Broadcom’s New Gigabit Switches with BroadShield Security Technology Aim to Reduce the Complexity of Implementing Secure Enterprise Networks

Broadcom's New Gigabit Switches with BroadShield Security Technology Aim to Reduce the Complexity of Implementing Secure Enterprise Networks

Broadcom announced a new generation of multi-layer Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switches designed to improve enterprise network security through a highly scalable and easy-to-manage security infrastructure. This latest generation of Broadcom StrataXGS III Gigabit Ethernet switches features new BroadShield™ security technology, which enables network admission control (NAC) and supports Microsoft's Network Access Protection policy enforcement technology to achieve dramatically improved network security and manageability.

Latest StrataXGS III Gigabit Ethernet Switches Enable Network Admission Control and Support Microsoft's Network Access Protection Policy Enforcement Technology

Network security is one of the top concerns for enterprise IT network managers. It is a challenge to implement security profiles for one user, let alone an enterprise network with hundreds, or thousands, of users. Additionally, IT professionals prefer standards-based solutions to ensure interoperability between multiple hardware and software vendors. As a result, next-generation switching solutions must keep pace with the ever changing security threats in enterprise networks.

Announced today is the Broadcom StrataXGS III BCM56510 series of multi- layer Gigabit Ethernet switches. All products in the BCM56510 series are equipped with BroadShield security technology, a multi-layered security framework that includes a robust set of standards-based features to dramatically improve security while delivering unmatched scalability. The key security features include standards-based authentication, user quarantine, denial of service (DoS) attack prevention, etc.