Astaro Web Gateway Virtual Appliance Software

Astaro Web Security Overview:

In many companies, Web 2.0 typically means security level 0.2. Employees routinely access their regular web applications from their work stations and exchange data packets over Instant Messaging programs, therefore creating new scenarios of abuse. Popular web applications do not only reduce the productivity of daily work processes, but can also potentially lead to serious legal consequences. Astaro Web Gateway serves to effectively protect from web-based attacks, provides maximum functionality through minimal effort and accommodates a spectacular price-performance ratio. With this “All-in-One” appliance, IT administrators are easily able to:

• Filter web access: Grant web access-based on 96 easy-to-navigate categories with user- and time-based policies.
• Detect malicious code: Perform fast, accurate scanning for viruses, spyware and active content, providing unmatched detection rates via two scan engines.
• Control IM/P2P applications: Steer and manage access and use of all IM and P2P applications including Skype.
• Manage bandwidth: Orchestrate and prioritize bandwidth for important business applications.

Benefits:

Comprehensive Security:

• Reliably blocks malicious content within HTTP, HTTPS and FTP traffic
• Dual Antivirus protection prevents infection from web surfing, downloads and web-based emails
• Extensive virus signature database with over 800,000 patterns
• Granular IM/P2P control per application
• Spyware communication is blocked from already-infected PCs

Easy to manage:

• Browser-based graphical user interface
• Real-time automatic update of firmware and attack patterns
• Extensive web security reports with PDF & CSV support
• Single Sign-On support of eDirectory and Active Directory for transparent authentication
• Deploys anywhere in the network

The Astaro Difference

• Only Astaro appliances are available in three different types: as hardware, software, and virtual appliances. Integration into existing infrastructures has never been easier.
• Nobody's faster: With Astaro's "10-Minute-Setup" every installation is complete rapidly
• Nobody's more flexible: Astaro's "One-Click-Clustering" technology enables scalable performance and system stability with up to ten cluster nodes.
• over 47,000 customers are already protecting their networks with an Astaro appliance.

Web Security Reporting:

Astaro Web Gateways are equipped with one of the most extensive logging and reporting systems available on any security product today. Every website visit, download and IM/P2P usage is fully stored in a self-archiving system, allowing Astaro to then extrapolate data into useful reports directly on the gateway:

• In-line reports offer up-to-date statistical information through more then thirty detailed reports, updated every fifteen minutes. These help identify top web, application and bandwidth usages per user or domain. These reports offer fully detailed breakdown of surfing activities by IP address or user name as well as complete listings of blocked domains, URL categories, viruses and file extensions.
• Reporting graphs provide daily, weekly, monthly and yearly overview statistics about the utilization of hardware components such as CPU, RAM, hard disk, and network interface usage.
• Executive report includes summary information taken from both the In-line reports and the reporting graphs. They can be generated on demand and also emailed out to a list of users on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.

Compare Models:

Models:	AWG 1000	AWG 2000	AWG 3000	AWG 4000	AWG Virtual Appliance
Ideal For:	Small networks	Medium networks	Medium networks	Large networks	Small to large networks
Recommended Users:	100	250	750	2000	**
Functionality:
URL Filtering:	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Malicious Code Detection:	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Application Control:	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Bandwidth Management:	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
System:
Log/Reporting Storage:	70 GB	70 GB	70 GB	140 GB*	**
10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Ports:	2	2	4	4	**
Form Factor:	1U rack mountable	1U rack mountable	1U rack mountable	1U rack mountable	**
Active/Passive HA (Hot Standby):	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	**
Active/Active HA (Clustering):	no	no	Yes	Yes	**
Performance:
In-Line Throughput:	50 Mbit/s	80 Mbit/s	150 Mbit/s	250 Mbit/s	**
Antivirus/Web Filter Throughput:	20 Mbit/s	40 Mbit/s	80 Mbit/s	130 Mbit/s	**
User Requests:	100 req./s	375 req./s	1200 req./s	3000 req./s	**

*RAID hard disk system **Depending on hardware platform used

Astaro Web Gateway Highlights:

Documentation:

Download the Astaro Web Gateway Datasheet (PDF).