-Day Protection Engine WatchGuard Technologies has announced the release of a new POP3 proxy to its zero-day protection engine, giving users of the Firebox X Core and Peak UTM appliances another tool in the fight against network threats. WatchGuard's heuristic zero-day protection engine pro-actively guards against malicious attacks, including zero-day threats, in which the vulnerability or virus has not yet been discovered. The added POP3 proxy provides POP3 level gateway protection, essentially putting a virtual watch guard at the email gateway monitoring for suspicious activity based on a programmed set of acceptable protocols, and taking aggressive action against unwelcome intrusion. Unlike with standard anti-virus email scanners, WatchGuard's new POP3 proxy isn't limited to just scanning for threats based on the currently available signature set. The proxy scans traffic passing through the gateway allowing only activity which conforms to acceptable protocols. Programs that execute outside acceptable protocols are disallowed entry to the network, effectively incapacitating the attack. By providing an engine that pro-actively identifies and eliminates threats before they've been discovered en-masse, WatchGuard is able to offer users of its Firebox X UTM appliances true zero-day threat protection – an ability that the other major UTM appliance vendors currently lack. The POP3 proxy update to WatchGuard's zero day protection engine was made available today as part of a larger release to WatchGuard's Fireware operating software for their Firebox X Core and Peak UTM appliance lines. In addition to enhancing WatchGuard's zero day protection engine, the Fireware 9.1 update introduces a robust set of function enhancements and management features to give network administrators more options for managing the security of their installations, such as a quarantine capability for spamBlocker, virus scanning for FTP and POP3 traffic, and unlimited file size scanning for AV. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Networking News :: home page |