McAfee Network Security Platform Doubles IPS Performance Capability for Data Centres

 

McAfee Network Security Platform Doubles IPS Performance Capability for
Data Centres

McAfee Introduces Next Generation Network IPS for Data Centres with
Scalable 80 Gbps Solution

INTEROP 12, LAS VEGAS - May 8, 2012 - McAfee today announced several
new capabilities to its McAfee Network Security Platform, including a
scalable 80 Gbps intrusion prevention system (IPS) solution that has
been validated at over twice the performance capability of other high
capacity network IPS solutions available. In this new offering, McAfee
offers advanced threat protection across physical, virtual and cloud
environments and addresses the needs of private clouds in the data
centre, Telco core networks and service providers networks.

"As organizations increase the capacity of their networks, we have seen
an increase in the need for high throughput security solutions,” says
Vikram Phatak, Chief Technology Officer, NSS Labs. “At NSS Labs we go
to great lengths to determine the maximum performance a device can
maintain under real world conditions without degrading protection. We
put the McAfee Network Security Platform XC Cluster through our full
network IPS test rigour and it successfully passed over 72 Gbps of
inspected traffic while maintaining an overall protection rating of 95
per cent.”

Data centres have increasingly high-density server environments that
require high switching and routing capacity. Organizations face
difficult choices when it comes to performance and security, sometimes
even limiting security in order to meet performance demands. In
today’s threat environment, organizations can no longer afford to
sacrifice security for performance. Visibility and management are also
key concerns, as networks become more dynamic. McAfee uniquely addresses
these issues with its new XC Cluster solution.

The new McAfee Network Security Platform XC Cluster is a high
performance solution that gracefully scales to 80 Gbps throughput and 32
million concurrent connections. The latest release of McAfee Network
Security Platform allows organizations to scale as they grow, providing
the following Next Generation Network IPS features for their
environments:

Multi-tenancy for Telco and Service Providers - McAfee Network Security
Platform includes granular multi-tenancy options that are purpose built
for service provider environments.  Create up to 1,000 virtual IPS
policies per appliance, with granular policy control in each and unique
rule-set capability, including features for mobile service providers,
allowing management of network policies for separate customers or
services.

Inspection of Virtual Environments - McAfee Network Security Platform
includes native inspection of virtual environments through the VMware
vShield API. Enforce policy regardless of where the VM physically
resides, allowing organizations to leverage native VCenter tools to
integrate network security within virtual environments.

Behaviour-based Threat Detection - A new Network Threat Behaviour
Analysis virtual appliance extends IPS with enhanced visibility,
leveraging the network’s Flow data, including rich layer 7
information, to give context to IPS threats. The correlation of network
application flows to build a richer picture of threats within the
network allows for time-based analysis of threat and application
activity.

Additional Resources:
For more information about McAfee Network Security Platform visit:
www.mcafee.com/datacenter_networks

McAfee Network Security Platform Update Video:
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid65694806001?bctid=1622009241001&iframe=true&width=700&height=410


McAfee Network Security Platform XC Cluster Data Sheet:
http://www.mcafee.com/us/resources/data-sheets/ds-network-security-platform-xc-cluster.pdf


McAfee White Paper, Scalable Network Security for the Virtual Data
Centre:
http://www.mcafee.com/us/resources/white-papers/wp-network-securi
ty-for-data-center.pdf


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