Stonesoft Security Engine

The Stonesoft corporation, the Finnish decision maker on network protection and ensuring business continuity, provided the industry-first universal gateway to security of Stonesoft Security Engine which can dynamically be transformed depending on assigned tasks in February, 2012. Stonesoft Security Engine is capable to support to seven different configurations for ensuring reliable protection of the Enterprize level with support of a context and functionality of safety of new generation. The new solution from Stonesoft throws down a challenge to traditional bulky and separate products of network protection, setting the new standard of adaptivity, scalability, flexibility and return of investments.

The gateway of security Stonesoft is the solution first in own way which depending on preferences of the user, can be configured as the traditional firewall and/or as the firewall of the next generation (NGFW – Next Generation Firewall) as traditional IPS and/or an intrusion prevention system of the next generation (NGIPS - Next Generation IPS), the firewall of the L2, VPN or UTM level. The solution Stonesoft Security Engine can serve at the same time both as one and as several these products, at the same time are used one hi-tech integrated platform and control is exercised from the uniform center.

At any Stonesoft Security Engine configuration provides the high level of information security, including the functionality of inspection of data, best in the class, protection against dynamic the technician of a bypass (AET) and complete situational and contextual awareness in protection against the latest threats. At this Stonesoft Security Engine it is available as a hardware and software system, as the software or as a product for virtual environment.

The new gateway of security Stonesoft Security Engine completely changes traditional approach to network protection, allowing clients to select independently the platform, functionality and to configure the security mode depending on the current tasks. Most important the fact that it gives to users the chance to reconfigure and reuse a product in process of development of the network and business challenges. For example, the user can change at any time free of charge functionality of NGFW to NGIPS or raise security degree. It allows the organizations to adapt instantly to changes, with a reaction speed unknown hitherto.

Using Stonesoft Security Engine need of physical updating of technologies and products during long time disappears. The gateway automatically receives new functionality and a gain of performance in process of their emergence with development of a product, thus, providing to the client use always of the most modern technologies of protection using only one contract and investment. As a result, clients are not hostages of product lifecycle any more: purchase – updating - replacement profitability and return of investments can also significantly raise.

"We do not want to create one more product "all in one". The majority of attempts of the industry of security to provide "flexibility" came down earlier to creation of the inefficient integrated multifunction product which use as a result threatened security of a system. On the contrary, the gateway of security Stonesoft Security Engine allows to provide any desirable degree of protection, both for the small organizations, and for the enterprises of level of military industrial complex. It allows the organizations to adapt to quickly changing threats and requirements of business instantly. Such level of adaptivity and security has no of the products cybersecurity existing today in the market", - Antti Kuvaja, the Director of Stonesoft product management notes.

From 'disposable' products to rational use

Emergence of Stonesoft Security Engine marks the end of 'era' of static products of "one-time" use, and their replacement on multifunctional, rational and "reusable". The separate or badly integrated multi-function printers of security usually donate performance to please security or on the contrary, Stonesoft Security Engine uses intellectual and synchronized processes of protection which work at the highest level technology integration. Use of this innovative technology allows to provide the highest performance of Stonesoft Security Engine comparable with leaders of the industry.

"It is part of ours of long-term strategy – to cease to consider security as a certain static, fixed product or a concept, in modern the world solutions of security which provide scalability and adaptivity as service are necessary. We achieved the goal, having provided to the world a product which can evolve, adapt, be scaled and be transformed eventually. Mirroring of numerous responses and wishes of our clients for the last ten years is simple to eat all these requirements", - Ilkka Hiidenheimo, the chief executive and the founder of Stonesoft corporation adds.

Stonesoft Security Engine 5.4

The transformed and adaptable software of STONESOFT Security Engine 5.4 (further — SSE 5.4) is integrated solution on network security, capable to provide all functionality of the firewall of the next generation (NGFW), including IPS, EPS (Evasion Prevention System), ME 2 of level, VPN, UTM, SSL, etc.

The architecture of SSE 5.4 conforms to all demands which are made by modern standards of security to resist to constantly changing environment of cyber-threats and to adapt under any necessary changes of business processes or infrastructure. It allows administrators to create, transform and to dynamically change the level and a form of implementation of services of network protection without new expensive investments and expensive idle times in work.

For increase in the general awareness on security status of all of IT of infrastructure, new SSE 5.4 offers unique reporting system, advanced functionality regarding visualization of the event log and evident representation of all networked environment.

With a new software version of the STONESOFT 3206 and STONESOFT 5206 device allow to reach more than 100gb/with capacity on "real" traffic of applications. Thanks to capability of transformation and dynamic updating in the course of work Customers have an opportunity even without replacement of a hardware platform or application of means of a clustering to increase performance. For example, in version 5.4 batch processing of data increased more than by 400% to conform to requirements of the large organizations, service providers, telecom operators, etc. And all existing Customers can use this achievement. For this purpose it is not required to purchase something from licenses or the equipment as it usually is required in other solutions.

"The intuitive and completely integrated technology of the solution STONESOFT Security Engine 5.4 gives to users essential advantages in comparison with traditional products of network security — Romanov Mikhail, the director of business development in Russia, the CIS and the Baltic says. — When the solution Security Engine is configured as traditional NGFW/VPN, it is capable to inspect traffic with the same accuracy, as well as the usual IPS self-contained unit. At a configuration under IPS, the solution Security Engine proposes functions which were available only in the full-scale products FW/VPN earlier. With the solution Security Engine the STONESOFT corporation implemented synergistic combination of products of security and technologies".

Let's note that the new solution of STONESOFT is directed to put an end to the dominating approach in security industry based on development and sale of static, one-time, one-sided and point solutions which have the fixed lifecycle term. Being the unified and constantly improved software solution, SSE 5.4 have an opportunity to set different updates on security and functionality without labor-consuming and expensive new implementations, reconstruction and hardware upgrade. This approach allows to return quicker the enclosed investments at the expense of longer lifecycle of the equipment and maintenance of the security level conforming to modern requirements.