Fire Eye, Inc. today launched a full line of inline network security appliances. According to Fire Eye they are capable of stopping the 90 percent of Modern Malware attacks that traditional intrusion prevention, Web filtering and antivirus products miss.
Fire Eye Malware Protection System (MPS) appliances ought to offer a fully integrated, inbound and outbound malware blocking defense. The network security appliances ought to block both targeted attacks and transmissions by existing malware infections based upon local network malware analysis and global data from the Fire Eye MAX Cloud Intelligence network.
According to Fire Eye it’s MPS appliances use a patent-pending, real-time Malware-VM filter to accurately detect and stop zero-hour, signature-evading malware and targeted attacks. The Malware-VM filter analyzes for zero-hour malware using virtual machines that run a cross-matrix of operating systems and endpoint software – such as various web browser software stacks – to block attacks aimed at known and unknown OS and application vulnerabilities. Fire Eye’s solution also incorporates a multi-protocol Malware-Callback filter to block outbound callbacks stopping data exfiltration attacks that signature and list-based defenses miss.
Fire Eye Malware Protection Systems also ought to reduce IT operational costs by delivering the most comprehensive and accurate detection of attacks at near-zero false positive rates, with near-zero latency. Delivered in an easy-to-deploy appliance form factor, the Fire Eye solution deploys into the network without requiring any tuning.
The new Fire Eye 2000 and 7000 series appliances are enterprise-class security gateways deployed at the Internet egress point. The 2000 series supports egress bandwidths of up to 50 MBit/s while the 7000 series supports up to 1 GBit/s.
The Fire Eye 2000, 4000 and 7000 series network security appliances are available immediately through select partners and direct from the company. Prices start at $24,950. (Source: Fire Eye, Inc./GST)