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WatchGuards New Fireboxes Chew Through Encrypted Traffic 94 Percent Faster Than Competitors | |
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 12:24:15 PM | |
New Firebox M Series appliances help SMBs keep up with the rising tide of encrypted traffic with best-in-class performance and security SEATTLE August 15, 2017 WatchGuard Technologies, a leader in advanced network security solutions, today announced hardware upgrades to its Firebox M Series to handle the rapid proliferation of encrypted web traffic and offer more flexibility with added copper and fiber ports. With the new M470, M570 and M670 appliances, users can add additional network modules to increase the number of copper or fiber ports available to support the growing use of 10G fiber in midsize enterprise data centers. The new Firebox M Series appliances also enable users to inspect encrypted traffic with industry-leading performance with all security services enabled. According to Miercom, an independent testing lab, the updated Firebox M370 performs full HTTPS inspection 94% faster than competing solutions. Network defenses that dont adequately process and inspect encrypted traffic leave employees, customers and partners vulnerable to cyber attacks. According to a 2016 Ponemon study, 41 percent of attacks in 2016 used encryption to either disguise their entry into the network or hide their connection to a Command and Control server. NSS Labs, Inc. forecasts that as adoption rates continue to climb, 75 percent of web traffic will be encrypted by 2019. A firewall that lacks the processing power necessary to inspect high volumes of encrypted traffic will either need to turn off some security services or compromise throughput in order to manage the burden. KEY FEATURES:
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