Astaro Security Gateway Solutions

The Astaro Security Gateway product line features flexible deployment options: hardware, software or virtual appliances. Each option is compatible with any type of network and features the full Astaro feature set, including:

Astaro Product Listings

• Network Protection (Firewall and IPS, SSL & IPSec VPN, Bandwidth Optimization)
• Web Filtering (Content Filtering, IM and P2P Control, Anti Virus and Spyware)
• E-mail Security (Dual Anti Virus, Anti Spam and Phishing, E-mail Encryption )
• Security Management (Easy User Interface, 1-Click Internet Updates, Hot Standby & Clustering)
• Report Manager (Monitoring and alerting, Log Management, Reporting, Forensic Analysis )
• Command Center ( Mass rollout, Device monitoring. Central configuration. Role-based administration)
• Flexible Deployment Options (Secure Appliances, Software, VMware virtual machine)
• Overview Brochure (PDF)

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Network Protection

Firewall. VPN. Intrusion Prevention.

To defend networks, organizations often use point products such as IPS systems, VPN routers, and firewalls. This requires not only maintaining multiple products, but also continuously assuring that these products are integrated to fully protect your network.

The Astaro Security Gateway eliminates these issues, providing a single, easy-to-manage, unified network protection solution:

• Control network access. Use the latest stateful deep inspection firewall techniques to control which users can access what information at what time.
• Stop intruders. Apply state-of-the art Intrusion Prevention technologies for in-depth filtering against more than 6,000 attacks and zero day attacks.
• Secure remote access. Use SSL, IPSec or PPTP protocols to create secure Virtual Private Networks, connecting branch offices and granting remote access to workers.
• Optimize performance. Leverage our patent-pending Content Inspection Framework to scan traffic with little or no latency and reserve bandwidth for time-sensitive applications such as VoIP.
• Brochure (PDF)

For more information on the Astaro Network Protection, please contact sales@blendedsystems.com or call 1(877) 603-0301.

Web Filtering

Content Filter. Anti Virus and Spyware. P2P Control.

Controlling employee web access is essential to maximizing productivity and minimizing operational risk.

URL filter and anti-virus tools provide only limited control, requiring you to deploy and maintain multiple products – typically at significant hassle and expense.

Astaro Security Gateways unify the web filtering capabilities organizations require. The complexity and high cost associated with multiple products is eliminated.

• Inspect all Web, Instant Messaging, and Peer-to-peer traffic. Perform fast, accurate filtering using Astaro’s patent-pending Content Inspection Framework.
• Stop Viruses and Spyware. Achieve unmatched detection rates for known and unknown malware with two scan engines combined in this one product.
• Filter Web Access: Grant web access by user and time of day, and set policies based on 60 easy-to-navigate categories containing over 19 million sites. Daily updates of newly discovered websites maximize coverage.
• Brochure (PDF)

For more information on the Astaro Network Protection, please contact sales@blendedsystems.com or call 1(877) 603-0301.

Email Security

Anti Spam. Anti Virus and Phishing. Encryption.

Email is under attack: 70% of all messages are spam, Phishing attacks are on the rise, and email spreads the majority of virus and spyware infections.

The Astaro Security Gateway provides a unified solution to all these threats, combining filtering, encryption and signing in one powerful appliance.

Network administrators gain a simple, effective way to:

• Stop spam. Use eight state-of-the-art anti-spam features to minimize productivity loss and security vulnerability. Stop threats before they reach email servers.
• Prevent phishing. Improve detection with email scanning and url filtering. Our security response team assures updates occur automatically and in real time.
• Block viruses. Achieve unmatched detection rates for known and unknown malware. All traffic (SMTP, POP3, and web) is inspected with two scan engines.
• Encrypt and sign e-mails. Use open OpenPGP and S/MIME standards to communicate safely. No need for client software, everything is handled transparently at the gateway.
• Brochure (PDF)

For more information on the Astaro Network Protection, please contact sales@blendedsystems.com or call 1(877) 603-0301.

Security Management

Consolidate technologies – while improving security.

Traditionally, organizations deployed point products to address new Internet threats. But with continuous adoption of new technologies from different vendors not only license costs skyrocket, but also training, integration, and management efforts grow exponentially.

Therefore already over 30,000 organizations chose Astaro Security Gateways to consolidate their security technologies: The combination of enterprise-class network protection, email security and web filtering in one simple, easy-to-use, unified solution brings many benefits:

• More efficient operations. Using the Astaro Security Gateway in place of point products reduces management efforts 50% or more (The Tolly Group).
• Simplified purchasing. Vendor consolidation reduces license and training costs. A single 24*7 support contact improves accountability for results.
• Faster updates. Replacing multiple, often manual update processes with one highly automated process closes the window of opportunity available to attackers.
• More security. Nothing is more dangerous than not deployed or incorrectly configured security technology – a risk that a single simplified solution reduces drastically.
• Command Center Brochure (PDF)

For more information on the Astaro Network Protection, please contact sales@blendedsystems.com or call 1(877) 603-0301.

Astaro Command Center

Manage large Astaro Security Gateway deployments.

Service providers and enterprises use the Astaro Command Center to centrally operate large Astaro Security Gateway deployments with 5 up to hundreds of devices.

Having one interface for enterprise-wide management helps these organizations assure that their networks are fully protected, compliant with security policy – and remain cost-efficient to manage.

The Astaro Command Center includes capabilities for:

• Mass rollout. Prepare for and manage the deployment of multiple Astaro Security Gateways.
• Device monitoring. Track license status, detected threats, firmware/pattern versions, resource usage and other system parameters – in real time.
• Central configuration. Centralize control over updates, security policies, and other settings for all devices or subsets of devices.
• Role-based administration. Provide different management rights to different administrative users at the same time, including full revision capability.

Astaro Security Gateways can also be integrated into an existing management environment. They are fully compatible with open system standards such as Syslog, SNMP and SSH.

For more information on the Astaro Network Protection, please contact sales@blendedsystems.com or call 1(877) 603-0301.

Astaro Report Manager

Turn volumes of security data into actionable intelligence.

Report Manager is an award-winning data collection and reporting tool that retrieves, correlates and analyzes data from Astaro Security Gateways and other products.

Administrators rely on Report Manager to respond quickly to attacks, tune defenses, document the effectiveness of security infrastructure, and guarantee compliance. Report Manager’s capabilities include:

• Monitoring and alerting. Correlate event data across distributed security devices in real time, viewing results in a role-based portal. Advanced alert correlation reduces false positives and helps identify blended attacks and breaches.
• Log management. Collect, normalize, aggregate, compress, encrypt, and save log data from distributed security devices. Meet regulatory requirements for long-term archival.
• Reporting. Generate security and activity reports tailored to executives, administrators or outside auditors. Provide access via a reporting portal. Over 500 correlated device-based reports to assist organizations in the development of security processes to meet regulatory compliance.
• Forensic analysis. Search all your log data across all devices based on user configurable search criteria. Identify and resolve anomalies and policy violations – before security is breached

For more information on the Astaro Network Protection, please contact sales@blendedsystems.com or call 1(877) 603-0301.

Flexible Deployment Options

	Hardware appliances: Performance-optimized networking equipment that enables you to “plug and go”. Click here to access our Astaro Appliance Configuration tool.
	Software appliance: Turns any PC into a security appliance within minutes, offering maximum deployment flexibility. Click here to access our Astaro Software Appliance Configuration tool.
	Virtual appliance: Ready-to-go virtual machine for VMware environments, helping you consolidating your IT infrastructure.