Trend Micro launches Web Gateway Security

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Trend Micro has launched the Web Gateway Security solution, which integrates the InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 5.0 product and the new Advanced Reporting and Management module for a complete solution set that is powered by the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network infrastructure, an in-the-cloud source for threat intelligence.

Combined with on-premise, high-performance malware scanning, policy administration, and dynamic reporting, Trend Micro Web Gateway Security provides a comprehensive and responsive security solution for the Web gateway, along with a low total cost of ownership (TOC). It also includes leading anti-virus and anti-spyware technologies to clean, delete or quarantine infected content.

As per the recent independent tests conducted by Cascadia Labs in Q3' 2009, Trend Micro’s URL filtering and Web security technologies defeated other market-leading products. Again, Trend Micro proves that the cloud-client infrastructure of the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network is the best way to block out Web threats.

Trend Micro earned a weighted overall score of 75 percent (up 5 percent from the 2008 test), while the second-ranked product earned 67 percent.

In addition to posting the highest score overall, Trend Micro also ranked first at blocking URLs leading to security threats: The company had a dominant 79 percent score (up from 68 percent in 2008), compared with other products’ scores of an average 50 percent blocking of different types of malicious URLs. These URLs were independently selected, classified, and verified by Cascadia Labs' proprietary systems. They were neither supplied nor known to any of the participating companies including Trend Micro.

Cascadia Labs concluded that, “In these tests, Trend Micro emerged as the clear winner overall, extending the leading position it established in our testing in late 2008. Trend Micro also demonstrated a decided advantage against security threats, with a significant contribution from its Web reputation services. In every security category—malware, exploits, phishing, proxies, and potentially unwanted applications—Trend Micro posted the best score.”

"Not only are most Web gateway security solutions not doing enough to stop Web threats, they have very high management costs. Trend Micro Web Gateway Security gives customers better protection, more flexibility and lower total costs. Enterprise customers should not have to spend a great deal to receive superior security protection; value and quality ought to go hand in hand," commented Amit Nath, country manager, Trend Micro, India & SAARC.