The compact device includes a stateful inspection firewall with two separate network interface cards, a VPN client, application level antivirus features, IDS and IPS systems, and comes with application level and transparent proxies, antispyware, antispam, and optional URL filtering. It will secure a network of up to five workstations, the vendor said.

Tel Aviv, Israel-based Yoggie was set up by Shlomo Touboul, the founder and former CEO of security appliance developer Finjan Inc and is backed by $1.8m in VC funding from the likes of Early Bird Capital and Silicom Ventures.