Announcing NetIntercept 1.2 with Rapid Event Analysis.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2003 NetIntercept's Rapid Event Analysis(TM) helps information security professionals cope with a barrage of firewall and IDS alerts. On February 9-11 at CyberCrime cybercrime also known as computer crime Any use of a computer as an instrument to further illegal ends, such as committing fraud, trafficking in child pornography and intellectual property, stealing identities, or violating privacy. 2003, Sandstorm Enterprises Founded in 1998 by Simson Garfinkel, James van Bokkelen, Dan Geer, and several other experts in computer security, Sandstorm is a computer security tools developer located in the greater Boston Area. will demonstrate how NetIntercept's robust new features improve security threat investigation and resolution. Easy to use and quick to deploy, NetIntercept(R) yields maximum ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). in a security appliance Security appliances protect computer networks from unwanted data traffic, intruders, email spam, enforce policies, and may also be used to create and manage VPNs. There are a number of types of security appliances. . "Security Analysts are using NetIntercept to investigate critical alerts, recover from attacks and quickly resolve network security events," says Sandstorm sandstorm, strong dry wind blowing over the desert that raises and carries along clouds of sand or dust often so dense as to obscure the sun and reduce visibility almost to zero; also known as a duststorm. Director of Marketing Walker Whitehouse. "Our new appliances scale to fit a customer's deployment and configuration needs." Sandstorm's third major release of NetIntercept significantly improves your ability to capture and analyze network traffic. NetIntercept decrypts SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. and SSH (Secure SHell) A security protocol for logging into a remote server. SSH provides an encrypted session for transferring files and executing server programs. Also serving as a secure client/server connection for applications such as database access and e-mail, SSH supports a traffic and recognizes over 85 different data streams including Email, Word, Excel, Instant Messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or , Web Pages, Images, and VoIP. Improved netmask management provides quick access to connection streams. NetIntercept offers powerful new content search capabilities, including support for finding multi-word phrases and hundreds of single words. Searches even recover text from within documents transmitted over the monitored network. "Drilling down through multiple layers of encryption, compression, and transfer encoding to display connection contents makes NetIntercept a powerful tool for any security-conscious organization," says Sandstorm President James Van Bokkelen. " NetIntercept is designed for IT security personnel who need to remain invisible on the network, desire secure remote administration, and are serious about network monitoring." NetIntercept 1.2 is available in several new rack mount configurations, with up to one terabyte of usable disk storage in RAID5 configuration. Entry level pricing starts at only $7,500. To find out more about NetIntercept, download the white paper at www.netintercept.com. About Sandstorm Enterprises Sandstorm Enterprises, based in Boston, Massachusetts, provides "tools with sharp edges" to information security professionals. Sandstorm Enterprises develops aggressive software products for network monitoring, network forensics analysis, and security auditing including telephone scanning, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessment. PhoneSweep, US patent 6,490,349, is the first commercial multi-line war dialer, and is used in over 35 countries. Visit us on the Web at www.sandstorm.net. Sandstorm Enterprises, NetIntercept, tools with sharp edges, Rapid Event Analysis, and PhoneSweep are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sandstorm Enterprises Inc. Patents pending. |
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