New 10Gbps IPS, E-mail and Web Security Platforms Break the 'LAN Speed
Barrier' while Providing Uncompromised Security and Performance
LONDON, April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- INFOSECURITY EUROPE -- McAfee,
Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today announced two products that strengthen the company's
leadership position in network security. McAfee M-8000 Network Security
Platform (formerly known as McAfee IntruShield Network Intrusion Prevention)
and the McAfee Content Security Blade Server eliminate performance
bottlenecks, reduce complexity and deliver uncompromised intrusion prevention,
e-mail and Web security.
"Today McAfee is changing the game for network security," said Dave
DeWalt, president and chief executive officer of McAfee. "For customers, it
means that they now have access to the strongest, fastest network security
solutions available today. For McAfee, it means that we continue to extend
our leadership with a series of industry firsts. Network security is a key
part of our growth strategy as we strive to be the industry's most innovative
and comprehensive security vendor."
Large organizations are adopting high-speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks
in order to conduct business more quickly and efficiently. These
organizations need intrusion prevention systems that can keep up with the
speed of these networks and provide more actionable, integrated and efficient
security. McAfee Network Security Platform is the only single product
solution with the breadth of coverage and performance and true 10Gbps
performance.
In the same environments, customers require high-performance and scalable
e-mail and Web security solutions. By offering this security in a blade
server format, customers benefit from breakthrough performance, vastly reduced
complexity and a lower total cost of ownership.
"The McAfee Network Security Platform provides Cerner the flexibility of
deployment at strategic, high-bandwidth locations within our network,
resulting in lower total cost of ownership and higher return on investment,"
said Gary Long, information security officer for CernerWorks, a division of
Cerner. "The McAfee platform provides growth to meet our ever-increasing
demands, and we will be able to support 10-G fabric as our technology
progresses."
Driving Innovation with Series of "Industry Firsts"
With today's announcement, McAfee extends its lead in network security by
being first to deliver integrated e-mail and Web security that scans up to
five million messages per hour and up to 50,000 concurrent Web users. As the
first company to deliver a fully extensible content security platform for
e-mail and Web security, McAfee also becomes the first to deliver
multi-Gigabit network IDS/IPS, virtual IPS technology and encrypted threat
protection. McAfee is also the first company to integrate IPS with
vulnerability management, NAC and system security management.
McAfee Network Security Platform
The McAfee Network Security Platform is designed to meet the explosive
growth of IPS in the network core and data center, as well as the rapid growth
of high-performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks. McAfee Network Security
Platforms provide carrier-class reliability and scalability that large
enterprises demand. McAfee was the first to integrate signature, behavioral
and DoS/DDoS detection on a single purpose-built appliance.
The McAfee Network Security Platform allows customers to simplify
deployments while supporting higher throughputs. Customers also receive
integrated protection, an easy-to-use platform, broad asset protection,
maximized business availability, reduced liability, and security cost
avoidance -- all with 10 Gbps performance without security trade-offs.
McAfee Content Security Blade Server
McAfee's new Content Security Blade Server represents a breakthrough in
e-mail and Web security. The product has been designed to scale easily from
700,000 to five million messages per hour and 50,000 Web users simply by
adding more blades. The blade server features built-in failover and
redundancy, a built-in resource manager which removes the need for external
load balancer, and the ability to "hot-swap" blades. As the market leader in
blade infrastructure, HP is supplying HP BladeSystem c-Class products to
McAfee for the Content Security Blade Server.
McAfee's Content Security Blade Server provides a fully extensible content
security platform offering E-mail security, Web security, URL filtering,
anti-spam, anti-phishing, and safe searching stopping all of today's growing
malware threats. Additionally, organizations benefit from lower cost of
ownership by reducing the need to purchase and manage multiple point products.
McAfee also offers flat rate pricing (no per user fees) which provides
significant cost savings.
Energy Efficiency, Cost Savings and Environmental Benefits
McAfee's Content Security Blade Server provides several benefits for
companies that are working to adopt "green" computing practices. The product
helps companies save 25% on datacenter costs, which include power and cooling.
Compared with traditional appliance or server form factors, the Content
Security Blade Server also reduces space requirements, helping companies
reduce the physical footprint needed to manage security.
Availability:
McAfee Network Security Platform and McAfee Content Security Blade Server
are available now. For more information about McAfee's network security
solutions, please visit http://www.mcafee.com.
About McAfee, Inc.
McAfee, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is the world's
largest dedicated security technology company. It delivers proactive and
proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the
world, allowing users to browse and shop the Web securely. With its unmatched
security expertise and commitment to innovation, McAfee empowers home users,
businesses, the public sector and service providers by enabling them to comply
with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify vulnerabilities
and continuously monitor and improve their security. http://www.mcafee.com.
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SOURCE McAfee, Inc.
Sal Viveros of McAfee, Inc., +1-408-346-3696, Sal_viveros@mcafee.com; or Ian
Bain of Red Consultancy, +1-415-618-8806, ian.bain@redconsultancy.com, for
McAfee, Inc.
