McAfee, Inc. Delivers World’s Most Powerful Network Security Platforms
Posted on April 22, 2008
Filed Under Security
LONDON, April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — INFOSECURITY EUROPE –
McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today announced two products that strengthen the
company’s leadership position in network security. McAfee M-8000 Network
Security Platform (formerly known as McAfee IntruShield Network Intrusion
Prevention) and the McAfee Content Security Blade Server eliminate
performance bottlenecks, reduce complexity and deliver uncompromised
intrusion prevention, e-mail and Web security.
“Today McAfee is changing the game for network security,” said Dave
DeWalt, president and chief executive officer of McAfee. “For customers, it
means that they now have access to the strongest, fastest network security
solutions available today. For McAfee, it means that we continue to extend
our leadership with a series of industry firsts. Network security is a key
part of our growth strategy as we strive to be the industry’s most
innovative and comprehensive security vendor.”
Large organizations are adopting high-speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet
networks in order to conduct business more quickly and efficiently. These
organizations need intrusion prevention systems that can keep up with the
speed of these networks and provide more actionable, integrated and
efficient security. McAfee Network Security Platform is the only single
product solution with the breadth of coverage and performance and true
10Gbps performance.
In the same environments, customers require high-performance and
scalable e-mail and Web security solutions. By offering this security in a
blade server format, customers benefit from breakthrough performance,
vastly reduced complexity and a lower total cost of ownership.
Driving Innovation with Series of “Industry Firsts”
With today’s announcement, McAfee extends its lead in network security
by being first to deliver integrated e-mail and Web security that scans up
to five million messages per hour and up to 50,000 concurrent Web users. As
the first company to deliver a fully extensible content security platform
for e-mail and Web security, McAfee also becomes the first to deliver
multi-Gigabit network IDS/IPS, virtual IPS technology and encrypted threat
protection. McAfee is also the first company to integrate IPS with
vulnerability management, NAC and system security management.
McAfee Network Security Platform
The McAfee Network Security Platform is designed to meet the explosive
growth of IPS in the network core and data center, as well as the rapid
growth of high-performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks. McAfee Network
Security Platforms provide carrier-class reliability and scalability that
large enterprises demand. McAfee was the first to integrate signature,
behavioral and DoS/DDoS detection on a single purpose-built appliance.
The McAfee Network Security Platform allows customers to simplify
deployments while supporting higher throughputs. Customers also receive
integrated protection, an easy-to-use platform, broad asset protection,
maximized business availability, reduced liability, and security cost
avoidance — all with 10 Gbps performance without security trade-offs.
McAfee Content Security Blade Server
McAfee’s new Content Security Blade Server represents a breakthrough in
e-mail and Web security. The product has been designed to scale easily from
700,000 to five million messages per hour and 50,000 Web users simply by
adding more blades. The blade server features built-in failover and
redundancy, a built-in resource manager which removes the need for external
load balancer, and the ability to “hot-swap” blades. As the market leader
in blade infrastructure, HP is supplying HP BladeSystem c-Class products to
McAfee for the Content Security Blade Server.
McAfee’s Content Security Blade Server provides a fully extensible
content security platform offering E-mail security, Web security, URL
filtering, anti-spam, anti-phishing, and safe searching stopping all of
today’s growing malware threats. Additionally, organizations benefit from
lower cost of ownership by reducing the need to purchase and manage
multiple point products. McAfee also offers flat rate pricing (no per user
fees) which provides significant cost savings.
Energy Efficiency, Cost Savings and Environmental Benefits
McAfee’s Content Security Blade Server provides several benefits for
companies that are working to adopt “green” computing practices. The
product helps companies save 25% on datacenter costs, which include power
and cooling. Compared with traditional appliance or server form factors,
the Content Security Blade Server also reduces space requirements, helping
companies reduce the physical footprint needed to manage security.
Availability:
McAfee Network Security Platform and McAfee Content Security Blade
Server are available now. For more information about McAfee’s network
security solutions, please visit http://www.mcafee.com.
About McAfee, Inc.
McAfee, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is the world’s
largest dedicated security technology company. It delivers proactive and
proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the
world, allowing users to browse and shop the Web securely. With its
unmatched security expertise and commitment to innovation, McAfee empowers
home users, businesses, the public sector and service providers by enabling
them to comply with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions,
identify vulnerabilities and continuously monitor and improve their
security. http://www.mcafee.com.
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