Trend Micro Updates Web Gateway Security for Broader, "Beyond the Browser" Control Over Cloud-Based Applications


Trend Micro Updates Web Gateway Security for Broader, "Beyond the Browser" Control Over Cloud-Based Applications

OTTAWA, Aug. 15, 2011 /CNW/ - Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704);(TSE: 4704), a global cloud security leader, today announced the latest release of its web gateway solution, which now delivers even greater visibility and control for cloud-based applications such as instant messaging, peer-to-peer, video and audio applications, and web mail.

Trend Micro™ InterScan™ Web Security 5.5 provides superior protection against Internet threats, while reducing costs through datacenter consolidation by supporting bare-metal, VMware® Ready and Microsoft® Hyper-V® virtual appliances. It works alongside the Advanced Reporting and Management module, a separate, but essential, component that provides centralized real-time network traffic visibility, drill-down historical reporting, and policy management.

New features for Trend Micro's InterScan Web Security 5.5 release include:

  • Application Control: provides greater visibility into and control over an organization's Internet usage. It automates the discovery and bandwidth usage of over 420 Internet-based protocols and the thousands of client applications that use them. Unlike most web gateway products which can only apply policies to the traffic they can proxy, Interscan Web Security provides total visibility across all ports and many more protocols.

  • HTTP Inspection: provides a more granular control to protect against emerging web threats through the ability to identify behavior and filter web traffic according to any characteristic of the HTTP protocol. Working with supplied policy templates, Administrators can control:
  • whether users can post content to social networking sites;
  • whether users can send specific attachment types in public webmail applications; and
  • which browsers/versions can be used to access the Internet.

In addition, system administrators can easily capture sample traffic from within the product and create custom filters to enforce any policy they might need.

  • URL Filtering enhancements including:

     
  • Time-based quotas: This allows administrators to define the total allowable browsing time within work/leisure hours that users can visit specific sites or categories of sites. Temporary time extensions can be granted as needed.
     
  • Password Override: This allows administrator-defined users to override the block action by typing a password in their browser to allow one-time access.

Supporting quotes:

Gabriel de Freitas Braga Castello Branco, security analyst, Real Protect Information Security
"We really like the new features in the latest release of InterScan Web Security. The application control capabilities give us great visibility, so we can discover any of over hundreds of Internet applications on our customers' networks."

John Maddison, GM of data center security, Trend Micro
"Employee-use of cloud-based Web 2.0 applications is standard for many organizations and, as a result, it exposes their organization to cybercriminals attempting to gain access to sensitive data. Trend Micro InterScan Web Security gives organizations visibility into the Internet-based applications, employees' use and also secures that usage by blocking unwanted or unsafe content at the network perimeter. It's powered by the Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™ infrastructure, which means customers are getting the superior protection that comes from a cloud-client innovation which combines sophisticated cloud-based reputation technology, feedback loops, and the expertise of TrendLabsSM researchers to deliver real-time protection from emerging threats."

Supporting assets:

Trend Micro InterScan Web Security press presentation

Trend Micro InterScan Web Security product landing page.

Understand how the Advanced Reporting and Management module can complement Trend Micro InterScan Web Security here.

"Cost Advantages of Virtual Security Appliances."  Download the whitepaper here.

North American Pricing & Availability:
Trend Micro InterScan Web Security 5.5 is available August 15. Pricing varies by seat count and decreases with volume. For the 2001-5000 seat level, Trend Micro InterScan Web Security license price for new customers is $17.98 per user, with a 3-year cost being $28.77 per user.

About Trend Micro
Trend Micro Incorporated (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 4704), a global cloud security leader, creates a world safe for exchanging digital information with its Internet content security and threat management solutions for businesses and consumers.  Powered by the industry-leading Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™ cloud security infrastructure, our products and services stop threats where they emerge - from the Internet. They are supported by 1,000+ threat intelligence experts around the globe.

 

For further information:

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