In a world where network perimeters are becoming harder to define, building a secure wall around the network is becoming even more difficult. Companies are increasingly aware of the internal threats to larger networks such as those relating to third party access. Mobile users and 3G connectivity are making it hard to define what is inside and what is outside of a company's network. Solving all these issues with today's security products often results in a complex environment comprising many different products each addressing one issue.

From now on security products have to behave differently. With AppGate´s high-level of feature integration and 'single point of power' concept it is now possible to address these issues and increase security at the same time. AppGate protects application servers, protects end points and provisions secure access, without having to rebuild the network infrastructure every time the organisation changes.

“The AppGate products give the security manager the necessary tools to control application protection and access from one place instead of having to manage several different point products”, said Tomas Olovsson, CTO at AppGate. “This means we must work in cooperation with the existing environment, seamlessly exchanging the necessary data needed to protect and secure it.”

The new and improved features in version 7.0 include:

• URL filtering; Controlled access to individual URLs on intranet web servers
• Improved Firewall functionality for internal security and application protection
• Increased Single Sign-On capabilities; such as when mounting shares
• Failover functionality with external network connections; i.e. the ability to switch between two ISPs
• Increased integration with LDAP and Active directory servers
• Numerous improvements of management interface in order to increase manageability

The new version 7.0 builds on existing proven functionality in the AppGate Security Server such as:

• Distributed Personal Firewall
• Authentication and encryption
• Customisation toolkit
• Secure Instant Messaging
• Client check
• Full application support
• Cache cleaning
• Secure single sign On
• Secure print
• Rights management
• Roles
• Mobile VPN roaming

Göran Marby, CEO AppGate Network Security AB
+46 730 66 77 20, goran.marby@appgate.com


In a world with fewer borders, the demand for network security changes from security at the gate, to security at the source. AppGate is the leader in this space, with a solution that protects applications, protects communication and secures end point devices. The AppGate solution supports all types of transmission, fixed, wireless and mobile and is easily integrated into any customer environment. AppGate has customers in 19 countries, many from market segments like defence, government and Fortune 500 companies

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