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WatchGuard firewall and VPN appliances deliver the complete unified threat management (UTM), with built-in zero day protection, good performance, ease of use, and value for your growing network. The fully integrated security services give continually updated, multifaceted network protection from spyware, spam, viruses, worms, trojans, Web-based exploits, and blended threats. Watchguard firewalls run security-hardened Linux-based operating system and their gateway anti-virus is powered by ClamAV.

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Tor is an anonymous Internet communication system. It’s a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people that want to improve their safety and security on the Internet. Using Tor can help you anonymize web browsing and publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and other applications that use the TCP protocol. Tor also provides a platform on which software developers can build new applications with built-in anonymity, safety, and privacy features. Tor aims to defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal anonymity and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security.

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MessageLabs is one of the industry-leading services to guard against email threats such as viruses, spam, identity theft and targeted blackmail campaigns – all of which jeopardize business continuity, regulatory compliance, reputation and brand. You need no extra hardware or software to use the service. Messagelabs guarantees 100% protection against viruses, known and unknown. Messagelabs email service provides Email Protect (Multi-layered anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-phishing email services), Email Control (Content control, image filtering and advanced email management services), Email Secure (Fully managed guaranteed boundary-to-boundary email encryption services) and Email Recover (Fully managed archiving service guarantees secure storage of corporate email).

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The IronPort® email security appliances are the most sophisticated systems available today. In production at eight of the ten largest ISPs and more than 20 percent of the world’s largest enterprises, these systems have a demonstrated record of unparalleled security and reliability. The same code base that powers IronPort’s most sophisticated customers is available in all of IronPort’s email security appliances, to protect enterprises of all sizes.

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Astaro Security Gateway Appliances combine ease-of-use with complete network protection. It’s an UTM (Unified Threat Management) device, with tightly integrated Firewall, IPS, and VPN, which offers web filtering and email filtering from viruses, spam, and phishing attacks. Network security applications can be managed from one location using one intuitive browser-based user interface. Astaro Security Gateway appliances run Astaro Security Gateway Software (formerly Astaro Security Linux). You can request a demo unit of the appliance if you want an out-of-the box solution, or download the Astaro Security Gateway Software if you want to install it in your own hardware.

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Netscreen series integrated devices incorporating a firewall, IPSec VPN capabilities, and denial of service mitigation, with Unified Threat Management (UTM) security features including Stateful firewall, IPS, Antivirus, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Phishing, Anti-Adware, Anti-Spam, and Web Filtering to protect the network from attack. I’ve installed and manage a lot of Netscreen firewalls. They’re excellent UTM device but if you’re looking for a cheaper option, then Sonicwall also can do the job.

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Websense is a web security software, which provides multilayered web filtering and web security solutions to increase productivity, optimize bandwidth and create a more secure internet environment for employees and organizations. It can protect against spyware, keylogging, malicious mobile code, phishing and pharming. It can filter the IM attachments, prevent Internal attacks and external threats. It also provides application content control, removable media management and remote endpoint protection.

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A free, open-source mail filter, written in Perl, to identify spam using a wide range of heuristic tests on mail headers and body text. This is a very powerful server side anti-spam filter which can be used on a wide variety of email systems including procmail, sendmail, Postfix, qmail, and many others. I’ve been using SpamAssassin in many Qmail servers and the results are amazing. It’s easy to install and requires very little configuration. Policies can be applied on both mail servers and later using the user’s own mail user-agent application.

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Cisco PIX Security Appliance Series delivers robust user and application policy enforcement, multivector attack protection, and secure connectivity services. These purpose-built appliances provide multiple integrated security and networking services, including: Advanced application-aware firewall services, voice over IP (VoIP) and multimedia security, Robust site-to-site and remote-access IPSec VPN connectivity, resiliency, Intelligent networking services and Flexible management solutions. Cisco PIX firewalls are expensive compared to other hardware firewalls like Sonicwall and Netscreen but are very good at what they do and cisco is a trusted brand in security.

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SonicWALL’s family of Internet security appliances provide the first line of defense against Internet security threats. It’s an Unified Threat Management (UTM) firewall, with features like Gateway Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Intrusion Prevention, Enforced Desktop Anti-Viurs, Content Filtering Service and IPSec VPN. Designed to increase security by reducing complexity, SonicWALL Internet security appliances eliminate the cost and complexity of using separate devices and software packages for comprehensive and effective security. Sonicwall is one of the cheapest UTM firewall solution available in the market. If the cost is not a concern then you might be interested in Netscreen as well.

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