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Industry
Note
A Visit to the Linux World Expo
Recently I had the pleasure of attending the LinuxWorld Expo
in New York City. Riveting keynotes, innovative demonstrations,
and displays by companies from all corners of the industry
exemplified the show as a great success. It is here that industry
leaders work to define and exhibit the current direction of
the industry.
Powerful enterprise business solutions earmarked the show
and defined the direction in which the Linux momentum is headed.
There is still a lot of room for improvement, however. The
lack of ways in which exhibitors’ customers are to maintain
the security of these enterprise solutions and the insufficient
presence of features designed to implement security was also
apparent.
With successful
network attacks on the rise and the unparalleled security
benefits offered by the Linux open source approach, it is
surprising that so few vendors concentrate on this crucial
component of enterprise computing today.
Although the vendors
may be proponents of Linux as a viable platform for business,
many still believe the proprietary approach to designing software
is sufficient, and choose to pass along the requirements of
security solely to the customer. Products designed with inadequate
security or "bolted on" with the addition of another
application frequently fail or require significant and continual
maintenance.
Guardian Digital
products are engineered to be secure. Antiquated protocols
are replaced with their more modern and secure alternatives.
Ease-of-management capabilities throughout are designed to
assist users with configuring their systems and easily maintaining
complex security mechanisms.
For Linux or
any other operating system to truly be successful, there must
be a solid marriage between security and functionality. Guardian
Digital customers are constantly telling us that we have found
that perfect balance.
Dave
Wreski, CEO Guardian Digital, Inc.
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At a Glance
Secure Mail Suite
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Digital Secure Mail Suite is the first complete corporate
email system engineered with security in mind. Productivity
features and network defense applications are integrated
to form a single unified secure email messaging solution.
Addressing
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Read more about the Secure
Mail Suite.
Guardian
Digital In the News
Flaws Raise Red Flag on Linux Security
Guardian Digital customers and CEO Dave Wreski
share their thoughts on the recent rash of Linux kernel vulnerabilities
with Computer World reporter Jaikumar Vijayan.
Read
Full Article
Guardian
Digital Mailbag
Q.
What makes Guardian Digital products more secure then
other proprietary counterparts?
A. While other companies incorporate
security features onto a finished product, Guardian Digital
products are designed to encompass the perfect balance of
comprehensive security and productivity applications. Having
security as its core, the Guardian Digital portfolio of applications
ensure the highest level of protection at a fraction of the
cost of proprietary systems.
The
Behind the Shield editors encourage their readers to submit
questions. The most frequently asked questions will appear
in future issues. We look forward to answering all your inquiries!
Email us at info@guardiandigital.com
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Hints
& Tips from Experts
Defense
in Depth -- Guardian Digital is pleased to provide
Behind the Shield readers with informative expert advice on
what network security really means. Each month a new topic
of interest will be chosen to supply you with useful tips
and information not offered elsewhere. This month, we’ll
have a brief discussion on the importance of multi-layered
network security.
"Defense
in depth" is a term used to describe how much security
is enough. To ensure the highest level of protection, a system
should encompass multi-layered security features as opposed
to a single method. Guardian Digital products are designed
with this philosophy in mind. Using integrated security features
such as intrusion detection, gateway firewall services, advanced
authentication mechanisms, encryption methods and the Guardian
Digital Secure Network for consistent updates and maintenance,
system compromises become virtually impossible.
Partner
Profile
iTS LiNUX
Through
international partners including iTS LiNUX in the United Kingdom,
Guardian Digital is able to provide their productivity and
security solutions to customers worldwide.
iTS-LiNUX
is one of UK's best known and most respected Linux solution
providers. They offer high quality professional services to
an increasing number of corporate clients, local government
organizations and universities. Founded in August 2000 iTS-LiNUX
is based in the North West of England.
iTS-LiNUX
partnered with Guardian Digital because of the excellent quality
of work embodied in EnGarde Secure Linux. Every installation
of EnGarde has proved to be a resounding success, not only
because of the security and management model employed, but
also the responsiveness of Guardian Digital to the ever changing
requirements of our customers. EnGarde is always the first
choice for our engineers.
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Helping
small businesses acquire enterprise-grade security
and productivity features at a budget-friendly
price, Guardian Digital Internet Productivity
Suite is a break-out success. Digitize, Inc.,
a small electronics manufacturing company recently
implemented Internet Productivity Suite on their
system and has returned rave reviews.