Astaro Publishes Network Security Tips

Tip sheet details how organizations and individuals can protect their networks from cyberattacks

July 17, 2009

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PRESS RELEASE

July 15, 2009 (Wilmington, MA) " Astaro Corporation (http://www.astaro.com), a leading network security vendor, today announced that Astaro has published a tip sheet detailing describing how organizations and individuals can protect their networks from cyber attacks. Astaro has made the tip sheet available at http://blog.astaro.com/.

Recent reports of cyber-attacks on sites such as whitehouse.gov, NASDAQ, NYSE, Yahoo!'s financial page and the Washington Post prompted Astaro to share some general network security knowledge with the public to help other organizations avoid these types of attacks.

The post, written by Astaro's Tim Cronin, includes advice on network based mitigation, host based mitigation and proactive measures for avoiding cyber-attacks.

"The recent attacks on US and South Korean websites is yet another example of how vulnerable even the most sophisticated networks can be to cyber-attacks," said David Rogers, Vice President, Americas, Astaro Corporation. "Astaro feels it is our responsibility as a security vendor to provide the public with any information we have that will help prevent these types of attacks from infecting networks. This tip sheet is just the latest example of Astaro's commitment to providing valuable information to the technology community."

About Astaro Corporation Astaro offers the most complete and easy to use Internet security appliances available. Combining best of breed applications, the proven quality of Linux and enterprise level performance, Astaro's award-winning products provide the latest protection with the best total cost of ownership. Software, hardware and virtual appliance offerings provide users the flexibility to meet a wide variety of deployment scenarios.

Distributed by a growing worldwide network of more than 3,000 resellers, Astaro products protect over 100,000 networks for 47,000 customers across 60 countries. Astaro, headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA and Karlsruhe, Germany, offers free downloads of its products at www.astaro.com.

Press Contact: Jessica Lavery-Pozerski Astaro Corporation [email protected] 978-974-2648 Join "Astaro" on Facebook

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