Network Associates (NA), a provider of intrusion prevention solutions, has announced McAfee Entercept 4.1, a host-based protection system for enterprises. The software provides improved management, the company says.
Entercept 4.1 enables adjustment of security levels as business demands change. Users can select any port for Secure Socket Layer communication, improved signature groupings allow better prioritisation of protection against high-level threats, and fine-tuning servers for lower probability attacks is easier. Integration with other applications is done via Simple Network Management Protocol.
"In today`s environment [which is] filled with known and unknown threats like Slammer, Nimda and Code Red, McAfee Entercept...proactively defends enterprises faster and more in-depth," says Christopher Bray, NA`s regional director for sub-Saharan Africa.
Another product, McAfee IntruShield 1200, is said to have improved functionality and to extend network intrusion detection and prevention to mid-size and branch office networks. It likewise provides improved manageability and integrates network intrusion detection and prevention in a single purpose-built appliance.
It features centralised Web-based monitoring and bulk intrusion policy management, and Bray says the purpose-built appliance eliminates the labour-intensive operating system hardening and patch management for sensors at distributed sites.
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