Juniper Networks Juniper-Kaspersky Anti-Virus for SRX220 Services Gateway -

With more and more companies providing direct access to the web, end-users are casually surfing to sites that may be known malware download sources, or unknowingly revealing personal or corporate private data via email scams or hidden background programs that collect and forward data. This means that an IT manager must not only stop attacks at each layer network, application and content, but they also need to stop both inbound and outbound threats.

While most enterprises have deployed some type of desktop antivirus protection, viruses continue to remain the number one threat to security. Although desktop antivirus software is an effective tool, users either turn off their software or don't keep the antivirus pattern files up-to-date. Once one desktop is infected, other devices on the network are prone to infection causing network downtime leading to productivity loss and IT management disturbances.

Network-based antivirus protection, unlike desktop or host based antivirus, scans network traffic for viruses gi