The mGuard smart is currently the smallest security

device on the market, offering an extremely high degree

of security and performance. It can be integrated

anywhere both quickly and simply without modifications

to the computer system, regardless of the processor

technology or operating systems used.

Conventional security concepts, whether hardware or

software-based, always require a complex implementation

procedure, including modifications to the

system¡¦s configuration. In many areas, however, systems

cannot be easily modified. In industry environments,

for example, strict security provisions apply

for production systems. In the medical technology

sector, validation processes are required by law. And

every system modification is a costly investment in

terms of manpower.

Moreover, there are several environments which rely

on older processor technologies or which utilize proprietary

platforms. In order to implement additional

security measures, these technologies usually do not

offer enough performance ¡V or drivers and software

support are not available.

Generally, conventional gateway appliances protect

entire networks or network segments with a uniform

security standard ¡V and only against attack from ¡§outside¡¨.

However, a critical company server or the laptop

of a managing director both require security levels

that are much higher. What¡¦s more: different

systems call for various levels of security.With conventional

gateways, this is virtually impossible to carry out.

Added to these dangers are those which arise from

¡§inside¡¨. From laptops, data media or private e-mail

accounts, for example, ¡§malicious codes¡¨ are often

introduced to company networks and disseminated,

unbeknownst to the user. Here, anti-virus software is

only of limited use, as it can only be as secure as the

operating system. The security holes in Windows ¡V

the operating system most often used in offices ¡V are

well documented. Against such security gaps, even

the best anti-virus software is powerless. Aside from

this, several systems used in office environments,

such as SAP/R3 servers, do not allow the installation

of additional software.

The mGuard solution unites the advantages of hardware

and software-based security concepts in a single

component. All the security functions are integrated

into the self-contained, fully independent mGuard

platform. For this reason, it is not necessary to reconfigure

the computer system being protected, nor

do drivers or additional software need to be installed.

Innominate¡¦s mGuard ¡§device attached security¡¨ systems

take advantage of a special function ¡V the

Stealth Mode. This allows the systems to perform

absolutely transparent, as they do not require their

own IP addresses. Instead, mGuard uses the same IP

as the computer it is protecting and therefore cannot

be recognized by invaders, making the system unassailable

to attack.

The basis of the integrated security solution is the

embedded Linux running on a network processor

with XScale core by Intel (IXP 42x), with up to 533

MHz processor capacity, 64 Mbytes of SDRAM working

memory and 16 Mbytes of Flash memory. The

processor features hardware-based DES, 3DES and

AES encryption. This guarantees maximum data

throughput for firewall (up to 99 Mbit/s) and VPN (up

to 70 Mbit/s).

With the Innominate Device Manager (IDM) large

populations encompassing several thousand mGuard

appliances can be efficiently configured and managed.

Due to the Innominate mGuard¡¦s templatebased

approach, the roll-out of numerous identicallyconfigured

appliances can be carried out quickly and

conveniently.

For intuitive monitoring and logging, the mGuards

communicate with all standard SNMP management

systems. The full graphic integration can be realised

on the Industrial HiVision management platform from

the firm Hirschmann, for example.