Data unit's solution for Intrusion Prevention offers event monitoring and configuration management of Intrusion Prevention Sensors (IPS). IPS monitoring tracks security events in real-time as traffic flows through the IPS. Traffic inspection includes all seven layers of the IP stack, going well beyond the port/protocol rules of a firewall.

This solution protects against worms, viruses, spyware, and other threats, and is a flexible solution that proactively prevents enterprise and application attacks while maintaining peak network performance. Not every potential threat is indeed a threat to be blocked, and ongoing IPS tuning assures that alerts are generated for suspicious events while well qualified attacks are readily blocked.

We work with our customers to define IPS policies that are aligned with their corporate security policy. Our Management Services include patching and updates to maintain all managed devices on a secure operating system. We work with our vendors to determine how to mitigate potential threats. If a configuration change, patch or update is required, Data Unit provides notification.

Network security is a challenge. Today's workforce is using Internet enabled devices that constantly traverse a variety of networks, each susceptible to its own threats. When this equipment returns to the corporate network, it can provide immediate access to a company's soft underbelly.

IPS prevents these threats from causing unmitigated harm. Through Data Unit's IDP solution, attacks perpetrated from the inside can be contained, cordoned off from wreaking widespread havoc on an entire network. Whether these attacks are perpetrated by a disgruntled insider or an unwitting participant, an IPS can identify an immediately block the spread of malicious code. Through the strategic design of network quarantine points, risk can be controlled based upon the resource and asset value within each quarantine zone. The more quarantine points, the more control against potential damage of an attack.

Virus outbreaks continue to occur within corporate networks. Even though there have been numerous advancements in security technology, the attack plane continues to increase with user mobility. The IDP solution immediately proves its value when a single outbreak is successfully quarantined. A properly deployed IPS limits the remediation to a very few PC's, rather than an entire network. These very tangible costs can be clearly quantified to justify the use and further expansion of IPS services.

Key Benefits:

• Reduces the potential damage of an infection or attack
• Real-time notification of security events
• Provides monitoring only or full management flexibility
• Relieves customer of hiring and maintaining expensive security IT staff
• Peer review to mitigate unintended issues resulting from configuration changes
• Review and application of applicable vendor patches and updates

Data Unit's Intrusion Prevention solution combine the intelligence of IPS hardware with Data unit's Security Engineering experts for a proactive and preventive security service. Our engineering expertise will assist with the proper design and deployment, while the monitoring and analysis capabilities will tune the device to match its specific environment.