Manage and Optimize Security Resources
Security Application Switch with Unrivaled Protection
FireProof, the predecessor to SecureFlow™, manages and optimizes security tools. By accelerating defense operations to multi-Gigabit speeds for fault-tolerant and scalable security, FireProof eliminates the security/performance tradeoff.
FireProof removes security bottlenecks and boosts security processing speeds while enabling cost-effective security scaling. It controls and optimizes traffic across best-of-breed firewalls, VPN gateways and intrusion detection systems (IDS). It enables the seamless addition of new security tools for complete security vendor freedom because it extends centralized security resource management – and with no performance integration overhead.
FireProof activates security operations for non-stop, high-performing and economical defense by combining multi-Gigabit application switching with application-aware services. These services include:
- Health monitoring
- Load balancing
- Bandwidth management
- Intrusion prevention
- Denial of Service (DoS) protection
Key Features and Benefits
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| High Availability Security Tools |
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Ensures high availability of firewall, VPN gateways and IDS through real-time health monitoring, failure bypassing and traffic redirection |
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| Multi-Gigabit, Optimized Security Switching and Accelerated Response Times |
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Takes into account both inbound and outbound traffic and dynamically distributes traffic across security devices based on pre-defined policies; Eliminates performance degradation and latency, while boosting security processing speeds |
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| End-to-End Security Traffic Shaping and Bandwidth Control |
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Provides complete control over bandwidth allocation and service-level assurances for security performance and enforcement of custom security operations |
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| High-performance IDS Coverage of All Network Traffic
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Offers load balancing and traffic aggregation across network segments for fault-tolerant, high-throughput and economical IDS deployment and operation |
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| SSL Sniffing of Encrypted Content Security |
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Affords secure socket layer (SSL) visibility for complete content security (in combination with AppXcel™ |
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| Proactive Attack Isolation |
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Employs unique bandwidth management and traffic shaping to dynamically control bandwidth allocations to applications, users or segments affected by a malicious attack, and prevents them from spreading |
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| Integrated Intrusion Prevention and DoS Protection |
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Secures against internal and external application-based attacks including viruses, worms, Trojans, anti-scanning, protocol anomalies, SYN attacks and DoS/DDoS attacks |
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| Centralized Management of Security Policies |
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Centralizes control and management of all security policies for complete operational visibility |