CyberGuard Firewall Secures Leading Korean Online Stock Trading Network; High Availability Release 4 for UnixWare Provides Foundation for Daishin Securities Corporation's Secure VPN.FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 1999--CyberGuard Corporation (CYBG), a leading provider of network security and electronic commerce solutions, today announced that its High Availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. Firewall for UnixWare(R) is the firewall of choice for one of Korea's largest networks for online stock transactions. CyberGuard(R) Firewall Release 4 with HA+ high availability software provides protection for Daishin Securities Co.'s secure virtual private network (VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. ), allowing Daishin's customers to access account information and conduct stock transactions securely online. "The objective of our cyber (1) From "cybernetics," it is a prefix attached to everyday words to add a computer, electronic or online connotation. The term is similar to "virtual," but the latter is used more frequently. See virtual. trading service is to make customers feel comfortable conducting their business online," stated Young C. Kim, Cyber Stock Business Team Manager of Daishin Securities. "Security must be our first priority. The high level of protection provided by the CyberGuard Firewall is an absolute necessity if customers are going to trust us with their personal financial information. Our implementation of CyberGuard's High Availability Option assures network users that our secure VPN will have non-stop firewall protection." "Because of the faith of our customers in this network's security, usage has dramatically increased," Kim continued. "By the end of 1998, Daishin's Internet trading system The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. was trading over $1 Billion US per month, with daily hits reaching nearly 16,000 per day. This is a record level of on-line trading and represents 34.5% of all on-line trading in Korea during 1998." Daishin's Internet trading service allows clients to perform any function that would otherwise be done in office by a broker; clients can open accounts, submit inquiries for account balances and yields, view transaction trends, and conduct transactions, all over a web-based VPN secured by the CyberGuard Firewall. "Our inclusion in Daishin's stock trading network reflects the confidence that corporate and government users worldwide place in the CyberGuard Firewall," stated Martin Ryan Martin Ryan (31 January, 1900 – 22 July, 1943) was an Irish Fianna Fáil party politician and TD. He was first elected in the 1933 general election for the Tipperary constituency. He was re-elected in the 1937, 1938 and 1943 general elections. , Vice President of International Operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. for CyberGuard Corporation. "Enterprises such as Daishin who demand total security and performance for their mission-critical network applications look to our firewall as a flexible, scalable solution that provides unmatched security for electronic assets. With the added protection of a CyberGuard HA+ capability, enterprise users can have non-stop firewall protection in their network environment, even in the event of network or system failure." CyberGuard Firewall Release 4 for UnixWare combines the performance advantage of time-based packet filtering See packet filter. with the fine-grained security of an application-proxy firewall. Release 4 includes virus and content scanning capability, a RedCreek VPN option, and a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. management structure that enables network administrators to manage remote firewall systems. CyberGuard's new HA+ option creates a high availability firewall solution that enables rollover A graphic element in an application or on a Web page that changes its color or shape when the pointer is moved (rolled) over it. See JavaScript rollover. See also n-key rollover. connectivity in the event of network or system failure, protecting users from expensive network or system downtime by allowing the enterprise network to be protected at all times. About CyberGuard CyberGuard Corporation is a leading provider of enterprise security and electronic commerce solutions to Fortune 1000 companies and governments worldwide. CyberGuard's award winning, industrial-strength firewall and certificate authority products and services protect the integrity of data and applications from unauthorized access. The company has world headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate canal system, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city's population is described as metropolitan, where diverse culture is commonplace. According to 2006 U.S. and branch offices worldwide. More information on CyberGuard Corporation can be found at http://www.cyberguard.com and http://www.tradewave.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: More information on CyberGuard products and services is available through an email request to info@mail.cybg.com and from CyberGuard's web site at www.cyberguard.com. For copies of recent press releases via fax, at no charge, call 800/344-4297. |
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