To help combat the increasingly dynamic threat landscape, Celestix Networks has teamed with Kaspersky to deliver an integrated, multi-level security solution to stop viruses, DoS attacks, worms, Trojans and all manner of malware on inbound and outbound traffic.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (KAV) for Celestix MSA is a system of antivirus protection of files transferred using the HTTP and FTP protocols via the Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server. It ensures reliable protection of corporate networks from penetration of malicious software. Kaspersky Anti-Virus for MSA acts as a filter that intercepts packets transferred via the HTTP and FTP protocols, isolates controlled objects from this data, analyzes them for the presence of viruses, and prevents infected files and Web documents from penetrating a corporate network.

Kaspersky Anti-virus will be provided to Celestix’s customers as an option and will be delivered via our Update Service on the appliance.

Features

Comprehensive antivirus protection

• Real-time antivirus scanning. The program scans for and removes all types of malicious programs in data traffic transferred via the Celestix MSA. Objects scanned include archived and compressed files in practically any formats.

• Detection of potentially hostile software. The application provides protection not only from viruses, but from potentially hostile software as well, including advertising programs, software that collects information on user computers, utilities for remotely monitoring and controlling victim computers and other utilities used by cybercriminals. Such software can be detected by scanning using the extended antivirus databases.

• Advanced technologies. Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Celestix MSA uses the latest technologies to protect users from malicious programs. As comparative tests have shown, the Kaspersky® Anti-Virus Engine on which the solution is based provides detection rates that are among the world’s highest.

• Protection of server arrays (Only available with Celestix MSA b or e Series). Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Celestix MSA is an optimal solution for reliable protection of MSA appliances that operate as array members. Management of protection settings and updating of antivirus databases is performed centrally for all servers in the array.

Optimized performance

• Selection of objects to be scanned and trusted servers. To reduce server load, the administrator can exclude object types that are not potentially dangerous from scanning. The application can also be configured to not scan traffic transferred from servers included on the trusted server list.

• Configuration of group rules. The administrator can create user groups and configure scanning rules separately for each group, depending on the security policy in place in the organization.

• Optimization for Intel Xeon™ (Only available with Celestix MSA8000e and the new MSA5000e and MSA6000e platform). Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Celestix MSA is optimized for multi-processor servers based on the Intel Xeon technology. The application’s scalability and high performance make it an optimal choice in high load environments.

Flexible administration

• Centralized administration. The application can be administered either locally or remotely. The administrator can configure protection parameters for all servers in the array (Celestix MSA e Series only), define security policies for each user group, view reports on the application’s operation and update antivirus databases.

• Notification and reporting system. Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Celestix MSA uses the Windows performance counters as a monitoring tool. All important messages related to the operation of Kaspersky Anti-Virus are recorded in the Windows application log.

• Automatic updates. The antivirus database and program modules can be updated centrally. Depending on the application’s settings, the updating process is initiated automatically or on demand, over the Internet from dedicated Kaspersky Lab servers or from local update servers specified by the administrator. Kaspersky Lab releases updates each hour.

KAV Availability on Celestix MSA

MSA Platform	Kaspersky Anti-Virus Standard for ISA Standard (5.6.1181 v)	Kaspersky Anti-Virus for ISA Enterprise (5.6.1158 v)	Support for Websense Security Suite running concurrently
MSA3000i
MSA4000i
MSA5000i
MSA6000i
MSA3000b
MSA4000b
MSA6000b
MSA5000e
MSA6000e
MSA8000e