Thursday, 15 February 2007

Cisco Raises Self-Defending Network's Power

Cisco has added new capabilities for collaboration among several products and services in its security portfolio, simplifying the ability for organizations to control and contain information security threats in a more coordinated, flexible fashion across networks while streamlining management and protecting confidential communications to remote users.

The collective enhancements involve Cisco's Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), Cisco Security Agent (CSA), Cisco Security Mitigation Analysis and Response System (CS-MARS), Cisco Security Manager (CSM) and Cisco's Secure Sockets Layer virtual private network (SSL VPN). Together, the enhancements mark the latest evolution of Cisco's Self-Defending Network, the company said.

According to Mick Scully, vice president of product management for Cisco's security business, the increasing danger of information security threats—both from their profit motive and impact to productivity - make collaborative threat control and protection of confidential communications more than just an IT requirement. It's a mission-critical business requirement.