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Juniper Networks® NSMXpress is an appliance version of Juniper Networks Network and Security Manager (NSM). It simplifies the complexity of security device administration by providing a single integrated management interface that controls every device parameter. This robust hardware management system installs in minutes with full High Availability (HA) support, which also makes it easy to scale and deploy. Enterprise customers with limited resources can benefit significantly from NSMXpress. That is because it eliminates the need to have dedicated resources for maintaining a security management solution. NSMXpress makes it easy for administrators to control all aspects of Juniper Networks firewall/VPN, SA Series SSL VPN Appliances, IC Series Unified Access Control Appliances, J Series Services Routers, EX Series Ethernet Switches, and IDP Series Intrusion Detection and Prevention Appliances which include device configuration, network settings and security policy.

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FortiClient™ standard edition offers one of the most comprehensive security suites for your PC available – including a full range of Fortinet threat protections for PCs and laptops, even when used on insecure public networks. This free download provides SSL and IPSec VPN, a personal firewall, antivirus/antispyware scanning, Intrusion Prevention and web filtering. FortiGate™ users complete their network security framework with Endpoint Control, Application Detection and WAN Optimization. Automatic updates from the FortiGuard™ subscription service ensure protection against the latest threats.

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Blue Coat’s K9 Web Protection is a free Internet and parental controls filter that gives parents control over their family’s use of the Internet. It enables parents to monitor and control what sites their children access and enables them to block offensive or potentially dangerous sites. K9 Web Protection relies on the same enterprise-class Web filtering technology used by Blue Coat enterprise customers around the world, and is wrapped in a simple, easy-to-manage software application that is compatible with both Mac and PC computers. To protect against newly discovered threats, K9 Web Protection is continuously updated by the WebPulse™ service, the Blue Coat cloud-based community watch environment that also updates Blue Coat WebFilter™ and ProxyClient® enterprise products. In this community watch environment, the identification of malware by one member is shared with all to prevent infections or other harm.

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Check Point Power-1 appliances enable organizations to maximize security in high-performance environments such as large campuses or data centers. They combine Check Point firewall, IPsec VPN, and intrusion prevention Software Blades with advanced acceleration and networking technologies that deliver a high-performance security platform for multi-Gbps environments.

Key Benefits

- Ensures availability of business-critical applications with up to 25 Gbps of firewall throughput and total system performance (Firewall + IPS) of up to 15 Gbps

- Field upgradeable for maximum performance flexibility (Power-1 11000 Series)

-Provides a comprehensive set of security Software Blades that is extensible on demand to include Web security, antivirus, anti-spyware, and anti-spam

- Simplifies administration with a single management console for all sites

- Protects against emerging threats with Software Blade update services

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The Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance is a modular platform that provides the next generation of security and VPN services for small and medium-sized business and enterprise applications. The comprehensive portfolio of services within the Cisco ASA 5500 Series enables customization for location-specific needs through its four tailored package product editions: the Firewall, VPN, IPS, and Content Security Editions.

These packages enable superior protection by providing the right services for the right location. At the same time, they enable standardization on the Cisco ASA 5500 Series platform to reduce costs in management, training, and sparing. Finally, each Edition simplifies design and deployment by providing pre-packaged location-specific security solutions.

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Blue Coat Director enables you to centrally manage network policies and devices (Proxy SG Appliances) from a single, easy-to-use Web interface. With Director, IT administrators can automatically deploy hundreds of appliances, monitor and enforce security policies and respond to emergencies with the click of a button. Director also allows you to automatically respond to sudden changes in the network, including disasters and outages, so you can fix them before they impact the end user.

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Juniper Networks IDP Series Intrusion Detection and Prevention Appliances offer the latest capabilities in network intrusion prevention to protect the network from a wide range of attacks. Using industry-recognized stateful detection and prevention techniques, the IDP Series provides zero-day protection against worms, trojans, spyware, keyloggers, and other malware.

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IP address management freeware is a complete solution with the complete feature set of the Infoblox IP address manager, including Smart Folders, Network Map (with subnet management) and leading IPv6 capabilities. 

IPAM freeware from Infoblox allows you to:
• Store specific data filters and get dynamic, real-time results;
• Quickly visualize blocks of network address space and manage subnets with up to 500 IP addresses; and
• Better manage your migration to IPv6.

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Amazon has introduced a new service (limited beta) for it’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) called Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). This is an excellent news for many enterprises who’re thinking of cloud but were worried about it’s security. This new service basically allows you to extend your existing IT Infrastructure to the cloud via secure IPSec tunnel.

Here’s all you need to do to get started:

1. Create a VPC. You define your VPC’s private IP address space, which can range from a /28 (16 IPs) up to a /18 (16,384 IPs). You can use any IPv4 address range, including Private Address Spaces identified in RFC 1918 and any other routable IP address block.
2. Partition your VPC’s IP address space into one or more subnets. Multiple subnets in a VPC are arranged in a star topology and enable you to create logically isolated collections of instances. You can create up to 20 Subnets per VPC (you can request more using this form). You can also use this form to request a VPC larger than a /18 or additional EC2 instances for use within your VPC.
3. Create a customer gateway to represent the device (typically a router or a software VPN appliance) anchoring the VPN connection from your network.
4. Create a VPN gateway to represent the AWS end of the VPN connection.
5. Attach the VPN gateway to your VPC.
6. Create a VPN connection between the VPN gateway and the customer gateway.
7. Launch EC2 instances within your VPC using an enhanced form of the Amazon EC2 RunInstances API call or the ec2-run-instances command to specify the VPC and the desired subnet.

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HttpWatch is an HTTP viewer and debugger that integrates with IE and Firefox to provide seamless HTTP and HTTPS monitoring without leaving the browser window. All web applications make extensive use of the HTTP protocol (or HTTPS for secure sites). Even simple web pages require the use of multiple HTTP requests to download HTML, graphics and javascript. The ability to view the HTTP interaction between the browser and web site is crucial to these areas of web development:
• Trouble shooting
• Performance tuning
• Verifying that a site is secure and does not expose sensitive information
HttpWatch has a free basic edition and a professional edition – pricing from $395.

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