Many security vendors focus on efficacy but overlook usability and performance. OpenDNS delivers internet-wide security and filtering through lightweight DNS redirection without network changes, making it easy to provision, enforce policies, and manage across many locations. Alternatively, web proxies and firewalls rely on heavier traffic redirection and often require new appliances, client settings, and network topology changes per site, increasing maintenance costs and potentially reducing performance.
Minicom White Paper Using Ram To Increase Security And Improve Efficiency In ...elisasson
In recent years, remote server access has become
standard for corporate data centers however, many
data centers have adopted remote access strategies
gradually, on an ad-hoc basis, as technologies have
evolved. As a result they are enjoying only partial
benefits, and may have opened up unexpected
security gaps. With an overall strategy—and a
software solution for system-wide Remote Access
Management , such as AccessIT® from Minicom,
corporations can maximize the benefits, and minimize
the risks of remote server access.
Slide deck from our "PAN-OS - Network Security/Prevention Everywhere" webinar. Using Palo Alto Networks, PAN-OS, enterprises can build an IT Security Platform capable of delivering protection against all stages of the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle. From Reconnaissance to Act on Objective, the PAN-OS Single-Pass Parallel Processing (SP3) engine combines efficient throughput with maximum data protection. Instructor Ryan Sharpston describes how the SP3 Architecture can increase network traffic visibility and enable you to control your environment. HE also explored the Palo Alto Networks “SP3” process, the definition of “Zero Trust” in regards to network security, and how “PAN-OS” stays “current” with today’s threat landscape. He also covers the options available to “test-drive” the PAN-OS against your network. For more information on Palo Alto training, visit https://www.globalknowledge.com/us-en/training/course-catalog/brands/palo-alto-networks/
Minicom White Paper Using Ram To Increase Security And Improve Efficiency In ...elisasson
In recent years, remote server access has become
standard for corporate data centers however, many
data centers have adopted remote access strategies
gradually, on an ad-hoc basis, as technologies have
evolved. As a result they are enjoying only partial
benefits, and may have opened up unexpected
security gaps. With an overall strategy—and a
software solution for system-wide Remote Access
Management , such as AccessIT® from Minicom,
corporations can maximize the benefits, and minimize
the risks of remote server access.
Slide deck from our "PAN-OS - Network Security/Prevention Everywhere" webinar. Using Palo Alto Networks, PAN-OS, enterprises can build an IT Security Platform capable of delivering protection against all stages of the Cyber-Attack Lifecycle. From Reconnaissance to Act on Objective, the PAN-OS Single-Pass Parallel Processing (SP3) engine combines efficient throughput with maximum data protection. Instructor Ryan Sharpston describes how the SP3 Architecture can increase network traffic visibility and enable you to control your environment. HE also explored the Palo Alto Networks “SP3” process, the definition of “Zero Trust” in regards to network security, and how “PAN-OS” stays “current” with today’s threat landscape. He also covers the options available to “test-drive” the PAN-OS against your network. For more information on Palo Alto training, visit https://www.globalknowledge.com/us-en/training/course-catalog/brands/palo-alto-networks/
Test LTE/4G networks and devices against the behavior of millions of users, calling, texting, streaming, emailing, spreading malware, and more. BreakingPoint CTM products allow you to conduct massive-scale LTE/4G testing quickly and cost-effectively.
For more information, please visit www.breakingpoint.com/lte
Use Your IDS Appliance, presented by Kate Brew, Product Marketing Manager at ...Ixia NVS Group
Kate Brew, Product Marketing Manager at Ixia NVS - a leader in network visibility solutions, presented "How to Use Your IDS Appliance to Monitor Virtualized Environments".
Watch the full OnDemand Webcast: http://bit.ly/platformvpoints
With 802.11n ratification a distant memory, news regarding this giant leap in WLAN capability has also waned. But while 11n has quietly receded into the media background, WLANs have crept out of the cocoon of the data-only world and taken flight as full-fledged networking platforms. From dedicated 802.11 communication systems to generic voice and video over wireless with the explosive availability of smart phones, 802.11n is driving a major shift from locally available point solutions to widely distributed, highly available access for all types of applications.
Technological advances typically highlight new technological challenges, and this quiet revolution is no exception. Networks, devices, and applications all need to be monitored and managed. Mobility introduces previously unconsidered consequences. The network topology constantly changes as users access and exit the network. New devices with new capabilities crop up almost every day. This web seminar will analyze this wireless metamorphosis with a focus on addressing these key technological challenges.
In this web seminar, we will cover:
* Wireless trends
* The Wi-Fi lifecycle
* 802.11n as a driving force
* Management layers for complex wireless networks
What you will learn:
1. The importance of careful Wi-Fi design and planning
2. How to use 802.11n to your advantage
3. How to dissect and address your wireless management needs
Capstone Presentation For Five Rivers Medical Centersdjackson134
This here is the final presentation of our Capstone project that team members Cheyenna Carson, Susan Worcester, and myself Dawonne D. Jackson completed to acquire our Associate Degree of Applied Science in Computer Networking Systems.
Has video really killed the audio star?Cisco Canada
Video has drastically transformed the way we work with remote teams, business partners and customers. We have gone from faceless “who just joined?” audio only solutions to HD quality “better than being there” video options that foster active participation no matter your location or device.
Cisco has modernized and simplified our Video solutions. In this session, we will cover our repertoire of end points (from the pocket to the boardroom), the infrastructure that powers these end points (cloud, hybrid and on-premise), and the integration with other collaboration tools and applications (interoperability with Cisco and other vendor soft phones, hard phones, and conferencing).
Test LTE/4G networks and devices against the behavior of millions of users, calling, texting, streaming, emailing, spreading malware, and more. BreakingPoint CTM products allow you to conduct massive-scale LTE/4G testing quickly and cost-effectively.
For more information, please visit www.breakingpoint.com/lte
Use Your IDS Appliance, presented by Kate Brew, Product Marketing Manager at ...Ixia NVS Group
Kate Brew, Product Marketing Manager at Ixia NVS - a leader in network visibility solutions, presented "How to Use Your IDS Appliance to Monitor Virtualized Environments".
Watch the full OnDemand Webcast: http://bit.ly/platformvpoints
With 802.11n ratification a distant memory, news regarding this giant leap in WLAN capability has also waned. But while 11n has quietly receded into the media background, WLANs have crept out of the cocoon of the data-only world and taken flight as full-fledged networking platforms. From dedicated 802.11 communication systems to generic voice and video over wireless with the explosive availability of smart phones, 802.11n is driving a major shift from locally available point solutions to widely distributed, highly available access for all types of applications.
Technological advances typically highlight new technological challenges, and this quiet revolution is no exception. Networks, devices, and applications all need to be monitored and managed. Mobility introduces previously unconsidered consequences. The network topology constantly changes as users access and exit the network. New devices with new capabilities crop up almost every day. This web seminar will analyze this wireless metamorphosis with a focus on addressing these key technological challenges.
In this web seminar, we will cover:
* Wireless trends
* The Wi-Fi lifecycle
* 802.11n as a driving force
* Management layers for complex wireless networks
What you will learn:
1. The importance of careful Wi-Fi design and planning
2. How to use 802.11n to your advantage
3. How to dissect and address your wireless management needs
Capstone Presentation For Five Rivers Medical Centersdjackson134
This here is the final presentation of our Capstone project that team members Cheyenna Carson, Susan Worcester, and myself Dawonne D. Jackson completed to acquire our Associate Degree of Applied Science in Computer Networking Systems.
Has video really killed the audio star?Cisco Canada
Video has drastically transformed the way we work with remote teams, business partners and customers. We have gone from faceless “who just joined?” audio only solutions to HD quality “better than being there” video options that foster active participation no matter your location or device.
Cisco has modernized and simplified our Video solutions. In this session, we will cover our repertoire of end points (from the pocket to the boardroom), the infrastructure that powers these end points (cloud, hybrid and on-premise), and the integration with other collaboration tools and applications (interoperability with Cisco and other vendor soft phones, hard phones, and conferencing).
Desafíos de la Ciberseguridad en un ecosistema digitalmente transformadoCristian Garcia G.
Para trabajar en un ecosistema digitalmente transformado, los directores de sistemas de información y otros líderes empresariales tienen que navegar en un entorno de amenazas a la seguridad en constante cambio. Las soluciones de Next Gen Security (NGS) son soluciones de seguridad optimizadas para trabajar mejor con la escala masiva y cobertura expansiva de la Tercera Plataforma. Aunque 7 de cada 10 empresas afirman estar en el proceso de implementar una solución más de seguridad de nueva generación, 3 de esos 7 no tendrá éxito por la falta de competencia interna, por lo que el tema de seguridad es cada día más crítico”. Akamai ofrece un rendimiento a escala con la solución de distribución en la nube más grande y confiable del mundo. Sus recursos se escalan de forma que sus clientes no tengan que hacerlo. Akamai tiene una visibilidad sin igual de las propiedades más atacadas en la web y obtiene inteligencia ante amenazas continuamente a partir de inspecciones avanzadas tanto del tráfico bueno como del malo.
Data Access Network for Monitoring and TroubleshootingGrant Swanson
The Data Access Network is a critical network infrastructure element for network monitoring and troubleshooting. Gigamon, the leading provider of intelligent data access solutions, ensures network integrity including performance, security and compliance by enabling your monitoring tools to operate at maximum efficiency.
Network Security: A Four Point Analysis of Appliances vs. the CloudOpenDNS
When you're assessing network security solutions, you face two fundamental choices with dramatic consequences for protection, coverage, performance and manageability. Appliance-based solutions seek to arm organizations with visibility and control within their network environment. Cloud-based solutions promise easier setup, greater scalability, wider coverage and adaptive protection.
How do you weigh the promised benefits against the potential risks? Does one option offer distinct advantages over the other?
TechWiseTV Workshop: OpenDNS and AnyConnectRobb Boyd
Join this in-depth look and detailed demonstration of the OpenDNS Umbrella integration with AnyConnect and how it really can stop most threats before they become serious problems, protecting users anywhere they go, even when the VPN is off.
Watch the workshop replay: http://bit.ly/2bPT1ax
Watch the Video: http://bit.ly/2c60obv
Acclerating SDN and NFV Deployments with SpirentMalathi Malla
Learn how operators and service providers can validate SDN, virtualized network functions, NFV infrastructure, and network services to speed up commercial deployments.
This session provides an overview of HPE's Software Defined Networking (SDN) feature set and will review the benefits of following SDN apps for network operations and IT security teams: HPE Network Protector, HP Network Optimizer, and HP Visualizer.
SDN 101: Software Defined Networking Course - Sameh Zaghloul/IBM - 2014SAMeh Zaghloul
Sameh Zaghloul
Technology Manager @ IBM
+2 0100 6066012
zaghloul@eg.ibm.com
SDN: Technology that enables data center team to use software to efficiently control network resources
SDN Overview
SDN Standards
NFV – Network Function Virtualization
SDN Scenarios and Use Cases
SDN Sample Research Projects
SDN Technology Survey
SDN Case Study
SDN Online Courses
SDN Lab SW Tools
- OpenStack Framework
- OpenDayLighyt – SDN Controller
- FloodLight – SDN Controller
- Open vSwitch – Virtual Switch
- MiniNet – Virtual Network: OpenFlow Switches, SDN Controllers, and Servers/Hosts
- OMNet++ Network Simulator
- Avior – Sample FloodLight Java Application
- netem - Network Emulation
- NOX/POX - C++/ Python OpenFlow API for building network control applications
- Pyretic = Python + Frenetic - Enables network programmers and operators to write modular network applications by providing powerful abstractions
- Resonance - Event-Driven Control for Software-Defined Networks (written in Pyretic)
SDN Project
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*
SWG Buyer Guide: Competitive Comparison
1. COMPETITIVE COMPARISON AND EVALUATION
OpenDNS Enterprise vs. Web Proxies or Firewall Filters
OpenDNS (step 1) delivers Internet-wide security and Web filtering leading competitive solutions,
(step 2) which rely on lower performance, less effective Web proxy or firewall filter platforms.
Replacing these traditional heavyweight solutions can significantly reduce on-going maintenance and secure Internet
connections faster from every device on any number of networks, anywhere (compare the first two rows below).
Alternatively, adding OpenDNS will extend protection to unmanaged devices or network locations where existing
solutions are cost prohibitive, as well as reduce much of the unwanted heavyweight traffic from configured devices and
networks clogging your existing solutions (compare the last two rows below).
LIGHTWEIGHT TRAFFIC STEP 1 STEP 2 HEAVYWEIGHT TRAFFIC
OpenDNS
AUTHORITATIVE SAFE, FAST, SMART, ALL DEVICES, NO CLIENT SECURE, FAST TCP SERVERS
DNS SERVERS RELIABLE RESPONSES OR NETWORK CHANGES INTERNET CONNECTIONS AND SITES
NO LATENCY
NO BOTTLENECKS
Web Proxy or Firewall Filter
AUTHORITATIVE NOT ALWAYS RELIABLE, CLIENT SETTINGS/SOFTWARE SOME SECURE, BUT SLOW, TCP SERVERS
DNS SERVERS CONSISTENT RESPONSES OR NETWORK TOPOLOGY CHANGES INTERNET CONNECTIONS AND SITES
1 OR MORE ISPs PROXY FILTER
Web Proxy or Firewall Filter plus OpenDNS
AUTHORITATIVE SAFE, FAST, SMART, ALL DEVICES, PLUS SECURE, FEWER SLOW, TCP SERVERS
DNS SERVERS RELIABLE RESPONSES ANY EXISTING CHANGES INTERNET CONNECTIONS AND SITES
PROXY FILTER
OpenDNS protects every device, which supports Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs, and secures every Internet
connection, via a user interface not bloated with unused, complex bells and whistles. Like Web proxies and firewall
filters, OpenDNS filters inappropriate sites for compliance, yet can easily scale from 1 to 1000s of network locations.
! BENEFIT SOLUTION " OpenDNS In-the-cloud Web Proxies On-premises Web Proxies On-premises Firewall Filters
Protect every on-net device
without client or network changes # $
Easy to manage without any
$
MANY REQUIRE NEW
software or hardware to maintain # % ON-PREMISES TRAFFIC
TO REDIRECT
DEVICES
Secure any Internet connection –
any application, protocol or port # $
Filter inappropriate sites and
grant overrides to select users #
Scale to 1000s of network
locations cost-effectively # $
For more information please visit: www.opendns.com or call 877-811-2367
2. Many security vendors focus on its solutions’ efficacy to block threats,
but gloss over its usability or performance.
USABILITY It is not uncommon for Web proxies and firewall filters to take days
Vendors often assume administrators are to weeks before it is effectively enforcing devices and reporting
investing their time in addition to their activity. Add on training to learn how to manage all the complex
organization’s money to use the solution, bells and whistles, many which go unused, and on-going
so they do not focus on how easy it is to: maintenance to address performance or efficacy issues, and the
ownership cost increases. OpenDNS can enforce every device – on
• provision and setup, any network – and report activity within an hour of asking for an
• enforce and report, evaluation trial. Our simple Web-based management interface and
issue-free operation, means you set and forget it.
• manage and maintain.
PERFORMANCE Often Web proxies and firewall filters are deployed within the
Also, vendors often offer cryptic or rather network using a less redundant topology than if they never existed,
meaningless specifications regarding the which can result in new points of failure. They add new hops for
product’s performance, which do not Internet connections and/or processes applied to Internet traffic,
always accurately reflect its: which can increase latency and decrease throughput; leading to less
happy users. OpenDNS simply replaces a mandatory, already in-use
• reliability and resiliency, service provided by Internet Service Providers (ISP). Our Anycast and
• connection speed, and SmartCache technologies enable faster, more reliable Internet
connections relative to most ISPs, by reducing hops and processes.
• bandwidth throughput.
EFFICACY Web proxies, in particular, provide minimal network coverage
Finally, while vendors may claim they have depending on the setup of managed devices or networks. Often
superior threat intelligence and only traffic sent by configured browsers is protected; not Web-
prevention, consider more completely its: based outbound botnet traffic from infected devices’ malicious
software. The Web may be the most used protocol, but it is one
• network coverage, amongst hundreds that threats utilize and proxies are blind to.
• threat coverage, Firewalls often only filter by destination for Web traffic; some using
a built-in Web proxy. Firewalls filtering other protocol or application
• accuracy and traffic often do not distinguish between good or bad destinations
timeliness. for this traffic. OpenDNS ensures that malware, phishing,
inappropriate sites and botnets never touch your network,
regardless of application, protocol, port or device. OpenDNS
maximizes the return on your security investments.
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LOW TCO,
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The evaluation matrix on the following page provides
US
HIGH ROI,
N
more detail on how OpenDNS’s in-the-cloud solution
CE
HAPPY
USERS compares to Web proxies – delivered in-the-cloud or on-
premises – or on-premises firewall filters. We believe that
you will draw the same conclusions, that OpenDNS
EFFICACY delivers a more usable, high performance and effective
solution than competitors’ traditional solutions.
3. SOLUTION OPENDNS WEB PROXIES FIREWALL FILTERS
Delivery
• In-the-cloud • In-the-cloud • On-premises • On-premises
Platform
USABILITY
• Lightweight DNS query • Receive and deploy • Receive and deploy
• Heavyweight TCP traffic
redirection without appliance per site appliance per site
redirection per site
network topology changes • Heavyweight TCP traffic • Significant configuration
Provision • Requires network
for 1 to 1000s of sites redirection per site to control network traffic
& Setup • No appliances or client
topology change, client
• Requires network flow is likely required to
software or setting
software topology change, client migrate from current
changes
• No client setting changes software or changes firewall
• Network-level granularity • User-level granularity via • Network-level granularity
• User-level granularity via
via public IP directory integration via internal IP
directory integration
Enforce • Grant override requires complex setup or • User-level granularity
requires complex setup
& Report permissions to users network-level granularity requires complex setup
• Data retention limited by
• Full data retention for 2 • Data retention often • Data retention limited by
internal storage available
years with no hidden fees limited or else extra fees internal storage available
• Simple set and forget • Often security rules are • OS patch conflicts or • Complex and focused on
• No OS patches or complex, and require upgrade downtime network management, not
appliance upgrades fine-tuning to reduce • Often security rules are policy or security, so it is
Manage &
• No security rule tuning false positives/negatives complex and require fine- often confusing
Maintain • SSL or auth. issues tuning • If SSL or auth. is
• No site exceptions to
address SSL decryption require frequent site • SSL or auth. issues included, then issues will
or authentication issues exceptions require site exceptions require site exceptions
PERFORMANCE
• No outages since launch • Many have had outages • Often reduced network • Sometimes reduced
Reliability &
in 2006 despite SLA redundancy in topology or network redundancy in
Resiliency • Uses Anycast IPs • Lack Anycast IPs else expensive topology
• No new latency • Adds new latency due to • May add new latency
• Often reduced response • Adds new latency due to another intermediate hop depending on internal
Connection
time via SmartCache one or more intermediate • Spikes in traffic will processes and the
Speed • Spikes in traffic will not hops cause noticeably slower number of add-on
cause slower speeds speeds features enabled
• Virtually unlimited via • Likely unlimited, but • Limited by resources • Limited by resources
Bandwidth
lightweight queries & heavyweight traffic available on appliance or available on appliance or
Throughput responses redirection can be limited server; often a bottleneck server
EFFICACY
• Depending on setup, only • Depending on setup, only • Any on-net device;
• Any on-net device; managed devices and managed devices and managed or not
managed or not configured browser configured browser • Filters by destination over
Network
• Filters by destination over applications applications HTTP/S, 80/443
Coverage any application, any • Filters by destination over • Filters by destination over • May include protocol or
protocol and any port only HTTP/S and ports only HTTP/S and ports application filters, but
80/443 80/443 not by destination
• Industry-leading • Ineffective outbound • Ineffective outbound
outbound botnet protection due to protection due to • Outbound protection
protection inadequate network inadequate network usually not a focus
Threat • Inbound malware and coverage coverage • Inbound protection is
Coverage phishing protection • Inbound protection use • Inbound protection use usually via 3rd-parties so
• Web filtering categories proprietary and/or 3rd- proprietary and/or 3rd- efficacy is not controlled
for regulatory & AUP party systems party systems • On-par Web filtering
compliance • On-par Web filtering • On-par Web filtering
• Proactive protection is • Not usually a core focus
Accuracy & • Often need to fine-tune • Often need to fine-tune
updated 24x7 via of business or products,
security rules to prevent security rules to prevent
Timeliness engineers and partners so accurate or timely
inaccuracies inaccuracies
• Very few false positives protection may suffer
*Cisco acquired ScanSafe & IronPort
For more information please visit: www.opendns.com or call 877-811-2367