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YOUR
CHANCE TO WIN A SHARE OF £20,000
Manchester-based
Global Security One (GSEC1) is launching its XGate 2.0,
the only wireless Internet security device which tackles
threats before they reach your home PC. The launch of this
hardware device, which supports ADSL and Cable* internet
connectivity and can secure up to five wired or wireless
computers, takes place on 8th and 9th December at The Trafford
Centre.
GSEC1 will mark this Internet
first with two promotions, run in conjunction with Manchester
radio station Key 103, to raise awareness of XGate 2.0 and
Internet security:
- Five lucky listeners to the radio station
will have the chance to win a share of a £10,000
prize fund. Listeners simply need to log on to the station’s
website www.key103.co.uk
register their email address and then tune in to see
if they have been selected to go to The Trafford Centre
on Saturday December 8th or Sunday December 9th to win
up to £2000 each
- Visitors to The Trafford Centre on 8th
and 9th can also register their details at the XGate
stand in Orient Way to have the chance to win an XGate
2.0 – on the day - and enter a competition, which
will run between Monday 10th and Friday 14th December,
with GSEC1 and Key 103 to try and win a share of a further
£10,000
XGate 2.0 is compatible with
the 802.11g industry standard 54mb per second for wireless
and it will support 802.11n at 125mb per second once that
standard receives approval. It offers additional levels
of security beyond traditional wireless solutions offered
by ISPs.
PCs and laptops communicate
via IP addresses. Should a user connect to the Internet
wirelessly without wireless security the hacker can see
the IP address, create a similar IP address and then hack
into the box to see the computer.
There are three levels of
wireless security:
- WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy –
a password based system where any data that is sent
contains the full WEP password. Crackable within 60
seconds.
- WPA Wi-fi Protected Access – another
password based system but unlike WEP, WPA uses the password
to generate a new random password everytime data is
sent and is therefore more secure.
- WPA-2 – this is more secure still
using a password to generate a random algorithm to produce
a unique identifier. This would require vast computing
power and time to hack.
Traditional solutions require
the user to come up with WEP and WPA passwords of eight
alphanumeric case sensitive plus one non-alphanumeric characters.
Once a user activates the XGate 2.0 it will initiate a number
of security measures. Each XGate 2.0 has its own unique
WPA-2 password. It will only allow wireless access to a
machine with the correct WPA-2 password. The XGate 2.0 goes
beyond the traditional three security levels and automates
the registration of the MAC address, a combination of 10
alphanumerics in five groups of two, unique to each wireless
card.
Mark Brooks of GSEC1 says:
“Often users are unaware of the different levels of
security they are expected to deal with, whereas XGate 2.0
removes the margin for error and the opportunity for the
hacker. Its deployment of the IP address, WPA-2 and the
MAC address makes the computer virtually impregnable and,
because XGate 2.0 is a piece of hardware which stands in
between the PC and the Internet, it eradicates any threats
before they reach the computer.”
Key benefits of the XGate
2.0 approach include:
- it is a unified approach to home Internet
security so doing away with the need for the user to
buy disparate pieces of software or worry about integration,
compatibility and licensing issues.
- A single XGate 2.0 meets all home broadband
Internet security needs and allows up to 5 computers
to be connected
- A single renewal relieves the user from
tracking multiple software subscriptions
- It’s a stand alone device which
stops threats before they reach the computer, unlike
conventional security software which will only identify
threats when they have actually infiltrated the computer
system
The XGate 2.0 retails at £89.99
and will be available from 8th December via Amazon, Zavvi
Entertainment (formerly Virgin Megastores), Maplin, and
dabs.com. Visitors to www.xgate.com can find details of
other outlets plus find out about a number of other security
elements offered by the XGate 2.0 including keeping children
safe from Internet predators.
Gary Stein of Key 103 comments:
“We are pleased to be involved with highlighting the
exciting new XGate 2.0, which is the brainchild of a thriving
local company. This reflects our commitment to being involved
with the local communities, which surely has to be a prime
objective of any good local entertainment provider. We wish
GSEC1 well with its new product and congratulate it for
putting Manchester on the map for technology innovation.”
GSEC 1, which has over 100
employees, was founded in 2000. It has a facility in Manchester
and an office in Birmingham in addition to offices in Godalming,
India and Taiwan. XGate 2.0 is based on GSEC1’s Prodigy
range of business-class products. These were the first products
to offer protection against blended threats and incorporate
all aspects of business security including Anti-Virus protection,
comprehensive spam filtering, secure banking and web filtering
in addition to an impenetrable firewall.
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