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Almost 6 years ago
Answered a question: Which would you recommend to your boss, Fortinet FortiGate or Sophos UTM?
Sophos and FortiGate are good solutions, but you need to know the advantages and disadvantages for each
Sophos is great as a visionary company, keeping up with IT Managers' requests for features within their products (specially Sophos SG Appliances and XG NGFWs). Their…
About 6 years ago
Answered a question: Looking Into Implementing a Web Security Solution.
This depends on so many factors, but if you have the right infrastructure, I would recommend having this on premise and using Cisco WSA, which will provide you with
1-Protection before, during, and after an attack.
2-Flexible deployment options.
3-Automated traffic…
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Almost 6 years ago
Unified Threat Management (UTM)
About me
Total 17 years of experience in the field of Information Technology. Broad knowledge of hardware, software, and networking technologies to provide a powerful combination of analysis, implementation, and support. Experience in system and network administration and engineering, hardware evaluation, project management, systems and network security, incident analysis and recovery.
Skills
1-Unix - Linux System Administration (Debian/Red Hat)
2-IP Packet Analysis - Ethereal, tcpdump, ntop
3-Intrusion Detection - Snort/ACID, TippingPoint
4-Penetration Testing - Nessus/Nmap
5-DNS Administration (bind)
6-Apache, Asterisk, DHCP, Exim, Munin, MySQL, Postfix, SAMBA, SSH Administration
7-Cisco IOS Configuration (Netflow, ACLs, TAC+/Tacacs)
8-Citrix Metaframe Administration Intermediate
9-Sidewinder/Gauntlet Firewall Administration Intermediate
10-Sonicwall Firewall Administration Intermediate
11-F5 BigIP and 3DNS Administration
12-Subversion Change Management Administration
13-Nortel Contivity VPN Administration
14-Unix - Solaris System Administration
15-Cisco MARS Administration
Specialties
Networking Hardware
Routers: Cisco (IOS, Cat OS).
Switches, Bridges, Hubs: Cisco Catalyst.
Security / Firewalls
IP Sec, VPNs, Cryptography, Key Management, AAA Model (RADIUS, TACACS), Cisco Authentication Proxy, Access Lists, IOS Firewall, 802.1x, IOS Security Features, DMZ set ups, CBAC, DoS and common threats prevention, Cisco IDS / IPS (Intrusion Detection / Prevention System), Cisco Secure ACS Server, Cisco VPN Concentrator, Cisco PIX / ASA Firewall, VPN Client, Cisco Security Manager (CSM), Cisco MARS, Cisco NAC / CANAC.
InfoSec
Participation in the Higher Education Technical Community
Experience with intrusion detection systems
Familiarity working with a Security Event Management product
Evaluating existing systems for vulnerabilities
Experience designing systems to meet externally defined security standards
