Open Source Astaro Security Appliance Installed at Insurance Company | Linux Today

Open Source Astaro Security Appliance Installed at Insurance Company

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 10, 2008

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“At Underwriters Safety & Claims, security abruptly rose to
the top of IT Director Grant Nickle’s to-do list late last fall
when it became clear that the existing security system needed
replacement.

“At the national, privately owned insurance company
headquartered in Louisville, Ky., the two security servers, one for
the Cisco Pix firewall and the other for Novell’s BorderManager,
were both nearing the end of their useful lives.

“After evaluating current product offerings from the existing
vendors, as well as Barracuda, SonicWall and Juniper, Nickle chose
Astaro Corp.’s Security Gateway and installed the multi-threat
appliance in late December…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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