“Rackspace.com, a leading provider of Linux-based Advanced
Internet Hosting services, today announced that it will add the
SecureGuard security system to its array of advanced Web hosting
services. SecureGuard offers many levels of built-in security and
monitoring enhancements for customers concerned about unauthorized
access to their server. Customers wanting a higher level of
security for credit card operations, e-commerce and corporate email
servers will particularly benefit from SecureGuard.”
“SecureGuard uses a variety of software packages to assist
system administrators in securing network traffic to a customer’s
server. It includes monitoring tools to inform the administrator of
security attacks, breaches or malicious activity.“
“The performance of Internet servers is frequently adversely
affected by a firewall because the classic firewall model calls for
a single point of entry. In a classic firewall, all servers in a
cluster are affected if one is compromised. With the Rackspace
SecureGuard model, each server in a cluster has its own protection
so that if one of the cluster is attacked, the other servers
continue to function normally. The Rackspace SecureGuard model
installs quickly, is integrated with each server in a customer’s
cluster and scales easily.”