Company QNAP® Systems, Inc., a leading innovator in computing, networking and storage solutions, today announced that its QHora series of high-speed routers — QHora-301W, QHora-322 a QHora-321 – will support the Intrusion Pr feature in firmware version 2.6.0evention System (IPS). This feature is currently available without license fees, allowing businesses to strengthen their first line of defense against ransomware attacks by simply turning on the service QuWAN SD-WAN.
The QHora series combines high-speed 2,5GbE and 10GbE connectivity with IPS signature-based detection and real-time blocking. With an automatically updated threat database, QHora routers instantly catch viruses, Trojans, and intrusion attempts, providing proactive protection that helps organizations combat increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.
“Many small and medium-sized businesses face challenges when implementing advanced security measures due to licensing costs,” said Chun-Yu Chen, product manager at the company. QNAP, and added: “By introducing IPS to the QHora series without license restrictions, we want to help enterprises cost-effectively strengthen network perimeter security.”
In addition to IPS, QHora series routers also include a comprehensive set of security and routing management features:
- L3/L7 Firewall: Supports Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) for granular application-level protection.
- GeoIP blocking and web content filtering: Blocks high-risk regional traffic and protects internal web browsing.
- QoS, VLAN, and policy routing: Meets the requirements of advanced network configurations.
In combination with the solution QNAP QuWAN SD-WAN QHora routers support not only connections between devices QNAP, but can also connect to routers from other brands via route-oriented IPsec VPN. This allows enterprises to securely connect headquarters to branch offices and achieve encrypted and stable data transmission between locations. The company QNAP will continue to expand the security features of the QHora series to help small and medium-sized businesses build a modern network infrastructure that is fast, secure, and easy to manage even for SMBs.
For more information about IPS and other security features that QHora offers in collaboration with QuWAN, please visit: https://www.qnap.com/go/software/quwan.
