Radware Intros DefensePro

MAHWAH, N.J. -- Radware, (Nasdaq: RDWR - News) the leading provider of integrated application delivery solutions ensuring the availability, performance and security of networked applications, today announced DefensePro 3020, designed to meet the high-performance, high availability and unique connectivity demands of application layer security for carriers and large enterprises DefensePro 3020 offers unparalleled application and network security against worms, viruses, malicious intrusions and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks to protect critical applications and infrastructure.

DefensePro 3020 is the first product in Radware's family of intelligent application switches to be released on the company's new 3020 multi-tiered ASIC and Network Processor switching platform.

"DefensePro 3020's integrated DoS protection, IPS and application bandwidth management ensure Service Level Agreements to carrier customers worldwide -- cleaning peering points, ensuring DNS protection and securing customers against abnormal traffic and server downtime," said Amir Peles, CTO at Radware. "Our new multi-segment protection for IPS service virtualization offers significant CAPEX and OPEX savings for carriers."

DefensePro 3020 is the only security device on the market to meet carriers' unique tunneling protocol needs including: MPLS, L2TP, GRE and GTP, thus enabling IPS and DoS protection for enterprise customer IP-VPNs, and transparent integration with wireline and mobile carrier environments. DefensePro 3020 also includes internal bypass and dual AC and DC power supply with built-in overflow capabilities that address stringent carrier redundancy requirements for high availability.

To meet carrier high performance needs, DefensePro 3020 was designed to isolate, block and prevent application level attacks at multi-Gigabit throughput. Built on Radware's powerful new application switching platform, DefensePro 3020's high-port density -- with 20 gigabit ports -- offers the highest possible scanning capacity across multiple network segments with a single device. Coupling unmatched security performance with advanced security intelligence, DefensePro immediately thwarts viruses, intrusions, Trojans, worms and DoS attacks.

Radware Ltd.