SonicWALL Intrusion Prevention Service (IPS)
SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus, Spyware and Intrusion Prevention Service integrates gateway anti-virus, spyware protection and intrusion prevention to deliver intelligent, real-time network security protection against sophisticated application layer and content-based attacks. Utilizing a configurable, high-performance deep packet inspection architecture, SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus, Spyware and Intrusion Prevention Service secures the network from the core to the perimeter against a comprehensive array of dynamic threats including viruses, spyware, worms, Trojans and software vulnerabilities such as buffer overflows, as well as peer-to-peer and instant messenger applications, backdoor exploits, and other malicious code. Because new threats emerge daily and are often unpredictable, the signature database is constantly updated to deliver the highest protection possible against an ever-changing threat landscape.
SonicWALL's unique solution features a powerful deep packet inspection engine that delivers threat protection directly on the security gateway by matching downloaded, E-mailed and compressed files against an extensive signature database created by a combination of SonicWALL's SonicAlert Team and third-party sources. SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus, Spyware and Intrusion Prevention Service inspects over E-mail, Web, file transfer and a multitude of stream-based protocols as well as instant messaging and peer-to-peer applications, providing comprehensive network threat prevention and control. As an added layer of security, SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus, Spyware and Intrusion Prevention Service provides application layer attack protection not only against external threats, but also against those originating inside the network.
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Spyware Protection
SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus, Spyware and Intrusion Prevention Service prevents malicious spyware from infecting networks by blocking spyware installation at the gateway and disrupts background communications from existing spyware programs that transmit confidential data.
Real-time AV Gateway Scanning
SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus, Spyware and Intrusion Prevention Service delivers intelligent file-based virus and malicious code prevention by scanning in real-time for decompressed and compressed files containing viruses, Trojans, worms and other Internet threats over the corporate network.
Powerful Intrusion Prevention
SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus, Spyware and Intrusion Prevention Service delivers complete protection from a comprehensive array of network-based application layer threats by scanning packet payloads for worms, Trojans, software vulnerabilities such as buffer overflows, peer-to-peer and instant messenger applications, backdoor exploits and other malicious code.
Integrated Deep Packet Inspection Technology
SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus, Spyware and Intrusion Prevention Service features a high performance deep packet inspection engine that uses parallel searching algorithms up through the application layer to deliver increased application layer, Web and E-mail attack prevention capabilities over those supplied by traditional stateful packet inspection firewalls. Parallel processing reduces the performance impact on the firewall and maximizes available memory for exceptional throughput on SonicWALL security gateways.
Dynamically Updated Signature Database
SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus, Spyware and Intrusion Prevention Service utilizes an extensive database of thousands of attack and vulnerability signatures written to detect and prevent intrusions, viruses, spyware, worms and Trojans as well as peer-to-peer and instant messaging file transfers.
Ultimate Scalability and Performance
SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus, Spyware and Intrusion Prevention Service is the first on the market to utilize a per packet scanning engine, making SonicWALL's solution unique in its ability to handle unlimited file size and virtually unlimited concurrent downloads, offering ultimate scalability and performance for today's networked environment.
Inter-Zone Scanning
SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus, Spyware and Intrusion Prevention Service provides application layer attack protection against malicious code and other threats originating from the Internet or from internal sources. Administrators have the ability to enforce intrusion prevention and anti-virus scanning not only between each network zone and the Internet, but also between internal network zones for added security.
Application Control
SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus, Spyware and Intrusion Prevention Service provides the ability to prevent instant messaging and peer-to-peer file sharing programs from operating through the firewall, closing a potential backdoor that can be used to compromise the network while also improving employee productivity and conserving Internet bandwidth.
Day Zero Protection
SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus, Spyware and Intrusion Prevention Service ensures incredibly fast time-to-protection by employing a dynamically-updated database of signatures created by a combination of SonicWALL's SonicAlert Team and third-party sources.