As teleworking becomes the new normal, companies are challenged to conduct business securely while meeting the needs of a more flexible workforce. Zyxel, the leading provider of secure AI and cloud-based solutions, today announced USG FLEX, a new series of mid-range firewalls.
The series was developed for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to keep pace with the demands on mobility, connectivity and safety in the workplace that have arisen in the wake of the pandemic.
The new USG-FLEX-100/200/500 firewalls have improved hardware and software performance, which increases the security level of SMEs by up to 125 percent for firewalls and an additional 500 percent of the Unified Threat Management (UTM) performance. increase. In addition to robust, scalable network security, the new firewalls also offer VPN remote access, WLAN access point management and comprehensive hotspot functions in order to fully meet all relevant business requirements.
Global threat intelligence for local protection
The USG-FLEX series supports Zyxel's cloud query service, which is based on a multi-source, ever-growing cloud database. This covers billions of malware samples from industry-leading third-party sources and threats identified by all Zyxel firewalls worldwide. This significantly increases the detection rate of malware threats. The AI-controlled algorithm classifies and calculates the severity of each threat, helping companies identify the most active sources of danger and take appropriate countermeasures.
Meeting the needs of the new normal
USG FLEX makes it easy to maximize teleworker productivity by providing flexible, secure VPN connectivity including IPsec, SSL and L2TP over IPsec VPNs to the corporate network - whether working from home or on the go. Zero configuration significantly reduces the workload of the IT team and enables employees to quickly adapt to a work-from-home environment.
Flexible licensing options to support SMBs in difficult times
Customers who want to upgrade their existing USG hardware to USG FLEX can migrate their current USG licenses to the new USG FLEX hardware without having to purchase new authorizations. Licenses for activating security functions such as web filtering, anti-malware and the Zyxel SecuReporter Premium analysis and reporting service are available individually or as a complete UTM security license package. There is also a customized hospitality license package.
"As the spread of COVID-19 continues to have far-reaching implications for companies around the world, the need to protect your own network while providing secure access to it from remote locations becomes even more important," explains Nathan Yen , AVP of Zyxel's Gateway Business Unit. "The USG-FLEX series was developed to offer the security, flexibility and ease of use that make it the ideal solution for SMBs in this new business reality."
Zyxel's comprehensive range of security solutions gives companies of all sizes the flexibility, power and performance they need to protect themselves from the evolving cyber security landscape.
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About Zyxel For more than 30 years, Zyxel has been one of the most important global manufacturers in the field of Internet access and network solutions and connects people with the Internet through future-oriented, technologically leading innovations - whether private users or companies. With over 2.000 employees and a distribution network in more than 70 countries, the company is already developing the networks of tomorrow in Taiwan, the USA and Germany today and helping customers tap their global business potential. That is why Zyxel has long been an international technological leader in the industry. Customers in 150 countries and over 100 million World's First products sold to date represent the company's extremely high level of competence and innovation. Zyxel is the manufacturer in Germany that offers a complete network portfolio with future-oriented end-to-end solutions from a single source. From the Würselen location, Zyxel Germany looks after the entire German-speaking area with perfect customer service and technologically leading, future-oriented solutions.