On November 16, 2023, UserGate, a Russian developer of information security solutions, announced the release candidate of version 7.1 of its own operating system UGOS, which is the foundation for the UserGate SUMMA ecosystem, including UserGate NGFW – the next-generation firewall.
In addition, the company announced the opportunity to test new SIEM and EDR/NAC class solutions developed by UserGate and anticipated by the information security market. The new products include a number of tools that will help corporate customers more effectively solve the tasks of user identification in the network, as well as significantly increase the level of security and visibility of events.
«We have been developing comprehensive solutions for protecting digital infrastructure for over 13 years. Our own research and production base has allowed us to create independent products and solutions that have always been in consistently high demand among corporate customers. We have implemented more than 5,000 implementation projects of our solutions and have accumulated significant expertise both in the field of countering cyber threats of any complexity and from the point of view of understanding the specifics of our customers. As a result, we have created an ecosystem consisting of products, solutions and services that provide the main condition for security – maximum visibility of security events. As part of the release candidate version 7.1, we are presenting an expanded set of products and solutions that address the current needs of the market, in particular, we invite you to test UserGate Client and UserGate SIEM Light,» – comments Ivan Chernov, UserGate Development Manager.
UserGate Client – a unique solution designed to manage secure access to the network of corporate clients' user devices, combining three functions for protecting remote access devices: VPN, NAC and EDR. It provides control and enhanced device protection, the ability to securely connect to the corporate network via a secure connection (VPN), detect malicious activity and respond to threats. It filters malicious and prohibited sites and protects network connections.
UserGate SIEM Light – a security information and event management (SIEM) system responsible for collecting information from various sources and bringing it to a single format for ease of subsequent analysis. UserGate SIEM Light includes IRP and SOAR functionality, which allows you to analyze the behavior of various processes, identify risks and automatically provide an adequate response based on this analysis, providing protection against threats or simply abnormal behavior at the earliest stage, as well as manage incident response processes information security.
Both solutions are part of the UserGate SUMMA ecosystem, each element of which enhances the functionality of each other and provides a synergistic effect. All UserGate products are implemented both in the form of hardware and software systems, and in a virtual version with support for all hypervisors existing on the market, as well as with the possibility of deployment in the cloud.
In addition, as part of an online conference dedicated to the release candidate version 7.1 of the UserGate operating system, company experts spoke about UserID technology, a new proprietary engine for the third version of the intrusion detection system (IPS/IDS), and about controlling network traffic at the L7 application level according to the OSI model.
UserID technology, which expands existing user identification capabilities, allows you to obtain more accurate information about their network activity (including identifying illegitimate activity in time), apply secure policies to the operation of confidential applications in the network, allowing access only to those who are authorized and really need it.
The new version of UserGate's own IPSv3 engine, which underlies the intrusion detection system (IDS), can block IP addresses and ports, apply traffic filtering rules, or automatically disconnect suspicious connections. It provides information about intrusion attempts and network threats, exploitation of vulnerabilities and attacks, signaling to information security specialists the need to take timely measures.
The new version of the UGOS 7.1 operating system will provide the ability to create custom IDPS&L7 signatures, when employees of the information security department of the customer company can independently create a set of rules and signatures for the intrusion detection and application system. This function is especially relevant for companies in the financial sector and organizations that carry out their own development: if a vulnerability is detected, specialists can independently prescribe and apply additional security rules, and thus exclude the possibility of its use by attackers.
In addition, version 7.1 UGOS will support the new VPN IKEv2 protocol, which is relevant for modern versions of Android OS, as well as UpStream Proxy technology, which allows you to provide secure access to the Internet where it is not provided by default – for example, for updating security products located in closed network segments.
All UserGate solutions presented as part of the UGOS version 7.1 release candidate are available for testing in the user's personal account on the my.usergate.com portal.