Small Business

Close and lock the door to data loss, business downtime, bad publicity and regulatory fines due to Internet attacks. Protect your records, resources and customer loyalty by shielding your valuable data and systems from cyber attack with ConnectStream Secure Managed Security.

The more your office uses the Internet for everything from uploading confidential client information to sharing files, the more likely your business will experience a severe attack on your network. Stop security threats, from viruses, spyware, spam, Web phishing, to network worms, before they compromise your network with ConnectStream Secure managed security.

• Superior protection. Offers unified threat management, incorporating firewall, intrusion detection and prevention, antivirus, Web content filtering and more into one appliance for comprehensive security.
• Safeguard your local network. Defends your entire office computing environment, not just your PC, including: application servers, network printers and wireless LAN devices.
• Constant protection. Your network is constantly protected against the latest outbreaks of Internet attacks with automatic, real-time updates to the threat databases furnished by the global FortiGuard® Global Threat Research Team.
• Security without the hassle. Fully managed security solution – we set it up, maintain it and manage it for you.
• Cost efficient security solution. Costs much less than hiring your own IT security staff and more cost effective than individual point solutions.

Protect the valuable reputation you’ve built with your customer base by locking the door to your confidential information.

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You need comprehensive security, but that normally requires multiple products, increases network complexity and operation costs. ConnectStream Secure offers a comprehensive Unified Threat Management security approach that reduces the number of vendors and appliances needed, minimizes downtime from threats, improves detection capabilities, and overall simplifies your security management.

Partnering with Fortinet, an industry leader widely acknowledged in Internet security technologies, Windstream offers ConnectStream Secure, a turnkey unified threat management solution that unifies the stand-alone Internet security services you need for true 360° security defenses for today’s small office and remote/branch office locations.

Unsurpassed protection with ConnectStream Secure:

• Managed Gateway: Purpose-built hardware accelerates security performance.
• Firewall: Control what comes in and goes out of your network. Industry’s #1 hacker protection.
• Intrusion Prevention: Detect and prevent malicious traffic from gaining access to your network.
• Antivirus: Protect your network against viruses, worms, spyware and phishing attacks.
• Logging and Reporting: Provides a detailed, periodic summary of your Internet usage including policy conformance and threat mitigation activity.
• Web content filter: Blocks inappropriate web content.
• VPN: Secure site-to-site network connections to link business locations together.
• Remote Access: Access your network from anywhere with just a local Internet connection and a Web browser
• Support: Fully managed solutions with 24 /7 customer support.

Use ConnectStream Secure for:

• Protecting mission-critical infrastructure from a wide range of attacks: viruses, spyware, spam, Web phishing, and worms.
• Protecting against blended threats (attacks that utilize multiple transmission techniques to spread itself and attack other computers). Traditional and Point security solutions are not enough to effectively block blended attacks from entering and leaving your network.
• Reduce the complexity of security infrastructure and solutions.
• Limit or reduce costs associated with individual point product implementations and maintenance.
• Provide superior, multi-threat protection without degrading network performance.
• Pre-emptive scanning for and clearing viruses, worms, and malicious code before they enter the network without compromising network performance.
• Reducing financial, legal, and business image risks associated with network security breaches. 

• Unified Threat Management. A single comprehensive solution: firewall, antivirus, spyware, intrusion prevention/detection, content filtering, as well as productivity tools like VPN and remote access.
• Complete security. Defends your entire office computing environment, not just your PC, including: application servers, network printers and wireless LAN devices.
• Fully managed solution. 24/7 network protection and technical support without the high cost of dedicated IT staff or in-house security experts.
• Up-to-date protection. Automatic updates for dynamic protection against a variety of Internet attacks including the latest viruses, Trojans, worms, spyware, denial of service and phishing schemes.
• Industry Leading Expertise. Windstream has partnered with Fortinet, a leader in Internet security, for full-time security management of your network.
• Cost effective. More cost-effective solution for security than individual point solutions. Unlimited-user licensing delivers a low total cost of ownership.
• Extensive reporting capability. User friendly, graphical management reports provide detailed summary of security activity as well as proof of regulatory compliance to auditors.
• Robust security gateway. Provides wire-rate throughput up to 20Mbps for fast, consistent performance of business-critical Web applications and maximum bandwidth efficiency.

Pro Bundle

Unified Threat Management for your business provides outstanding defense against the latest generation of Internet attacks:

• Managed Security Gateway
• Stateful Firewall
• Anti-Virus
• Intrusion Prevention
• Logging and Reporting
• Free for the First 3 Months

Power Bundle

Unified Threat Management for your business plus productivity enhancing VPN and remote access capability:

• Managed Security Gateway
• Stateful Firewall
• Anti-Virus
• Intrusion Prevention
• Logging and Reporting
• Site-to-Site IP Sec VPNs
• Remote Access
• Remote Desktop
• Free for the First 3 Months

Optional features available:

• Secure 802.11 b/g Wireless Access
• Web Content Filtering

View ConnectStream Secure feature guide.

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