Secure Firewall’s industry-leading manageability, scalability and security selected to replace Frontier’s previous firewall
United States of America (Press Release) May 14, 2008 --
SAN JOSE, CA, May 14, 2008—Secure Computing Corp. today announced that Frontier Airlines has switched from a competing firewall to the Secure Firewall. The Denver-based airline selected Secure Firewall because it needed a true enterprise-class solution that would improve security and manageability while keeping pace with the company’s rapid growth.
Frontier selected the Secure Firewall for its proven functionality and industry-leading track record. Frontier has grown from a startup carrier with two aircraft and 180 employees to become the second largest airline operating out of Denver International Airport with 60 aircraft and close to 6,000 employees. As the company added remote sites, IT managers became concerned that network vulnerabilities were not being adequately addressed. In addition, as part of an IT infrastructure overhaul, the company planned to relocate business-critical servers off-site, complicating network security issues.
Secure Computing’s Secure Firewall exceeded Frontier Airlines’ requirement for simplified security management in several ways. First, with its unified threat management (UTM) approach, the appliance incorporates best-of-breed intrusion prevention and detection, anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, URL filtering and encrypted application scanning. Second, the firewall’s ability to inspect traffic at the application layer (layer 7) makes it particularly effective in blocking attacks that come in through applications like SQL. Third, the appliance’s streamlined user interface speeds and simplifies common security management tasks. For example, creating a rule for comprehensive protection can be accomplished in half the number of screens as virtually all competing solutions.
Secure Firewall also provided greater security than Frontier’s previous solution. “Airline operations are increasingly tied into core IT systems and networks. Firewalls are a critical piece of ensuring the safety and continuity of these systems. Secure Firewall is the only firewall that has never had a CERT advisory or an emergency security patch in its history,” noted Ken Rutsky, vice president of product marketing for Secure Computing. “This unparalleled application level protection is why Secure Firewall is the choice for ‘security first’ buys like Frontier Airlines.”
Secure Computing’s Secure Firewall is also setting a new standard for proactive threat detection by integrating the industry’s first and leading reputation system—TrustedSource™ technology—into every firewall. As a result, the Frontier Airlines’ network benefits from real-time behavior monitoring of dynamic URLs, domains, IPs, message content and images. The resulting reputation scores enable proactive blocking of spam, spyware, viruses and malware at the gateway—well before they ever gain access to the network.
Complete press release: http://www.securecomputing.com/press_releases.cfm?ID=1145505
Frontier selected the Secure Firewall for its proven functionality and industry-leading track record. Frontier has grown from a startup carrier with two aircraft and 180 employees to become the second largest airline operating out of Denver International Airport with 60 aircraft and close to 6,000 employees. As the company added remote sites, IT managers became concerned that network vulnerabilities were not being adequately addressed. In addition, as part of an IT infrastructure overhaul, the company planned to relocate business-critical servers off-site, complicating network security issues.
Secure Computing’s Secure Firewall exceeded Frontier Airlines’ requirement for simplified security management in several ways. First, with its unified threat management (UTM) approach, the appliance incorporates best-of-breed intrusion prevention and detection, anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, URL filtering and encrypted application scanning. Second, the firewall’s ability to inspect traffic at the application layer (layer 7) makes it particularly effective in blocking attacks that come in through applications like SQL. Third, the appliance’s streamlined user interface speeds and simplifies common security management tasks. For example, creating a rule for comprehensive protection can be accomplished in half the number of screens as virtually all competing solutions.
Secure Firewall also provided greater security than Frontier’s previous solution. “Airline operations are increasingly tied into core IT systems and networks. Firewalls are a critical piece of ensuring the safety and continuity of these systems. Secure Firewall is the only firewall that has never had a CERT advisory or an emergency security patch in its history,” noted Ken Rutsky, vice president of product marketing for Secure Computing. “This unparalleled application level protection is why Secure Firewall is the choice for ‘security first’ buys like Frontier Airlines.”
Secure Computing’s Secure Firewall is also setting a new standard for proactive threat detection by integrating the industry’s first and leading reputation system—TrustedSource™ technology—into every firewall. As a result, the Frontier Airlines’ network benefits from real-time behavior monitoring of dynamic URLs, domains, IPs, message content and images. The resulting reputation scores enable proactive blocking of spam, spyware, viruses and malware at the gateway—well before they ever gain access to the network.
Complete press release: http://www.securecomputing.com/press_releases.cfm?ID=1145505
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