Mako Networks Appliance Awarded Security Certification
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Mako Networks Appliance
Awarded Security Certification
Mako Networks, a cloud-based network management company specialising in solutions for small businesses and branch offices, has received certification from ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon, for its latest Mako 6500 network appliance. The certification in the SMB Network Firewall category recognises the Mako 6500 as meeting a high firewall security standard, joining an elite group of technology industry heavyweights celebrating such an achievement.
The recognition from ICSA Labs comes
after a comprehensive battery of tests performed on a Mako
6500 unit sent for evaluation, checking for overall
security, user administration and resilience against
intrusion attempts. Sample criteria included checking
firewall rules, operation and management, resistance to
denial of service attacks, user logging and
management.
Customers can be assured of high-calibre
security when choosing Mako 6500 network appliances, with an
international third-party verifying its security
capabilities.
Says Murray Knox, Research & Development
Director for Mako Networks: “ICSA Labs certification is a
significant achievement. We’ve known that our products are
among the best in the world, but the independent
certification from ICSA Labs is a welcome testament to the
focus and effort that went into designing an easy-to-use
product without compromising security.”
Mako
Networks appliances allow small businesses and branch
offices to quickly and easily deploy firewalls to protect
their computer networks, but also come equipped with a
variety of features to assist in better management of their
network assets. Tools such as Mako Guardian, which monitors
Internet access and usage, and the ability to connect
locations via virtual private network, mean that business
owners can get the most out of their IT investments without
a high degree of technical expertise.
“Over the past
several years as a participant in the ICSA Labs Firewall
Certification Program, Mako Networks has regularly
demonstrated its commitment to enhancing its product,”
said Brian Monkman, perimeter security programs manager,
ICSA Labs. “Make Networks has worked tirelessly to meet
our increasingly stringent security certification
requirements and earning the latest certification is
evidence of that.”
Mako Networks 6500 appliances
also assist companies to comply with a stringent set of
security protocols developed by the credit card companies
known as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards
(PCI DSS). Mako is the first and only network management
company in the world to be PCI DSS-certified.
About
ICSA Labs
ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon, offers third-party testing and certification of security products and network-connected devices, such as printers and faxes, to measure product compliance, reliability and performance to many of the world’s top security vendors. Visit http://www.icsalabs.com and http://www.icsalabs.com/blogs for more information.
About Mako
Networks
Mako Networks is a cloud-based
network management company headquartered in Auckland, New
Zealand, providing services and managed appliances that
connect businesses to the Internet and protect them from the
threats it contains. Mako Networks helps merchants that
process, transmit or store cardholder data comply with the
stringent Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI
DSS). .The company is PCI DSS-certified, and exports to
markets in the UK, Middle East and
Australia.
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