
Standing between you and the unknown!
Consolidating all major Internet security functions in one system, the Sidewinder G2® Security Appliance is the strongest self-defending platform in the world. Sidewinder G2 defends your networks and applications from all types of Internet threats
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Consolidating all major Internet security functions in one
system, the Sidewinder G2® Security Appliance is the strongest
self-defending platform in the world. Built on a unique
Zero-hour Attack Protections (ZAP™) technology, Sidewinder G2
defends your networks and applications from all types
of Internet threats, both

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Product Overview:
At the center of the Sidewinder G2 attack protections design are secure application pathways that allow your tightly defined and recognized traffic through at Gigabit speeds. Simultaneously, our self-defending ZAP technology has zero tolerance for all suspicious and undesirable traffic—including known threats before security patches or attack signatures are available or applied—providing you with essential 24x7 Application Defenses™ for your mission-critical operations.
A unified threat management (UTM) device as defined by IDC, Sidewinder G2 goes even further to include best-of-breed security so you gain greater manageability, more control, and stronger security than other UTM and firewall appliances. Sidewinder G2's comprehensive yet flexible platform protects you instantly out of the box. It also allows you to customize and implement your security policy as you see fit using any or all of the protective features of Sidewinder G2, including over 200,000 known virus, spyware, and attack signatures, Web content filtering, and much more.
Our unique unequalled CERT advisory record and zero emergency security patches over the 11-year life of Sidewinder G2 sets us apart. Broadly deployed world-wide, the Sidewinder G2 Security Appliance is extensively used by all types of organizations from small to enterprise, and is the only security appliance to have achieved the pre-eminent EAL4+ common criteria certification for application firewalls.
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Let Secure Computing's Sidewinder G2 improve your organization with:
Policy management
The framework of a good security environment is its underlying policy.
Sidewinder G2 facilitates the creation and administration of
security policy through a variety of tools.
Firewall/VPN
As part of its base functionality, Sidewinder G2 provides the world's
strongest application firewall, and VPN capabilities (IPSec and SSL).
Unified Threat Management (UTM)
Sidewinder G2 includes best-of-breed security so you gain greater
manageability, more control, and stronger security than other UTM and
firewall appliances provide.
Enterprise Strong® appliance technology
Sidewinder G2 makes life easier for security professionals, including
high performance, HA pairs and cluster management, zero emergency
security patches, the world's best support, and more.
A product you can trust
The Sidewinder G2 Security Appliance, the most comprehensive gateway
security appliance in the world, is the right choice to protect the
world's most important networks.