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Press Release - September 2008
"TippingPoint Intrusion Protection Top Choice for IT Managers"
An Infonetics study out this week shows that TippingPoint’s intrusion prevention systems (IPS) are the favoured choice of IT managers. The research covered users of TippingPoint, IBM-ISS, McAfee and Sourcefire intrusion prevention systems.
Jeff Wilson, principal network security analyst at Infonetics Research, said “Customers showed strong confidence in TippingPoint’s ability to deliver in-band solutions and block attacks. TippingPoint also led the pack when customers were asked about IPS configuration experience and plans for new purchases.”
Report highlights include:
- Respondents had more than 90 percent of their TippingPoint IPS devices deployed in-band; significantly higher than the other IPS vendors covered in the report. The top reasons stated for not deploying competing vendors’ solutions in-band are reliability, performance and false positive issues.
- Over 70 percent of TippingPoint’s customer-activated filters are set to block traffic, which is higher than all other vendors covered in the report.
- The average number of attacks blocked per month for customers protected by TippingPoint IPSs was in excess of 235,000 – more than double the number of the next nearest competitor.
According to Wilson, “This area is among the most significant findings in the study, because many IPS deployments get completely hung up at the initial configuration stage, or misconfigured devices fail to block attacks.”
- TippingPoint scored highest overall, with more than 75 percent of customers installing its IPS in under two hours.
- In terms of configuring IPS filters, two-thirds of TippingPoint customers responded that the initial set-up required a “light effort.” All other vendors surveyed had less than 25 percent of respondents saying the same.
“With hackers so focused on exploiting applications to steal credit card numbers, intellectual property, and other assets with instant resell value, customers must deploy IPSs not only at the perimeter but also the data centre, the DMZ, and major network segment points,” said Neal Hartsell, vice president of worldwide marketing for TippingPoint. “To do that, IPSs must meet stringent uptime, performance, coverage, accuracy and ease of management demands.”
“This survey shows that TippingPoint’s customers unequivocally trust the TippingPoint IPS solution to sit in-band in the network with a large number of filters enabled to”
Complete Telecom is one of TippingPoint’s longest established and best qualified partners in Ireland. Complete offers a full range of TippingPoint products, as well as the expert support to help customers get maximum value from them.
Give our sales team a call on 885 5400 or email sales@complete.ie and we’d be happy to show you what our TippingPoint solutions can do.
About Complete Telecom:
Complete Telecom is one of Ireland's leading enterprise providers of managed network and telecoms services. Its all-fibre next generation network and extensive experience of converged network infrastructure means it can deliver fully integrated connectivity. Complete offers managed services to corporate clients, Government and telecommunications carriers. Since its formation in 2001, Complete Telecom has grown to become a leading force in the market, with operating profit in every year since inception. For more, see
www.complete.ie
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