Today's Reality:

Organizations today face increasing numbers of sophisticated threats-viruses, worms, bot attacks, spyware-that replicate more rapidly than ever before. As viruses and other malware spread across networks through agents such as e-mail, instant messaging (IM), mobile phones and PDAs, they pose significant risks ranging from costly down time to a crippling loss of data.

Viruses and spyware can endanger organizations at the three network touchpoints-gateways, servers and clients. Most vulnerable are clients using Internet Explorer, peer-to-peer, IM, streaming media and detachable storage devices that provide ready entry for threats. And, even if virus protection is installed at all three network touchpoints, systems are left exposed during the time between virus outbreak and new signature delivery. Today's security managers must adopt a multi-tiered approach that addresses each point of vulnerability and shortens the time required for new signature delivery required to fend off new threats.

SonicWALL provides a layered anti-virus and anti-spyware solution to protect all three vulnerable areas from emerging threats. Running on SonicWALL network security gateway appliances, these solutions deliver multi-touchpoint protection through a variety of features including comprehensive virus and spyware scanning, a continually updated virus and spyware signature database that addresses new outbreaks and automated enforcement of anti-virus and anti-spyware software on every desktop.