"Learning from recent information security incidents, we've realized that the major source of network threats has turn from external attacks to internal contamination." Says Albert Lee, Senior Product Manager of ZyXEL's Network Security and Applications Division. "All kinds of network attacks or threats can slip into the corporate network and its workstations by way of employees' portable computers, which could have been infected at home or during business trips. To address this issue, ZyXEL developed the portable ZyWALL P1 for individual users to gate-keeping their network connection and prevent the corporate network from being infected. It also helps network administrators to enforce the security policy on every endpoint PC."

Lee also points out that personal firewall is currently the only effective solution to enhance user-end network security, and hardware-based, software-independent firewalls can prevent software installation conflict, or errors from operator interaction. The plug-and-play ZyWALL P1 can save network administrators considerable time and cost spent on troubleshooting software problems.

ZyWALL P1 measures 5-inch in length, 3-inch in width and it weights only 130g. It boasts a WAN port and a LAN port, and can be powered by the USB port. Other features include: ICSA-certified firewall with 90Mbps throughput, as well as comprehensive SPI, DoS/DDoS and Access Control features. ZyWALL P1 also provide an ICSA-certified IPSec VPN tunnel with hardware-accelerated DES/3DES/AES encryption of up to 34Mbps throughput.

ZyWALL P1 allows administrators to deploy numerous units without altering network settings. Even installed by unskilled users, the ZyWALL P1 can get up and running easily.