SonicWALL has announced the SonicWALL Network Security Appliance (NSA) 2400 for small and mid-sized organizations and branch offices.

The NSA 2400 brings the next generation of Unified Threat Management (UTM) to organizations with less than 100 employees and helps IT administrators manage their security in an increasingly complex network environment. The appliance's rich feature set, which takes full advantage of SonicWALL's recently announced Reassembly Free Deep Packet Inspection (RFDPI) 8 engine, ensures organizations have better control over the security of their network and increased visibility of all network activities.

In an environment where employees are using real time applications such as instant messenger and other Web 2.0 applications, the network is vulnerable to a multitude of new threats. Businesses now require simple and cost-effective solutions that take a layered approach to network security. A recent SonicWALL survey found that 69 percent of respondents cited cost as one of the most important factors in their security infrastructure purchasing decision. It delivers a comprehensive UTM solution at a price that works with today's shrinking IT budgets.

At the heart of the appliance is company's patented Reassembly Free Deep Packet Inspection (RFDPI) 8 engine, which uses multicore design to inspect both inbound and outbound network traffic without compromising performance. The powerful combination of a layered UTM approach and deep packet inspection means IT administrators at small businesses no longer have to choose between security and performance, they can have both.

It offers the same a layered approach found across the entire NSA series, including intrusion prevention, advanced file and content anti-virus/anti-spyware inspection to protect against a wide array of network attacks including, viruses, spyware, worms, Trojans and phishing attacks. It also offers greater application visibility and data leakage capabilities for administrations through the integration of Application Firewall. This feature set delivers a suite of configurable tools to prevent data leaks while providing granular application control that can be set per user, e-mail user, per schedule and per IP subnet levels to create a future proofed solution for administrators.

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