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Security:
DeepNines Delivers Solution To
Thwart Extortion Demands
DeepNines Technologies, a leading enterprise network security company,
announced its Sleuth9 Security System, which runs on the Sun platform, can
instantly stop Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks launched by
hackers and cyber criminals before they can penetrate the perimeter of the
network.
The latest cyber crime wave that targets the networks of companies engaged
in
high-volume, low-value transactions such as online payment systems, online
gambling sites and Web retailers, has escalated from simple hacking to
outright blackmail. According to a recent article in London's Financial Times,
cyber criminals are launching DDoS attacks at networks, and then demanding
payment in exchange for a one-year abatement of attacks. There is little
police can do to catch or prosecute these criminals, and while new laws are in
the making, they will do little to ferret out perpetrators. For the
foreseeable future, these cyber criminals are free to exploit known network
vulnerabilities and the lack of perimeter security.
Sleuth9 is uniquely capable of detecting and automatically preventing these
types of cyber attacks from entering or leaving a network by forming a new
perimeter of defense against DoS, DDoS, Trojan horses, and self-propagating
worms and viruses. Sleuth9 sits inline, invisibly, in front of the router and
evaluates all network traffic, both ingress and egress, at the packet level,
to determine what is valid and what is malicious, intelligently mitigating the
attack while allowing good traffic through. In addition, Sleuth9's ForensiX
Capture System arms IT professionals with the detailed data they need to
identify the type and source of the attack.
"Criminals have discovered how important computer networks have become to
business. As a result, they are using cyber attacks to take control over the
network and demanding money to bring it back online," said Dan Jackson,
DeepNines' president and COO. "Companies in financial services, healthcare and
other industries where the network is absolutely critical must deploy a
solution that can detect, prevent and track down the source of these criminal
attacks."
Sleuth9 can be deployed at the perimeter of the network and in front of
other
likely targets such as Web servers, mail servers, application servers,
etc.
"Cyber attacks, whether of a criminal act or not, are a growing problem and
companies need to make sure the technology infrastructure and security
solutions they deploy can combat these complex threats," said Sanjay Sharma of
market development security at Sun Microsystems Inc. "The combination of
Sleuth9 from DeepNines and hardened Solaris, x86 and Linux operating systems
from Sun provide you with the utmost security."
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