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Internet Security Systems Releases Proventia Desktop Publication date: Monday, 25 April 2005 Introduces Integrated Virus Prevention Technology ATLANTA — April 25, 2005 — Internet Security Systems, Inc. (ISS) (Nasdaq: ISSX) released its new Proventia® Desktop product with integrated Virus Prevention System (VPS) technology. Proventia Desktop provides preemptive, enterprise-class protection against today’s most damaging Internet threats, including spyware, network worms, viruses and other malware in addition to hacking attempts. As a key component of the ISS Proventia Enterprise Security Platform’s (ESP) multi-layered approach to cyber security, Proventia Desktop offers comprehensive desktop protection to stop threats before they can impact business. Proventia Desktop was designed to meet the needs of ISS’ enterprise customers and addresses the needs of mobile workforces, where assets routinely travel outside of the organization’s network security umbrella and are vulnerable to all forms of attacks. The product integrates all of the features of ISS’ market-leading RealSecure® Desktop product, such as personal firewall protection, intrusion prevention, VPN security and granular application control. With the addition of VPS, Buffer Overflow Exploit Prevention (BOEP), improved application control and anti-spyware measures, Proventia Desktop is the new standard for enterprise desktop security. VPS uses a patent-pending behavioral analysis method to stop known and unknown viruses, Trojans and worms. Complementary to traditional, signature-based antivirus technology, VPS goes beyond the monitoring of known malcode signatures by identifying viral and unhealthy application behavior to detect and block malicious code. This means that Proventia Desktop can stop unknown threats and protect the desktop from information theft, unwanted resource usage and file modification or deletion -- without time-sensitive signature updates. “Here at AV-Test.org, we test anti-virus systems to determine how well they perform under today’s threat load,” said Andreas Marx, CEO of AV-Test GmbH. “Our tests have shown that anti-virus vendor reaction times can range anywhere from two hours to 16 hours before a signature patch is released. In addition, the number of virus signatures increased 25 percent in just the first nine months of 2004, and the average size of signature files increased more than 24 percent. Moving forward, if organizations are to effectively target and stop tomorrow’s threats, anti-virus vendors have to be more proactive in their detection methods, which means eliminating the need for time sensitive and large signature file updates.” In addition to integrated VPS protection, Proventia Desktop also provides additional security with built-in buffer overflow exploit prevention (BOEP). BOEP prevents hackers from taking advantage of frequently discovered buffer overflow vulnerabilities and running malicious code on the desktop. Buffer overflow vulnerabilities are prevalent in Internet Security Systems’ X-Force research findings, comprising 86 percent of all vulnerabilities discovered by the team in 2004, and consistently lead as the most exploited vulnerabilities in systems to-date. To address existing but evolving threats, Proventia Desktop has added anti-spyware capabilities with intelligent ActiveX code parsing to prevent drive-by downloads and the installation of unwanted spyware applications. For spyware that attempts to gain entry through more traditional means, Proventia Desktop monitors new application installations and compares them against a constantly updated list of known spyware programs. For existing spyware applications, Proventia Desktop’s Communication Control feature is designed to stop any unauthorized program from “dialing home” and transmitting information outside the desktop. From a management perspective, Proventia Desktop was designed with simplicity in mind and its architecture makes it scalable for deployments of any size. It easily integrates into existing IT infrastructure and can be managed locally on the desktop by an administrator; centrally using SiteProtector™ the ISS centralized management system; or outsourced through ISS’ award-winning Managed Protection Services. In addition, the use of Proventia Desktop provides IT administrators the ability to leverage existing investments and integrate Microsoft Active Directory groups directly into SiteProtector for simplified setup and management of security assets within the organization. “For the last decade, ISS has been committed to delivering solutions that meet the changing needs of our enterprise customers,” said Tom Noonan, ISS chairman, president and CEO. “Proventia Desktop builds on the success of our RealSecure product line. With the addition of new technologies such as VPS, we are strengthening our entire ESP offering, as well as responding to the market’s request for a single desktop solution for today’s worst Internet threats.” ISS’ Proventia Enterprise Security Platform is backed by the award-winning X-Force® research and development team. By focusing on vulnerabilities rather than the attacks that exploit them, ISS is able to help customers prevent attacks before they negatively impact an organization. And, with the support of ISS Managed Security Services (MSS), customers can benefit from ISS’ security expertise regardless of their preferred equipment vendor. Using Managed Security Services from ISS allows an organization’s information technology professionals to concentrate on other mission-critical projects and lowers the total cost of ownership for security. Pricing and Availability Proventia Desktop began shipping in the first quarter of 2005. For more information on features and pricing, please visit: http://www.iss.net/products_services/enterprise_protection/proventia_desktop/index.php. Or, for details on the complete Proventia Enterprise Security Platform products, please visit: http://www.iss.net/products_services/products.php. About Internet Security Systems, Inc. Internet Security Systems, Inc. (ISS) is the trusted expert to global enterprises and world governments, providing products and services that protect against Internet threats. An established world leader in security since 1994, ISS delivers proven cost efficiencies and reduces regulatory and business risk across the enterprise. ISS products and services are based on the proactive security intelligence conducted by ISS’ X-Force® research and development team – the unequivocal world authority in vulnerability and threat research. Headquartered in Atlanta, Internet Security Systems has additional operations throughout the Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Middle East. For more information, visit the Internet Security Systems Web site at www.iss.net or call . |
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