Radware Expands its Intrusion Prevention and Denial of Service Protection Capabilities with DefenseP

New DefensePro Inline Security Solution Extends Network Protection from the Data Center to Regional and Branch Offices Extending security best practices beyond corporate headquarters to safeguard regional and branch locations, Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR) the leading provider of Intelligent Application Switching (IAS) solutions today announced the expansion of its DefensePro Product line. Unveiling DefensePro 100, Radware now delivers unprecedented end-to-end security from the network core, through the corporate gateway to the branch and regional offices. With signature matching, regular updates, anomaly detection and DoS/DDoS mitigation, DefensePro protects distributed networks with an unparalleled family of Intrusion Prevention security switches. "There is an increasing number of application level attacks targeting data centers, network edges, and even LANs. Threats come from all directions - internal, external, or other corporate locations," said Charles Kolodgy, research director of Security Product at IDC. "As a result, enterprises and carriers must protect applications with proactive Denial of Service and Intrusion Prevention systems that mitigate attacks along the whole network infrastructure." Hackers target not only corporate headquarters, but remote locations which often have less security devices deployed. To safeguard against this growing trend, DefensePro 100 leverages all of the Intrusion Prevention capabilities found at headquarters and optimizes them for regional and branch deployments. With the expanded product line, Radware prevents hackers from penetrating the branch and infiltrating through the corporate private network or VPN to headquarters by blocking worms before they hit any point in the network. "Radware DefensePro protects our critical applications in the network core, and we are excited about the new DefensePro 100 which will extend protection to our network endpoints," said Ken Myung, IT Manager at Audiovox. "We rely on our network to generate revenue and provide in-house employees and sales people in the field with productivity services, including email and other mission critical applications. DefensePro protection ensures the continuity and performance of both incoming and outgoing traffic, while giving us a unified management tool for attack monitoring and reporting." DefensePro features inline security switching and accelerated, stateful, deep-packet inspection - using Radware's industry leading StringMatch Hardware Engine - to bi-directionally scan and protect all network traffic against application level attacks. DefensePro intercepts over 1,500 malicious signatures, hidden worms and viruses, blocking application attacks at an unmatched speed of 3-Gigabits/Sec. Identifying and mitigating protocol and traffic anomalies in real-time, DefensePro prevents DoS/DDoS attacks and SYN floods, safeguarding against all illicit traffic patterns and hacking. DefensePro isolates attacks by dynamically managing bandwidth to stop propagation across users and resources while ensuring the complete continuity and performance of all secure traffic to proactively control impact and limit damage. Combining high processing power with advanced application security services DefensePro secures mission critical applications across high-speed/high capacity environments. "The DefensePro Product line now delivers the most flexible and comprehensive IPS offering in the market with protection for all enterprise access points," said Assaf Ronen, VP R&D, Radware. "As the number and severity of application vulnerabilities continues to grow, Radware DefensePro provides an end-to-end solution security solution that prevents the flow of intrusions, viruses and worms." Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR) is the Global Leader in Intelligent Application Switching, enabling the full availability, maximum performance and complete security of all mission critical networked applications while dramatically cutting operating and scaling costs. Radware's integrated Application Security , Application Infrastructure and End-to-End Connectivity solutions are deployed by over 2,500 enterprises and carriers worldwide. Radware offers the broadest product line in the industry meeting application needs at every critical point across the network including Web and Application Servers, Firewalls, VPNs, ISP links, Anti-Virus Gateways and Cache.