Technical features
- Proven in-line threat protection — Since 2001, HP TippingPoint has been laser-focused on creating IPS solutions that provide proactive, in-line network protection while ensuring high network performance and availability. No network security solution remains in-line long if it compromises network performance or uptime. According to a 2008 study by Infonetics Research, more enterprise IPS users use our IPS solutions in-line than any other.
- Proven reliability and redundancy — The S10, S110, and S330 IPSs are designed to deliver unparalleled high availability. This ensures that network traffic always flows at wire speed even in the event of network or internal device error, or complete power loss. There are two complementary high availability modes of operation—Intrinsic High Availability and Stateful Network Redundancy. And with integrated Zero Power High Availability (ZPHA), a simple power failure does not cause a network outage.
- Best-in-class remote office security — The S10 IPS is optimized for sub 20 Mbps link speeds that are predominant in business DSL and metro Ethernet services. The solution can be deployed in front of or behind the remote location's router/firewall, immediately protecting the network and applications from inbound threats. The S10 IPS is designed to preserve availability and to increase performance and security on remote office networks.
- Industry-leading security coverage — The S10, S110, and S330 IPSs receive automated security updates from the Digital Vaccine Service, ensuring evergreen (always up-to-date) protection against emerging threats. Digital Vaccines are created not only to address specific exploits, but also potential attack permutations, protecting customers from zero-day threats. Digital Vaccines are delivered to customers at least two times a week and can be deployed automatically with no local user interaction.
- Comprehensive traffic flow inspection — The IPS provides comprehensive flow inspection through Layer 7 to cleanse Internet and intranet traffic and eradicate attacks before damage occurs to protected systems. In fact, the HP TippingPoint IPS solutions are known for their pinpoint accuracy in blocking attacks, meaning no legitimate traffic is blocked.
- Broad network asset protection — HP TippingPoint IPS solutions protect a broad range of network infrastructure including routers, switches, DNS and email servers, Web and enterprise application servers, and much more. HP TippingPoint solutions provide the best vulnerability coverage in the IPS industry, including protection of Cisco, Microsoft®, Sun O/S, EMC, SAP, CA, Mozilla, Novell, Oracle, Apple O/S, Citrix O/S, Adobe®, IBM, and many other enterprise applications.
- Reduced overall costs and complexity — HP TippingPoint IPSs block attacks and allow IT staff to spend time on strategic projects instead of reacting to security breaches on hosts and workstations. The S10, S110, and S330 IPSs provide network segmentation to stop the spread of malicious traffic from infected users, while notifying IT administrators where attacks are originating.
- Traffic management preserves network bandwidth — The HP TippingPoint IPS also provides traffic management to stop bandwidth hogging applications like peer-to-peer, instant messaging, and streaming media. The IPS provides the ability to block or rate-limit these applications, preserving network bandwidth and network device capacity.
- Rapid network and remote office installation — The HP TippingPoint IPS is easily installed in both large corporate and remote office networks. In remote office networks the IPS is easily installed by local personnel in minutes and immediately begins filtering out malicious and unwanted traffic. The IPS is deployed seamlessly with no IP or MAC address configurations, and all systems ship with "Recommended Settings", meaning no "out-of-the-box" configurations are required locally.
- Easy to manage — The HP TippingPoint IPS solutions are easily managed with the security management system (SMS) that discovers, monitors, configures, diagnoses, and reports on multiple IPS systems. In addition, every IPS has a command-line interface (CLI) and an embedded local security manager (LSM) that provides local administration, configuration, and reporting in an easy-to-use Web interface.
- Best practices for security compliance — The HP TippingPoint IPS can be a critical component in an IT compliance program. Today's organizations deal with increasingly stringent security policies in the face of an ever-changing threat landscape and increasing regulatory requirements. With these pressures, the IPS provides automated enforcement of network security policies, and reporting from the IPS and SMS shows internal and external auditors how the network is being protected.
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