SecureData, a member of the JSE-listed ERP.com Group, and the southern African distributor for Trend security software, today announced the launch of the latter's Network VirusWall 300 outbreak prevention appliance, designed to protect mission-critical devices such as ATMs (automatic teller machines) against the increasing threat of Internet worms.
Trend Micro Network VirusWall 300 deploys threat-specific knowledge from TrendLabs, Trend Micro's global network of anti-virus research centres, at network end points to help organisations proactively detect, prevent or contain, and eliminate outbreaks. Network VirusWall appliances help organisations improve their operational resilience by mitigating security risks, easing the virus outbreak management burden and reducing system downtime.
"Network worms continue to be problematic as financial institutions and enterprises deploy mission-critical devices such as ATM machines and self-service kiosks on TCP/IP networks. Experience has shown that network worm attacks are particularly difficult to contain with traditional, signature-based client and parameter virus filtering," commented Maria Kun, research analyst at Gartner.
"The speed at which worms proliferate can cause crippling network traffic with only a few infected networked devices, making remote identification, isolation, and repair of infected devices difficult. Enterprises are looking for proactive protection policies, rapid identification of rogue/infected devices, and the ability to isolate and remotely repair infected devices during an outbreak."
Trend Micro Network VirusWall 300 is deployed in front of network endpoints such as ATM machines to protect them from network threats. The appliance incorporates a Web-based management console, Trend Micro Control Manager for Network VirusWall 300, which allows network managers to centrally manage Network VirusWall 300s. Network VirusWall 300 supports Trend Micro's Enterprise Protection Strategy, enabling it to:
* Improve business continuity by preventing network worms and intruders (unauthorised access) from reaching mission-critical devices.
* Ensure consistent deployment of the latest security updates and flexible configuration to manage threats through centralised management.
* Mitigate outbreaks and the high cost of recovery through automated outbreak prevention and damage clean-up services.
* Avoid hardware and operating system compatibility, stability, and performance concerns through an appliance form factor.
"Trend Micro's Network VirusWall 300 offers our joint customers enhanced security for their devices running Windows XP Embedded," added Jane Gilson, group product manager, mobile and embedded devices division at Microsoft Corp.
"Trend Micro's appliance integrates with Windows XP Embedded solutions to protect a spectrum of devices such as ATMs, retail point-of-sale terminals, thin clients and other network-connected systems from network viruses and Internet worms."
"Trend Micro has studied the issue closely, and created Network VirusWall 300 to offer protection against network worms for IP-enabled ATMs from any ATM vendor," continued Raimund Genes, President of European Operations, Trend Micro. "The launch of Trend Micro's Network VirusWall 300 enables financial institutions and other organisations to maximise operation resiliency and ATM uptime while minimising potential recovery time and costs associated with a network virus outbreak - enabling them to provide their customers with the type of service they have come to expect."
For further information, please contact Dean Brazier at telephone (011) 257 8600; fax (011) 257 8699; e-mail deanb@securedata.co.za.
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Trend Micro, Inc is a leader in network anti-virus and Internet content security software and services. The Tokyo-based corporation has business units worldwide. Trend Micro products are sold through corporate and value-added resellers.
SecureData SecureData, an ERP.com company, is Africa's premier IT security solution provider. SecureData's solutions incorporate anti-virus and content security, network security, intrusion prevention software and network asset management.
SecureData's comprehensive "Managed Security Services" include design, audit, implementation, vulnerability assessment, outsourcing and hosting. SecureData distributes, sells and supports category leading IT security products to the public, corporate and SME sectors throughout Africa as well as products and services to the SOHO and consumer markets through partnerships with ISPs.
As well as being the sole distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa for and Trend Micro, SecureData is the African distributor for US-based TippingPoint Technologies and the southern African distributor for US-based BorderWare, US-based RSA Security and UK-based Centennial. For more information, visit SecureData at www.securedata.co.za.
ERP.com
ERP.com is a JSE-listed company focused on the implementation, integration and management of enterprise applications in an e-business environment. For more information, visit ERP.com at www.erpcom.co.za.
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