Juniper Networks recently unveiled its next-generation security products for protecting data center environments, fortified by its cloud-based Junos Spotlight Secure, a global attacker intelligence service. Spotlight Secure will give customers definitive intelligence about threats, attackers and individual devices across a wide number of networks and Juniper security products.
With these new products, Juniper says enterprises and service providers can achieve advanced protection against data exfiltration, website outages and other serious threats, according to a company statement.
In today’s environment, companies are struggling to keep pace with the increasing volume and sophistication of cyber attacks, particularly those aimed at web applications and servers, which deal in high-value traffic and typically reside in data centers. According to a new Ponemon Institute report, commissioned by Juniper Networks, web-based (62%) and denial-of-service (60%) attacks were cited as the most serious types by the respondents’ companies.
More telling, a majority (61%) of IT and IT security practitioners surveyed also indicated current next-generation firewalls and IP reputation feeds only address part of the cybersecurity threat. That leaves significant exposure to the most concerning attacks, and protecting against these attacks requires security systems that incorporate real-time, definitive and actionable intelligence about attackers.
To effectively secure data centers, Juniper said companies must have knowledge of the attacking devices – not just the IP address – and quickly disseminate that intelligence across the data center and into the network. The company believes it can deliver this intelligence through its Junos Spotlight Secure global attacker intelligence service, which acts as the consolidation point for attacker and threat information, feeding real-time intelligence to Juniper’s security solutions. The first products to leverage Spotlight Secure security intelligence are Junos WebApp Secure and Juniper Networks SRX Series Services Gateways.
You can find out more by visiting Juniper Networks at Infosecurity Europe Stand No. E61 at London’s Earls Court on April 23–25, 2013.