3Com TippingPoint and H3C secure network fabric products

3Com has announced four products and solutions to extend the company’s secure network fabric (SNF) to next-generation data centres and virtual networks.

The SNF integrates the company’s TippingPoint intrusion prevention system technology and H3C enterprise network and security solutions to help users mitigate risks to business continuity by protecting network-connected devices and defending critical entry and isolation points against ever-evolving global security threats.

The following solutions for large enterprises support and broaden the SNF in the virtualised data centre:

TippingPoint Secure Virtualisation Framework solution - enables organisations to pass virtual machine traffic, including host-to-host traffic, through a TippingPoint intrusion prevention system platform. The framework extends TippingPoint’s threat research capabilities, breadth of protection, ease of use and security automation capabilities into the virtual infrastructure.

TippingPoint 1500S is a purpose-built secure sockets layer appliance that effectively and safely decrypts and inspects secure web traffic without impacting network or application performance. It prevents encrypted attacks from compromising virtual and physical web servers and web applications.

TippingPoint ThreatLinQ 2.0 - enhancements to the ThreatLinQ global security intelligence portal deliver functionality for users to create filter profiles customised for their network environment, correlate emerging threats with the latest digital vaccine filters and implement policy changes based on real-time threat information quickly to their IPS platforms.

H3C S9500E is a data centre and enterprise core switching platform that delivers performance and capacity to meet rigorous core and data centre applications in an energy-efficient platform that delivers flexibility and enables virtualised services on the network while helping to reduce operational expense.