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This article is part of the April 2007 issue of Security Products Readers' Choice Awards 2007
GOLD | Cisco PIX Security Appliance Series Cisco Price: $40,000 Cisco has been in business for more than 20 years and is emerging as a security powerhouse to be reckoned with, especially as security merges more with network operations in the enterprise. "Cisco has been benefiting from recent market changes," says Jon Oltsik, a senior analyst with market research firm Enterprise Strategy Group. "The networking group is having a larger say in the purchase of security products, and that has translated into more success with its security products." There may not be better evidence of Cisco's emergence than readers giving its PIX appliance series the gold medal in the network firewall category, a narrow victory over standby Check Point's FireWall-1. High marks from readers were concentrated on the most important duty firewalls perform: keeping hackers outside corporate networks. Readers noted Cisco PIX's ability to block intrusions, attacks and unauthorized network traffic, in addition to its application-layer/protocol/HTTP controls. Also, Cisco scored well for ... Access >>>
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Vulnerability Management: QualysGuard Enterprise (2007)
2007 Readers' Choice Awards Vulnerability assessment, management
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Intrusion Detection/Prevention
2007 Readers' Choice Awards Network intrusion detection/prevention appliances and software
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Prospective Buyers Want Answers
SANS WhatWorks The SANS Institute's WhatWorks program identifies three critical areas of concern for security managers.
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Database security, software appliances review: Readers Choice Awards
In this Readers Choice Award product review of database security products and software appliances, learn about pricing and ratings on Symantec, AppDetective and Imperva SecureSphere products and appliances.
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Identity and Access Management product reviews: Readers Choice Awards
In this Reader's Choice Award product review of identity and access management and provisioning products, learn about security features and get pricing info on Novell, RSA and Oracle IAM and provisioning products.
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Endpoint Security: 2007 Readers' Choice Awards
2007 Readers' Choice Awards Pre- and post-connection network access control
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Emerging Technologies: 2007 Readers' Choice Awards
2007 Readers' Choice Awards Innovative and effective solutions to tough security problems
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Risk and Policy Management
2007 Readers' Choice Awards Risk, policy, configuration and vulnerability management
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UTM
2007 Readers' Choice Awards Unified threat management products
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Vulnerability Management: QualysGuard Enterprise (2007)
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Wireless
2007 Readers' Choice Awards Wireless security products
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2007 Readers' Choice AwardsMethodology
Selecting the 2007 Readers' Choice Awards
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Antimalware: McAfee VirusScan Enterprise and AntiSpyware Enterprise
2007 Readers' Choice Awards Desktop and gateway enterprise antimalware products.
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Application Security: 2007 Readers' Choice Awards
2007 Readers' Choice Awards Source code and web application scanners and appliances
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Authentication: 2007 Readers' Choice Awards
2007 Readers' Choice Awards Digital identity verification
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Secure Remote Access
2007 Readers' Choice Awards Secure remote access products
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Network Firewalls
2007 Readers' Choice Awards Network firewall appliances and software
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Security information, event management systems: Readers Choice Awards
Get the Information Security Readers Choice Award results for security information management system (SIMs) products from vendors like Archsight, Check Point and NetIQ.
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Messaging
2007 Readers' Choice Awards Email, IM and VoIP secuirty
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Editor's Desk: 2007 Readers' Choice Awards
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