McAfee IntruShield Named 'NSS Approved' in NSS Group Multi-Vendor IPS Test29 March 2006
McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE), the global leader in Intrusion Prevention and Security Risk Management, today announced that McAfee(R) IntruShield(R) was recently named "NSS Approved" for network intrusion prevention systems (IPS) in the latest independent Group IPS test by the NSS Group. McAfee IntruShield earned scores of 100% in every major test category. The NSS Group's analysis represents the latest industry-wide Group IPS test and included IPS vendors Cisco, Juniper, Radware and Symantec. NSS Group's latest test further validates the award- winning IntruShield's industry leading technology.
"The performance of the device submitted for testing -- the IntruShield 4010 -- was very impressive, combining near-perfect security effectiveness with excellent latency under all traffic loads," stated Bob Walder, president of the NSS Group. "It also handled our demanding extended false-positive, false-negative and evasion tests easily, and without blocking any legitimate traffic or succumbing to common evasion techniques."
The NSS Group's exhaustive suite of IPS test criteria represents the most comprehensive group test in the industry. IntruShield scored 100% in all six major test categories performed by NSS: Detection & Blocking Under Load, Attack Recognition, Resistance to False-Positives, IPS Evasion, Latency and User Response Time, Stateful Operation, Stability and Reliability. In the report, NSS lauded IntruShield's management capabilities as a powerful tool that provides both solid default functions and simple controls for customization, while also highlighting IntruShield's User Defined Signature Editor, Default In-Line IPS Policy, Global Attack Response Editor and Virtual IPS. The complete NSS Group test results can be viewed at: http://www.nss.co.uk/ips (click on IPS Group Test - Edition 3).
"McAfee IntruShield is consistently recognized and applauded for its superior technology, broad and accurate threat prevention, best-in-class performance and simple, yet powerful management," said John Vecchi, group product marketing manager for McAfee. "As the leader in security testing and analysis, the NSS Group continues to validate McAfee's commitment to delivering the most comprehensive and advanced next-generation IPS to our customers."
As part of McAfee's "Proven Security" strategy, the family of McAfee IntruShield network IPS appliances integrate patented detection techniques, centralized management, unrivaled proactive protection, flexible deployment, and the industry's highest Gigabit port density appliances for Enterprises, SMBs (small and mid-size businesses) and Service Providers. This enables organizations to deploy the most accurate, scalable and comprehensive real- time attack prevention in the industry. McAfee IntruShield also provides:
-- Broad threat prevention -- protects infrastructure and endpoints from
zero-day, DoS, encrypted and SYN Flood attacks, plus spyware, botnets,
malware, VoIP vulnerabilities, phishing and worms.
-- Risk-aware intrusion prevention -- prioritized risk management blocks
the most relevant threats and attacks on your network.
-- Out-of-the-box default blocking -- default Recommended for Blocking
policy provides proactive blocking for hundreds of attacks straight out
of the box.
About McAfee, Inc.
McAfee, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California and the global leader in Intrusion Prevention and Security Risk Management, delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the world. With its unmatched security expertise and commitment to innovation, McAfee empowers home users, businesses, the public sector, and service providers with the ability to block attacks, prevent disruptions, and continuously track and improve their security. http://www.mcafee.com
About The NSS Group
The NSS Group is the world's foremost independent security testing facility. With security and network infrastructure testing facilities in the South of France, The NSS Group offers a range of specialist IT, networking and security-related services to vendors and end-user organizations world-wide. http://www.nss.co.uk
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