Unified Threat Management
The Astaro Security Gateway, available as appliances and as software, integrates nine security applications:
Spyware Protection blocks incoming spyware, adware and other malicious applications, and prevents them from sending out confidential information.
Virus Protection for the Web defends computers against virus infections from web downloads and web-based email.
Content Filtering can block Internet access to 60 categories of web sites during working hours.
Virus Protection for Email catches viruses in SMTP and POP3 emails and attachments, even in compressed and archived formats.
Spam Protection uses eight different techniques to filter out spam without stopping legitimate emails.
Phishing Protection blocks emails from criminals trying to trick users into revealing confidential information.
Intrusion Protection detects and blocks probes and application-based attacks using heuristics, anomaly detection, and pattern-based techniques.
Firewall, with stateful packet inspection and application-level proxies, guards Internet communications traffic in and out of the organization.
Virtual Private Network Gateway assures secure communications with remote offices and “road warriors” | 
