November 24, 2006; 07:56 AM
IBM announced it has incorporated additional features for antivirus and anti-spyware into its Internet Security Systems(TM) Proventia(R) Desktop Endpoint Security product. The combined feature set will provide customers with a comprehensive desktop protection solution. As a result of an alliance with BitDefender, IBM Internet Security Systems will complement its spyware blocking technology and patented, behavioral-based Virus Prevention System (VPS) with BitDefender's anti-spyware and antivirus solutions.
Internet Security Systems VPS technology is
designed to be highly effective at preventing unknown zero-day attacks
from entering a corporate network, blocking well over 90 percent of new
viruses without a signature update on a typical network. The new layers
of protection from BitDefender will provide customers with capabilities
for scanning and removing known viruses and spyware from their systems.
"In today's complicated threat landscape, no single layer of
security can adequately protect an organization from attack," said Greg
Adams, vice president of product development for IBM Internet Security
Systems. "However, the continual purchase of incompatible security
products and endpoint agents can quickly become unbearable for
enterprises to manage. As a solution to these opposing issues, we
continue to add layers of protection to our existing integrated
security platform to provide customers with a robust, centrally managed
security solution that can help them avoid the need to implement
additional products to deal with each emerging threat."
Proventia
Desktop currently offers the combined functionality of personal
firewall, intrusion prevention, buffer overflow exploit prevention,
application and communications protection and virus prevention
technologies. Through this alliance with BitDefender for additional
antivirus and anti-spyware capabilities, IBM Internet Security Systems
answers the market demand for comprehensive desktop protection in a
single agent. The various layers of the product are designed to work
together seamlessly and automatically combat the myriad of threats
encountered on workstations and laptops.
"For each type of
security technology ( firewalls, antivirus, anti-spyware, etc. ), there
are attackers who are constantly working on ways to evade it to obtain
unauthorized access to a network," said Eric Eder, founder and CTO of
Intelligent Connections, an IBM partner. "Attack vectors designed to
exploit each type of technology require a multi-layered security model
for protection. Proventia Desktop provides a multi-layered security
approach with deployment of a single agent and unified management,
which can lower administrative overhead and associated costs. If a
threat is designed to bypass one type of security technology, it can be
thwarted by a series of other blocking technologies as it attempts to
infiltrate the target machine. We are excited to offer our customers
such powerful desktop protection in a single agent."
Through
its Proventia protection platform, IBM Internet Security Systems
provides comprehensive, multi-layered protection for enterprises from
network to host. By infusing all of its products with security
intelligence from the Internet Security Systems X-Force( R ) research
and development group, IBM's solution is designed to protect customers
ahead of the threat, before their business assets are impacted by
online intrusions. Through its unique Virtual Patch( R ) technology,
IBM helps shield business assets from attack until companies are able
to schedule time to apply patches from affected vendors. With these
additional antivirus and anti-spyware features in Internet Security
Systems Proventia Desktop, and the end-point compliance and
provisioning capabilities from Tivoli, IBM delivers a robust set of
security features for the desktop.
Proventia Desktop with new
antivirus and anti-spyware features is scheduled to be available by the
end of the year. Antivirus and anti-spyware content updates will be
made available via annual subscription. Further information on
Proventia Desktop can be found at: http://iss.net/products/Proventia_Desktop/index.html [http://iss.net/products/Proventia_Desktop/index.html].
About IBM Internet Security Systems
IBM
Internet Security Systems is the trusted security advisor to thousands
of the world's leading businesses and governments, providing
pre-emptive protection for networks, desktops and servers. An
established leader in security since 1994, the IBM Proventia( R )
integrated security platform is designed to automatically protect
against both known and unknown threats, helping to keep networks up and
running and shielding customers from online attacks before they impact
business assets. IBM Internet Security Systems products and services
are based on the proactive security intelligence of its X-Force( R )
research and development team - the unequivocal world authority in
vulnerability and threat research. The Internet Security Systems
product line is also complemented by comprehensive Managed Security
Services and Professional Security Services. For more information,
visit the Internet Security Systems Web site at www.iss.net [http://www.iss.net] or call 800-776-2362.
Internet
Security Systems is a trademark and Proventia, X-Force and Virtual
Patch are registered trademarks of International Business Machines
Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. All other
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