Several years ago firewalls were
the major security device that
network administrators deployed
in their networks in order to
thwart hackers looking to cause
damage to or misuse resources
of a particular site. As networks
became more distributed and more
visible to the world, so came
the increased incidence of attacks
and exploitation of company resources.
The professional hacker, disgruntled
employee, or anyone that has a
personal grievance against an
organization may perpetrate an
attack.
The security strategy of many
organizations is based on the
implementation of one or multiple
firewalls. Beyond the firewall,
many organizations are now implementing
additional security measures that
include Intrusion Detection Systems
(IDS), VPN security, and more.
However, the security device such
as Firewall, VPN can become network
bottleneck, slow and may even
crash, being a single point of
failure, causing the network users
to be unable to get access. Some
Security devices also need to
have scheduled downtimes to upgrade
hardware and software.
Radware understands the necessity
to protect networks from security
breaches. FireProof has become
the de-facto standard for security
related traffic management and
is the premiere security application
switch that has full interoperability
amongst firewalls, IDSs and VPNs.
FireProof is the industry's first
Security Application Switch, ensuring
the integrity and operation of
security devices across the enterprise.
FireProof combines load balancing,
optimization, and high availability
for firewalls, Virtual Private
Networks (VPN) gateways, and Intrusion
Detection Systems (IDS). Our award-winning
application security module provides
an additional layer of defense,
while our DoS Shield prevents
Denial of Service attacks while
maintaining high throughput on
users' networks.
FireProof is a purpose-built security
application switch that provides
load balancing, optimization,
and high availability for transparent
and non-transparent firewalls,
IDSs and VPNs, within your network.
Using an advanced array of built-in
load balancing algorithms that
monitor the number of clients
and the traffic load, FireProof
dynamically distributes traffic
evenly across the various security
devices, while taking into account
bi-directional traffic. FireProof
ensures optimal performance, and
directly interfaces with multi-vendor
security devices in order to provide
a comprehensive security application
switch for even the highest throughput
environments.
Radware's FireProof when used
as part of a comprehensive security
policy can guard against sophisticated
attacks and breaches that can
cripple or even disable a site.
Application, web and content
switching (Layer 4 - Layer
7 switching)
Comprehensive health monitoring
ensuring the availability
of security devices
Dynamic intelligent traffic
management for both inbound
and outbound traffic, ensuring
cost efficient use of network
resources
Advanced, user definable
load balancing algorithms
for tracking clients and loads
Increases performance through
optimization of multiple concurrent
security devices
Provides uninterrupted service
with no single point of failure
even during maintenance and
upgrades
Enables differentiated security
service levels according to
user, destination or application
by grouping security resources
Bandwidth management
Enhanced application security,
providing protection from
over 450 attack signatures
Real-time DoS protection
in high throughput environments
Multi Layer Switching Architecture
Multi-gigabit Ethernet Connectivity
Seamless integration into
existing network
Secure local and remote
management through SSH with
Radius authentication and
GUI
LinkProof
ensures the fastest content
delivery for networks with
multiple connections to
the Internet. It aggregates
ISP links as well as provides
high availability by instantly
detecting failures and redirecting
traffic to the best performing
and healthiest link. LinkProof
reduces costs through link
optimization and bandwidth
management. It reduces costs
further by simplifying multi-link
implementation. LinkProof
provides intelligent inbound
and outbound load balancing
while eliminating the complexities
of traditional routing protocols
like BGP.
