Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention Service Product Description

SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention Service integrates gateway anti-virus, intrusion prevention and anti-spyware to deliver intelligent, real-time network security protection against sophisticated application layer and content-based attacks. Utilizing a configurable, high-performance deep packet inspection architecture, SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention Service secures the network from the core to the perimeter against a comprehensive array of dynamic threats including viruses, worms, Trojans, software vulnerabilities such as buffer overflows, and spyware programs, as well as peer-to-peer and instant messenger applications, backdoor exploits, and other malicious code. Because new threats emerge daily and are often unpredictable, the signature database is constantly updated to deliver the highest protection possible against an ever-changing threat landscape. SonicWALL's unique solution features a patent-pending deep packet inspection engine that delivers threat protection directly on the security gateway by matching downloaded, e-mailed and compressed files against an extensive signature database created by a combination of SonicWALL's SonicAlert Team, third-party virus analysts and developers, and open source databases of known threats. SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention Service inspects over e-mail, Web, file transfer and a multitude of stream-based protocols as well as instant messaging and peer-to-peer applications, providing comprehensive network threat prevention and control. As an added layer of security, SonicWALL Gateway Anti-Virus/Intrusion Prevention Service provides application layer attack protection not only against external threats, but also against those originating inside the network.