Nokia is to add the open source Sourcefire intrusion
prevention system (IPS) to its range of IP security
appliances.
Sourcefire's IPS includes the widely used Snort system. Snort is
an open source network intrusion prevention and detection system
that uses a rule-driven language.
Nokia Intrusion Prevention customers will also be backed by the
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team, a group of intrusion
detection and prevention experts working to proactively discover,
assess and respond to the latest trends in hacking activity,
intrusion attempts and vulnerabilities.
Chris Christiansen, an analyst at IDC, said, “Companies are
adopting mobile and remote access technologies in greater numbers
today, which leads to new security problems that firewalls alone
simply can’t address.”
The Sourcefire system will be added to both firewall and VPN
Nokia appliances. Nokia security software partner Check Point
recently failed to buy Sourcefire.
“Threats are becoming more sophisticated, targeting the
application, not just the network,” said Tom Furlong, Nokia
vice-president of security and mobile connectivity.
“We are committed to delivering a complete security portfolio
with best-of-breed software, such as Sourcefire's, to allow
enterprises to add key security elements as they mobilise their
workers.”
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