Allied Telesis to use Kaspersky’s advanced threat protection

Allied Telesis announced that it has selected Kaspersky Lab to provide anti-malware and anti-virus engines for its new series of Next-Generation Firewalls.

The company has partnered its own hardware with two Kaspersky Lab products to deliver comprehensive protection against a wide range of cyber threats. Kaspersky Lab's Anti-Virus engine provides protection from viruses, Trojans, worms, rootkits, spyware, and adware. Kaspersky SafeStream II provides wire-speed protection from zero-day malware, server-side malware, web-borne malware, drive-by downloads and more.

"We take pride in this opportunity to initiate business relations with Allied Telesis," says Andrew Dai, director for Business Development in APAC countries, Kaspersky Lab. "We believe the mutually beneficial cooperation will enable the two companies to address specific market needs."

The new firewalls are optimal for organizational use as they raise internal and external threat protection and network resource optimization to a whole new level to cope with the demands of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and the "Internet of Things."

"We're very pleased to partner with Kaspersky Lab because their anti-malware products offer excellent threat protection with high throughput," said Graham Walker, senior product manager at Allied Telesis. "Our customers expect the best security - without bottlenecks, so we selected the Anti-Virus and SafeStream II products for their performance and pedigree. Kaspersky Lab has a long history of being the first to discover and rapidly mitigate new threats," he commented.

According to Seiichiro Sato, director of Global Product Marketing at Allied Telesis, "We are seeing considerable demand from customers looking for a manageable security solution for their Enterprise networks.  By partnering with Kaspersky Lab, our Next-Generation Firewalls can offer excellent performance and protection in an easy-to-use package," he added.