The continuously growing attacks on corporate networks by worms, viruses, trojan horses, DoS attacks, spam
e-mails, or potential hacker attacks threaten business success in an increasingly more concrete manner. Nowadays, successful attacks cause damage amounting to millions of Euros, decrease productivity, infringe company secrets, and finally endanger the very substance of the enterprise.
 
Increasingly more sophisticated and intelligent vermin threaten networks. Anyone who does not take countermeasures is acting in a grossly negligent way. In the past years, attacks on corporate networks have had become increasingly more numerous, manifold, and complex. The times in which a firewall and a virus scanner could be considered a sufficient security solution are over for good. Everyday, it becomes more important to protect oneself against these dangers and to prevent damage due to theft or destruction of corporate data.
 
The IP security systems of Funkwerk IP-Appliances GmbH are offering premium and flexible solutions for the security of entire networks, that are clearly minimizing the mentioned risks and therefore improve the security in companies effectively. Not least in term of their low purchase and operating costs they guarantee a quick RoI (Return on Investment) in addition.
 
 
The systems are composed into two product lines:
 
 
funkwerk packetalarm IDS: Intrusion Detection Systems
Sensitive infrastructures with high security needs require an attack detection solution that does not impair availability or performance. Invisible in sniffing mode, the funkwerk packetalarm IDS listens to the network and scans all data that passes by. All attacks are logged and can trigger an alarm. If the prevention system is activated, attacks are prevented using TCP reset or firewall hardening.
 
In order to enable firewall hardening with systems from third-party manufacturers or systems developed in-house, a special interface definition, Open funkwerk packetalarm Architecture (OPA), is used for communication. The funkwerk packetalarm IDS also detects attacks in internal network segments and is a specialist in high-performance attack detection. The sensor/manager architecture enables all sensors to be administered easily and cost-effectively from a single central point.

funkwerk packetalarm IPS: Intrusion Prevention Systems
Funkwerk packetalarm IPS has been specifically developed for monitoring internal network gateways and can be installed in routing mode on layer 3 and in bridging mode on layer 2. The possibility of integration on layer 2 means the product can be installed easily and transparently in front of internal systems without any need for laborious or costintensive conversion work. If attacks and threats to protected systems are detected, these are automatically blocked and filtered out of the data stream.