3Com® Security Solutions

Enterprise networks are vulnerable to misuse or attack at random points throughout their infrastructure. As an end-to-end networking provider, 3Com gives the reassurance of layered, standards-based security technologies throughout the network with the additional support of purpose built security appliances, which are deployed at key points of vulnerability. This creates a pervasive network security that allows customers of all sizes to build security into their existing network infrastructure or construct inherently secure networks from the ground up. These security overlays include: Layer 2-7 firewall, virtual private network (VPN), authentication, authorization, intrusion detection and prevention systems (IPS), anti-virus, content filtering, security management, and policy. 3Com delivers integrated secure networks for small, medium, large enterprise, and service provider customers.

3Com® Security Switches portfolio fundamentally improves the economics of delivering security applications in high-speed, mission-critical networks. Instead of building an infrastructure whose costs increase directly with traffic growth, data center architects now have a powerful new platform that delivers a higher and faster Return on Investment (ROI) with the flexibility to support a series of essential network applications.

The 3Com Embedded Firewall solutions are host-based firewalls embedded onto PCI cards for desktops and servers and personal computer (PC) cards for laptops.

With support for 802.1X and auto-VLANs across the 3Com LAN edge switching infrastructure, (3Com SuperStack® 3 Switch 4400, Wireless Access Points, IntelliJack Switch NJ220), multiple categories and users and services can be segmented from each other over a single network infrastructure. 3Com's family of switches, (SuperStack 3 Switch 4400, Switch 4070, Switch 7700, SuperStack 3 Switch 4924, and others) delivers robust support for access control lists (ACLs), which are the most effective way of enhancing your internal network security.

3Com's Wi-Fi certified systems, which flexibly support 802.11a/b/g standards, provide such safeguards as 256-bit WPA (Wireless Protected Access) encryption, VPNs and virtual LANs (VLANs)

3Com security solutions are designed to protect against security exposures at the network perimeter/gateway, enterprise and Internet data center, and within the LAN infrastructure.