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Juniper Networks Expands Spotlight Secure to Stop Advanced Malware and Emerging Threats | |
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 02:39:53 PM | |
Open Security Intelligence Platform Enables SRX Firewall Customers to Take Quick Action on Data from Varied Threat Detection Feeds to Enhance Protection of High-IQ Networks SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwired - Sep 9, 2014) - Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, today announced new advancements in its security capabilities that extend the Juniper Networks Spotlight Secure threat intelligence platform and link it with firewall policies in Juniper Networks SRX Series Services Gateways. These new advanced security capabilities empower customers to quickly take action on intelligence from varied threat detection technologies by immediately pushing enforcement rules to SRX firewalls to cut off command-and-control (C&C) traffic, isolate infected systems and effectively combat a diversity of threats targeting networks. This novel approach frees customers to choose the most appropriate threat detection technologies available -- including feeds customized to their business -- rather than being locked into only the intelligence data offered by their firewall vendor. As the threat landscape continues to accelerate and evolve, the security industry continues to respond with a variety of disparate new detection technologies. Unfortunately, this approach results in customers struggling to manage a patchwork of uncoordinated security tools, leaving a gap between detection and enforcement at the firewall. Many Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) include integrated capabilities, such as Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), anti-virus signatures and proprietary reputation feeds, but they are closed systems that are not capable of taking full advantage of the highly diverse third-party and custom feeds utilized by customers. Juniper's expanded Spotlight Secure platform addresses these challenges and constraints by aggregating threat feeds from multiple sources to deliver open, consolidated and actionable intelligence to SRX firewalls across the organization. These sources include Juniper threat feeds, third-party threat feeds and threat detection technologies that the customer can deploy. Administrators are now able to define enforcement policies from all feeds via a single, centralized management point. News Highlights Juniper is announcing major enhancements to the Spotlight Secure platform including:
This combination of new capabilities helps customers more effectively combat advanced threats in their networks. Key advantages to Spotlight Secure integrated with the SRX firewall include:
Supporting Quotes "We have transformed our security solution to address the challenges and constraints that our customers face with traditional firewalls. By creating an open framework that enables the aggregation of intelligence data from multiple feeds, we can provide application and user-level visibility. In addition, this solution is able to increase agility to effectively combat evolving threats in order to keep High-IQ networks secure." -- Jonathan Davidson, senior vice president and general manager, Security, Switching, and Solutions Business Unit, Juniper Networks "Our customers deploy a variety of applications and infrastructure components using a combination of physical data centers, virtualization technologies, and the cloud. In doing so, they are looking for security solutions that provide consistent policy enforcement and protections against the latest security threats. Juniper Networks' SRX Firewalls offer a fresh approach to incorporating security intelligence that is highly scalable, open and effective at stopping even the most persistent attackers. This, combined with VirtualArmor's threat feed, provides our customers with better security through more dynamic policy enforcement." -- Mark Precious, chief technology officer, VirtualArmor "As we have seen in recent news headlines, cyber criminals are increasingly able to evade perimeter security software. As a leader in identifying any phase of an ongoing cyber attack, the Vectra X-series can leverage the open interface of the Spotlight Secure platform to communicate real-time detections that Juniper perimeter security systems can then block." -- Mike Banic, vice president of marketing, Vectra Networks "To effectively defend against targeted cyber attacks that contain evasive malware and advanced persistent threats, organizations must be able to consume best-in-class security data to accurately identify targeted attacks and respond quickly. By integrating Lastline's Advanced Threat Intelligence with Juniper's SRX Firewall, customers can obtain greater visibility and protect themselves from Advanced Targeted Attacks." -- Brian Laing, vice president of product & business development, Lastline |