WatchGuard Firewalls take control of Web 2.0 Apps

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WatchGuard Firewalls take control of Web 2.0 Apps AbilitytocontrolapplicationssuchasFacebook,LinkedInandTwitterheraldsneweraof networkprotection 18 October2010–WatchGuard®TechnologiestodayunveiledWatchGuardApplicationControl thatforthefirsttimegivesfirewallsin‐depth,granularcontroloverWeb2.0applications,such asFacebook,TwitterandLinkedIn.WatchGuardApplicationControlprotectsagainstthenext generationofthreatsthatleveragethesepopularapplications,whilealsoallowingbusinessesto reininhowindividualemployeesusesocialnetworking,directlyfromthecorporatefirewall. Byleveragingmorethan2,300uniqueapplicationsignatures,WatchGuardApplicationControl enablesthefirewalltoidentifyandcontrolmorethan1,500applications.Thislevelofcontrol allowsorganisationstoalignbusinessneedswithITandsecuritypoliciesandgaingreater efficienciesandimprovedproductivity,whileadministratorsgainunprecedentedvisibilityand controloverapplicationstraversingtheirnetworks. Administratorscanselectwhichapplicationstocontrolfrom13majorcategories.Forexample, withintheinstantmessagingcategory,administratorscanmanagepopularIMapplications,such asQQ,WindowsLiveMessenger,Yahoo!Messenger,GoogleTalkandmore.Othercategories include:Mail(HotMail,Gmail),SocialMedia(Facebook,MySpace),Peer‐to‐Peer(Gnutella, Bittorrent),RemoteAccessTerminals(TeamViewer,GoToMyPC),Databases(MSSQL),File Transfer(Megaupload),VoIP(Skype),StreamingMedia(YouTube,Hulu),NetworkManagement (MSUpdate)andTunnelApplicationsusedtobypassfirewalls(Ultrasurf,Avoidr). AvailablefromQ42010andstartingat$155foraone‐yearsubscription,WatchGuard ApplicationControlwillbeavailableforallWatchGuardXTMseriesofmultifunctionfirewall appliances.