ASL Version 3.5 at CeBIT

14th February 2008: The largest computer expo in the world opens its doors on 4th March! Come and visit us at CeBIT between 4th and 9th March on our partner's stand (TREND MICRO) in Hall 6, Stand G12. Find out more about the advantages and benefits of the new version 3.5 of AMPEG Security Lighthouse.

User Interface Redesign

30th January 2008: AMPEG Security Lighthouse bursts onto the scene in 2008 with the new design of its user interface. The newly created chart and diagram display convinces with its optimum colours and clear recognisability, while facilitating easy understanding of the analyses at the same time. The new menu structure has been optimised fur user-friendliness and allows for even more targeted navigation through AMPEG Security Lighthouse.

ArpGuard Link to AMPEG Security Lighthouse

10th December 2007: In order to give users just-in-time and precise views of the systems active in the network, we linked the database in the network access control solution ArpGuard to AMPEG Security Lighthouse in September 2007.
ARP-Guard recognises whether a system is wanted in the internal network or not right at the network port. By verifying the device's MAC address automatically, ARP-Guard identifies whether the system in question should be authorised to access the corporate network or not. Querying the information at the switch port allows for highly up-to-date and precise online and offline views in ASL.
The client information on virus protection and patch management compiled in ASL makes it possible to determine the delta between the data from ARP-Guard and the security applications. As a result, ASL permits a direct view of whether systems exist in the network that have absolutely no virus protection or are not linked to patch management. The user can also see whether systems are equipped with the current virus signature or patch. Authorised printers or POS systems not equipped with virus protection can be separated out per name convention.
The consequence of this is clear: the user can see straight away whether a system is online that may not comply with the security guidelines.

"Organising and Controlling IT Security" Study

8th November 2007: The larger the company, the more the number of security solutions used in parallel. But frequently, the question of whether they actually provide optimum protection is not adequately checked. In the "Organising and Controlling IT Security" study, only around half of the security managers surveyed admitted to regularly comparing the actual performance of their security systems with their objectives.
You can read the whole study here. (in German only)

Analysing Virus Attacks in https Traffic

30th October 2007: An enhancement in AMPEG Security Lighthouse closes an analysis loophole, and makes using an https scanner possible. This type of scanner breaks up encrypted web traffic and transfers it to the virus scanner. Following analysis for unwanted contents such as viruses, the page query is re-encrypted and transferred to the client per http, or blocked.
But how many viruses and/or malware were actually found in the https flow? AMPEG Security Lighthouse provides information of the frequency with which malware is filtered out of https traffic. This proves how much more dangerous the content in http is and serves as an aid for arguing in favour of using an https scanner.

Analyse Web Traffic Successfully

4th September 2007: Data from the integrated TREND MICRO InterScan Web Security Suite empowers you to call up new charts and analyses on your web traffic. Integrating Microdasys SCIP also makes analysing encrypted data traffic feasible. With just a couple of mouse-clicks, you can call up diagrams providing information on attacks from the Internet that were fended off at the gateway.

IT Security Made in Germany

Extended Spam Analysis