Prevent Network Intrusion
The criminal act of breaking into computer networks, one definition of “hacking,” poses a major threat to everyone connected to the Internet. It threatens infiltration, loss of proprietary data, fraud, destruction and paralysis. The more prominent an organization is, the better its risk of being hacked – and a bigger challenge for an illegal hacker.
As hackers use their genius to develop sophisticated tools to realize their unlawful aims, businesses must take every precaution to prevent successful attacks. Firewalls have become ineffective as attacks move to the application level; anti-virus programs are not enough as they offer only reactive measures. Organizations must constantly map and monitor activities to prevent hackers from slipping anything past their networks’ defenses. These include
- Self-propagating worms
- Trojan horses and the creation of backdoors
- BotNets
- Vendor-specific exploitation vulnerabilities in products from Microsoft, Oracle
- Exploiting vulnerabilities in applications such as web, mail, VoIP, DNS, SQL
- Spyware, phishing, anonymizers
Strengthen Your Defenses
Intrusion protection systems (IPSs) are an integral part of a defense approach, since there aren’t any devices which exercise access control to protect computers from exploitation. IPSs were invented to resolve ambiguities in passive network monitoring by placing detection systems in-line. (Considered by some to be an extension of intrusion detection system [IDS] technology, IPS technology is actually another form of access control, like an application-layer firewall.) A considerable improvement upon firewall technologies, IPSs make access control decisions based on application content, rather than IP addresses or ports as in traditional firewalls.
The advanced intrusion detection and prevention capabilities offered by the APSolute™ OS IPS module provide maximum protection for network elements, hosts and applications. It is composed of different application-level protection features to prevent intrusion attempts such as worms, Trojan horses, malware and single-bullet attacks, facilitating complete and high-speed cleansing of all malicious intrusions.
Features include
- Signature-based protection
- Worm propagation prevention
- Anti-scanning protection
- Stateful inspection
- Security reports
- Security Update Service