Security Management Strategies for the CIO[GOLD]
Check Point IPS-1
Check Point Software Technologies
Check Point IPS-1 intrusion detection and prevention system features an IPS-1 centralized interface with graphical management tools that allow
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a system administrator to quickly identify malicious activity, enhancing administrative efficiency and providing rapid-response mitigation. The product received high marks from the voters in all categories, but its intrusion detection and prevention capabilities, as well as its threat response time and easy installation received particularly favorable reviews, ultimately garnering it the gold medal.
[SILVER]
Sourcefire Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Sourcefire
Sourcefire Intrusion Prevention System, built on the widely deployed Snort rules-based detection engine, combines vulnerability- and anomaly-based inspection methods to analyze network traffic and prevent critical threats from damaging the network. Readers gave the product solid grades for its intrusion detection and prevention capabilities, frequency of updates and threat response times, as well as reporting and alerting features, although, readers weren't as fond of its vendor service and support capabilities.
[BRONZE]
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System
Cisco
The Cisco Intrusion Prevention System received commendable marks across the board, and brought home the bronze, mostly attributed to its ability to effectively and accurately detect and prevent attacks, its update frequency and response to new threats. Readers also rated the product highly for vendor support, reporting and alerting capabilities and return on investment. The Cisco Intrusion Prevention System is a network-based IPS that identifies, classifies and stops known and unknown threats.
2010 READERS' CHOICE AWARDS WINNERS
Introduction and Methodology
Best Antimalware Products
Readers vote on the best business-grade desktop and server antivirus and antispyware products.
Best Authentication Products
Readers vote on the best digital identity verification products, services, and management systems, including PKI, hardware and software tokens, smart cards.
Best Data Loss Prevention Products
Readers vote on the best network, client and combined data loss prevention software and appliances for enterprise and midmarket deployments.
Best Identity and Access Management Products
Readers vote on the best identity and access management products, including user identity access privilege and authorization management, single sign-on, user identity provisioning.
Best Intrusion Detection and Prevention Products
Readers vote on the best intrusion prevention/detection products, including network-based intrusion detection and prevention appliances, using signature-, behavior-, anomaly- and rate-based detection.
Best Messaging Security Products
Readers vote on the best antispam, antiphishing, email antivirus and antimalware filtering, software and appliance products, as well as hosted "in-the-cloud" email security services.
Best Mobile Data Security Products
Readers vote on the best mobile data security products, including hardware- and software-based file and full disk laptop encryption and removable storage device protection.
Best Network Access Control Products
Readers vote for the best NAC products, including appliance, software and infrastructure user and device network access policy creation, compliance, enforcement and remediation.
Best Network Firewalls
Readers vote on the best network firewalls, including enterprise-caliber network firewall appliances and software, and stateful packet filtering firewalls with advanced application/protocol layer filtering.
Best Secure Remote Access Products
Readers vote on the best remote access products, including IPsec VPN, SSL VPN, and combined systems and products, as well as other remote access products and services.
Best Security Information and Event Management Products
Security information and event management and log management software, appliances and managed services for SMB and enterprise security monitoring, compliance and reporting.
Best Unified Threat Management Products
Readers voted on the best unified threat management products, including UTM appliances that feature firewall, VPN, gateway antivirusm URL Web filtering and antispam.
Best Vulnerability Management Products
Readers vote on the best vulnerability management products, including network vulnerability assessment scanners, vulnerability risk management, reporting, remediation and compliance, patch management and vulnerability management lifecycle products.
Best Web Security Gateway Products
Readers vote on the best Web security gateway products, including software and hardware, hosted Web services for inbound and outbound content filtering for malware activity detection and prevention.
This was first published in September 2010
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