McAfee Next Generation Firewall Empowers Enterprises to More Effectively Fight Cybercrime with Expanded Threat Defense Ecosys...
October 15 2014 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Intelligence-Aware Security Controls Leverage
Information across Distributed Security Solutions to Accelerate
Threat Discovery and Remediation
Today McAfee, part of Intel Security, announced the latest
release of McAfee Next Generation Firewall, which now seamlessly
integrates with several key McAfee solutions and technologies,
offering businesses and government agencies an ever-expanding
ecosystem of threat defenses. Important new integrations with the
McAfee Security Connected framework provide McAfee Next Generation
Firewall customers with layered protection against the latest
threats and evasions, along with improved workflows and operational
efficiencies.
“Earlier this year, McAfee outlined our game-changing approach
to strengthening network security through a powerful combination of
integrated technologies,” said Pat Calhoun, general manager of
network security at McAfee, part of Intel Security. “This release
represents another significant milestone in bringing that strategy
to fruition and further empowers our customers with the tools they
need to outmaneuver attackers with even greater ease and
precision.”
A recent Vanson Bourne study commissioned by McAfee revealed
that companies with multiple, siloed security solutions often
present security postures that are easily compromised, putting them
at greater risk for a data breach. According to the study, in the
U.S. nearly 60% of IT decision makers at large companies (more than
3,000 employees) believe that point security solutions that don’t
share information can lead to threats going unnoticed. Over 65%
stated that siloed security also causes their IT departments to
spend too much time manually discovering and remediating
threats.
Utilizing actionable endpoint information from McAfee ePolicy
Orchestrator, McAfee Next Generation Firewall customers will now
see operational efficiency benefits with valuable insights into
endpoint security postures and simplified administrative workflows
when investigating incidents. Integration with McAfee Enterprise
Security Manager improves security posture, reduces event response
times, and enables continuous monitoring and alerting of compliance
status. McAfee Advanced Threat Defense integration provides real
time protection against rapidly mutating malware and zero-day
attacks. And lastly, reputation intelligence from McAfee Global
Threat Intelligence enables McAfee Next Generation Firewall to
provide superior protection against globally active advanced
threats and malware.
“Today our customers require network security solutions that can
keep pace with the way advanced attacks are now orchestrated, all
with minimal complexity and an affordable price tag,” said Neil
Campbell, Group General Manager, Security at Dimension Data. “With
its Security Connected framework, McAfee is aiming to address each
of these requirements as it brings its entire ecosystem of security
technologies together and now incorporates a true next generation
firewall.”
McAfee Next Generation Firewall protects enterprise networks
with high-performance “intelligence aware” security supported by
real-time updates from McAfee’s Security Connected ecosystem. This
enables McAfee to deliver a leading-edge defense against advanced
evasions, along with complete next generation firewall protections
“when and where you need it” - remote sites, branch offices, data
centers and the network edge.
McAfee Next Generation Firewall starts with a solid foundation
of protections including granular application control, intrusion
prevention system, built-in virtual private network and deep packet
inspection – all in an efficient, extensible and highly scalable
unified design. Then McAfee adds powerful anti-evasion technologies
that decode and normalize network traffic - before inspection and
across all protocol layers - in order to expose and block the most
advanced attack methods.
For more information on McAfee Next Generation Firewall, visit:
http://www.mcafee.com/us/products/next-generation-firewall.aspx
For additional information on McAfee Next Generation Firewall
Security Connected technologies, visit:
http://mcafee.com/us/products/network-security/next-generation-firewall-technologies/ngfw-security-connected.aspx
About Intel Security
McAfee is now part of Intel Security. With its Security
Connected strategy, innovative approach to hardware-enhanced
security, and unique Global Threat Intelligence, Intel Security is
intensely focused on developing proactive, proven security
solutions and services that protect systems, networks, and mobile
devices for business and personal use around the world. Intel
Security combines the experience and expertise of McAfee with the
innovation and proven performance of Intel to make security an
essential ingredient in every architecture and on every computing
platform. Intel Security’s mission is to give everyone the
confidence to live and work safely and securely in the digital
world. www.intelsecurity.com.
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McAfee, part of Intel SecurityHeather Haas,
408-346-5735Heather_Haas@McAfee.comorZeno GroupAshley Dolezal,
650-801-0931Ashley.Dolezal@zenogroup.com
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