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RFA Defender - Network Security


RFA Safe HarborNever before has the threat to corporate data assets been so great - and so costly. RFA Defender provides comprehensive data protection from internal as well as external threats. RFA Defender is a scalable and flexible network monitoring solution that adapts to changing enterprise threats and meets ongoing requirements to ensure network security.

It is the first line of defense that goes beyond attack signatures for detecting and blocking malicious executables. This powerful network monitoring solution includes four key elements for ensuring network security that can be applied separately or collectively based on client need to manage operational risk.

Defender comprises four key elements:

1. Managed Security Service
Managed Security combats security threats and meets compliance auditing requirements. This service collects and correlates event data from a variety of network devices including routers, switches, firewalls, VPN's IDS/IPS systems, proxy servers, anti-virus, SPAM and spyware, content filtering, web security, windows, Unix and Linux servers and workstations.

Features
  • Automated report generation and distribution
  • Automated log archiving for compliance and forensic analysis
  • Compliance monitoring
  • Intrusion and rule based reporting

2. Data Leak Prevention
Prevent leakage of sensitive information from data ports, channels and networks with our comprehensive offering. The product combines end point-based enforcement fingerprinting.

Features
  • Real time enforcement by RFA's 24/7 Network Operations Center (NOC)
  • Complies with privacy regulations

3. Intrusion Detection
Crime ware and malicious threats are eradicated from the network. RFA's solution protects networks against crimeware and botnets that have evaded antivirus security.

Features
  • Protection against crime ware, botnets, hackers, malware

4. Email Security
RFA provides proactive e-mail protection that detects zero-day threats, targeted attacks, first-instance malware variants and blended threats not detected by traditional security measures

Features
  • Observes behavior of suspect messages in virtual environment.
  • Two layers of anti-spam filtering

Benefits

1. Managed Security Service
  • Eliminates false positives
  • Identifies breaches & corporate violations
2. Data Leak Prevention
  • Most comprehensive network wide management of operational risk.
  • Protects against identify theft
3. Intrusion Detection
  • Low false positives
  • highest accuracy
4. Email Security
  • Lists unknown threats before pattern-file availability