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As a continuum of Log Aggregations and other data mining tools, we have now introduced a new feature called Log Visualizations. This allows you to visualize up to 100 000 prefiltered log events in a single network diagram and see a big picture what log events are actually flowing in your environment.

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written by Tero Jantunen - 528 views \\ tags: 5.4, Data mining, Feature Previews, log, log analysis, Log Visualizations, SMC, Visualizations

1.5 years ago (October 18th, 2010), Stonesoft announced that it has discovered a new network security threat category. These are so-called Advanced Evasion Techniques (AET), which can bypass current network security devices without leaving a trace. Now you can see those evasions as well as many other type of anomalies directly in Stonesoft Management Center’s Log Browser in dedicated “Anomalies” log field. It is also possible to create statistics and run scheduled reports showing “Top Anomalies”.

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written by Tero Jantunen - 444 views \\ tags: 5.4, Anomalies, anti-evasion, evasion, Feature Previews, logs

Let’s dig a bit deeper into features and licensing of Security Engine and what are the changes compared to previous versions.

As a new thing Stonesoft Firewall can now perform full, AET-proof inspection on all protocols – as well as our dedicated IPS can do it. The biggest benefit on IPS side is that it is now capable of doing Quality of Service (QoS) throttling (previously supported only for Stonesoft Firewalls).

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written by Tero Jantunen - 481 views \\ tags: 5.4, Feature Previews, Features, Licensing, Security Engine

Stonesoft launches in 5.4 version industry’s first transformable Security Engine. From technical point of view, this means that we have totally merged the Firewall and IPS product bases into one. This allows us to flexibly provide different type of security products and let the customers to change the role of their products dynamically at any time.

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written by Tero Jantunen - 789 views \\ tags: 5.4, demo, Deployment, Feature Previews, Security Engine, Videos

Stonesoft 5.4 versions are about to be released within a couple of months. We’ll continue the tradition of giving sneak previews of the new features for our blog followers. In practice, the 5.4.0 releases will be provided as controlled shipment to selected customers while 5.4.1 is planned to be the first version that is publicly available. Let us know if you want to be one of the first pilot users of Stonesoft 5.4.0.

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written by Tero Jantunen - 685 views \\ tags: 5.4, Feature Previews, Security Engine, stonegate, stonesoft

This post is deepening the ability of StoneGate Authentication Server to integrate transparently with existing user bases with a technique called dynamic user linking.

The idea is to be able to pull information about user profiles from a wide range of directory servers and use dynamically these information to populate user accounts in StoneGate Authentication Server.

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written by RoarinPenguin - 1,535 views \\ tags: AD, Authentication Server, Feature Previews, MobileID, Secure access to cloud, SMC

Let’s start to analyze some of the important features of StoneGate Authentication Server, beginning with the concept of ergonomic authentication.

The concept of ergonomics is defined in Oxford Dictionary as “The study of people’s efficiency in their working environment”.

In StoneGate Authentication Server we applied this definition to innovative authentication methods, to make them designed for human beings.

Ergonomic Authentication means to offer authentication methods based on several factors of strength, without impacting on the user’s natural way of using common devices he’s using daily, such as his mobile phone or smartphone or tablet. Continue reading »

written by RoarinPenguin - 1,362 views \\ tags: Authentication Server, Feature Previews, MobileID, Secure access to cloud, SMC

SMC 5.3.1 is now publicly available and FW/VPN 5.3.0 is also published as controlled shipment. I wanted to conclude the StoneGate 5.3 feature previews by listing the other significant enhancements that are introduced in version 5.3. More details can be found from SMC and FW Release Notes and product manuals.

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written by Tero Jantunen - 1,437 views \\ tags: 5.3, ADSL, Certificates, Dynamic routing, Feature Previews, firewall, SMC, SNMP agent, VPN, WiFi

Version 5.3.1 of StoneGate Management Center includes a brand new functionality which enables Stonesoft to become a player in Identity Management and Authentication arena: StoneGate Authentication Server. Built to answer the pressing need to secure the access to the cloud (no matter if it is a private or public one), StoneGate Authentication Server is completely integrated in StoneGate Management Center from configuration, usability and backup/restore standpoint.

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written by Tero Jantunen - 1,052 views \\ tags: 5.3, AD, Authentication Server, Feature Previews, MobileID, Secure access to cloud, SMC

StoneGate Firewall 5.3 contains a new integrated Anti-Spam feature that complements the StoneGate UTM feature portfolio. The Anti-Spam feature has been developed in-house and contains a lot of different algorithms and tools for spam detection. It suits well for example small MSSP customers that have a single firewall and own email domain.

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written by Tero Jantunen - 1,042 views \\ tags: 5.3, Anti-Spam, DNSBL, Feature Previews, firewall, SMC, UTM