Astaro Releases Analysis and Reporting Solution for Unified Threat Management Appliances

Astaro Report Manager with flexible monitoring and control functionality for Astaro Security Gateway V7.

Burlington, MA (June 21, 2007) – Astaro Corporation (www.astaro.com), a leader in delivering unified threat management (UTM) security appliances, today announced the release of version 4.6 of the Astaro Report Manager. The analysis and reporting solution allows IT administrators to gather, correlate and display information about all firewall and network activity, attacks and attempted security breaches. By consolidating information in a single management console, the Astaro Report Manager enables more proactive network security.

The reporting tool displays gathered information in an easy-to-read, customizable report displayed as charts and diagrams, which can be directly analyzed, or forwarded by e-mail. Astaro Report Manager’s features provide real-time monitoring and event correlation of critical activities so that system administrators are able to react immediately to network attacks and take the necessary security measures. Astaro Report Manager 4.6 saves companies time and effort in day-to-day security monitoring and incident response by providing enterprise-wide security intelligence.

Version 4.6 has extended alert management and an integrated Security Center enabling professional customers to achieve increased productivity and conform to security regulations.

New Features at a Glance:

Advanced Alerting - Allows users to set flexible alerts, for instance based on severity, type (info, notice, debug event) and rule-based with easy-to-use templates for fast configuration.

Event Classification - Allows a user to classify events based on each policy and apply what queries will be affected by the classification

Integrated Security Center - Allows combined reporting and monitoring views

Enhanced User Management - Allows users to be limited per reporting category, query and per device monitors and allows all user levels to export reports

The upgraded tool works with the new version of Astaro's unified threat management security appliance, Astaro Security Gateway V7 as well as with solutions from other vendors (for example, Check Point or Cisco).

Pricing and Availability:

Astaro Report Manager 4.6 supports all Astaro Security Gateway versions from 7.0 and is now available via Astaro's worldwide partner network.

Price for a basic software license starts at $295. For management of pre-installed Astaro Security Gateway hardware appliances, pricing starts at $395. Customers with existing support contracts are entitled to upgrade to the latest version at no additional cost. However, they will need to secure a new license from Astaro's online licensing platform (https://my.astaro.com) before upgrading to version 4.6.

About Astaro

Astaro Corporation is headquartered in Burlington, Mass. and Karlsruhe, Germany. The Astaro Security Gateway, simplifying Email, Web & Network Security, has won numerous industry awards and is protecting over 30,000 networks in 60 countries. Astaro products are distributed by a worldwide network of more than 1,000 solution partners who offer local support and services. For more information, please visit www.astaro.com.

Contact

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