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Inverted Firewall Protects Chamber Of Commerce
SecurityProNews
Staff Writer
2004-10-18
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The Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce has selected Mirage Networks' Inverted Firewall to shield its internal network against malware-infected endpoints and ensure network continuity.
Despite firewalls and anti-virus deployments, the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce's three-person IT staff frequently had to deal with the problem of rapidly propagating worms and viruses finding their way onto the internal network via infected laptops. Mobile workers would pick up malware on hotel networks, wireless networks or home networks, then bring the infection with them to the office. The Inverted Firewall gives the Chamber the ability to see these infected devices as they connect to the network, use behavioral detection to identify malicious traffic and then automatically block them from the network.
"Protecting internal networks is critical to overall security," said Jim Meyer, Director of Technology at the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. "Before we had the Inverted Firewall, worms were a huge problem. After one attack, it took us two full days to get every machine patched and cleaned, leaving users without network access and unable to do their jobs. The Inverted Firewall, because it can immediately detect and block worm traffic at the source of the problem, allows us to isolate and remediate the threat before network availability is affected."
"The Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, supporting thousands of businesses, needs to maintain business continuity," said Greg Stock, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Mirage Networks. "Adding a layer of internal network security gives them the control necessary to prevent infected endpoints from communicating with the network and to keep their organization effective."
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