Buy ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 Professional Firewall, VPN Concentrator and Unified Threat Management Appliance (ZYWALL1050)

Summary

The ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 offers the following features to small, medium and large companies:

High performance VPN concentrator
User-Aware policy engine
Proactive network protection
Robust networking functionalities
Bandwidth management
VoIP security
Content filtering
Device High-availability and Multiple WAN load balancing

Benefits

High performance VPN concentrator

The ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 allows organizations to establish Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections among multiple locations, such as remote branch offices, business partner sites and remote teleworkers.

Data is encrypted in secure communication channels and thus prevents confidential information from being eavesdropped over the Internet. Communication through VPN tunnels is protected from session hijack attacks and information theft. These security features are integrated in the ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 to provide seamless data protection before transmission to a trusted network over the VPN.

The Hub and Spoke VPN feature dramatically reduces management overhead in a complex, multi-site corporate network infrastructure.

User-Aware policy engine enables access granularity

In addition to basic access control capabilities, the intelligent user-aware policy engine on the ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 is designed to make packet-forwarding decisions based on multiple criteria (such as user ID, user group, time of access and network quota).

Access policies can be applied to other security features such as VPN, content filtering and application patrol. In conjunction with network partitioning, corporate security policies can be effectively enforced to prevent unauthorized access to network or network resources.

Proactive network protection mitigates security breaches

With the embedded signature-based IDP (Intrusion Detection and Prevention) engine, the ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 performs L7 packet inspection for protocol anomalies or matched patterns. Thus, the ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 provides comprehensive Intrusion Detection and Prevention capability to proactively detect and block potential worms, viruses, Trojans and VoIP threats.

The ZyXEL Security Response Team, comprised of ZyXEL's dedicated security experts, releases up-to-date IDP signatures/patterns in response to ever-evolving vulnerabilities and exploits. New updates are automatically downloaded and installed onto the ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050, providing around the clock protection (requires annual subscription).

Customizable security zones deliver flexible policy management

The ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 supports L3 virtualization techniques (VLAN and virtual/alias interface). VLAN's or virtual interface can be set to different physical ports as needed. In addition, VLANs and virtual interfaces can be grouped in zones to which consistent security policies are applied.

With virtualization and zone concepts, the ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 offers flexible deployment and easy security policy management in large and/or complex networking environments.

Bandwidth management ensures quality of service

The ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 provides a bandwidth management feature for traffic prioritization in order to guarantee or restrict the bandwidth usage per connection.

Bandwidth can be allocated to different traffic types or computer hosts in the corporate network. For example, higher priority and/or more bandwidth can be allocated to time-critical applications such as VoIP and video streaming. In addition, the ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 keeps track of bandwidth usage with comprehensive centralized logs.

VoIP security: protecting the converged network

Attracted to its many benefits, many businesses are deploying VoIP applications in their networks. With the transition to VoIP also comes with security risks. As a VoIP-friendly firewall, the ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 offers the SIP/H.323 ALG feature to dynamically open only the ports needed for the duration of the VoIP call. Once the call is complete, the ports automatically close, preventing malicious port sniffing and attacks commonly associated with VoIP deployment.

Besides allowing basic VoIP functionality, the ZyWALL 1050 takes a step further to allow VoIP over VPN and provide Intrusion Detection and Prevention against VoIP threats for maximum security.

Employee Internet Management increases productivity

The content filtering feature allows schools or companies to create and enforce Internet access policies. The ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 can be set to monitor or block access based on website categories (such as pornography, sports, racial intolerance, among others) from a pre-defined list. Up-to-date website ratings are activated with an annual content filtering subscription. This way, access restrictions to websites are properly enforced and corporate policy compliance is assured.

High Availability features guarantee non-stop operation for mission-critical applications

The ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 supports multiple WAN ports with WAN connection backup and load balancing. In addition to WAN redundancy, the ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 also supports device High Availability. With these features, the ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 ensures a highly reliable and secure network for any organization

ZyXEL ZyWALL 1050 Professional Firewall, VPN Concentrator and Unified Threat Management Appliance (ZYWALL1050)