By Steve Ragan Apr 24, 2007, 15:27 GMT
Yesterday, LANDesk Software, a provider of IT service-oriented management software, announced their Host Intrusion Prevention, a behavior-based security monitoring, alerting and remediation program. Host-based Intrusion Prevention Systems (HIPS) go beyond traditional anti-virus software in protecting computers based on the systems behavior, and defends against the increasing number of zero-day threats, rootkits, and other malware.
“Adding Host Intrusion Prevention to LANDesk’s product line extends our leadership position in systems, security and process management,” said LANDesk General Manager Steve Daly. “Customers have asked us to leverage our integrated platform strengths and provide them with endpoint security solutions that streamline security policy administration. HIPS technology provides a more proactive defense against sophisticated network attacks in a more efficient, layered approach than traditional solutions alone.”
Unlike signature-based scanning technology, that is often the first line of defense and largely unreliable against zero-day exploits, LANDesk Host Intrusion Prevention technology does not rely solely on pre-existing signatures and pattern files for identification of malware. What it does instead, is use rule-based technology that examines network traffic and machine behavior to identify anomalies or incidents of policy violations. The protection is based on pre-defined rules set by security and IT administrators.
“Simply having a firewall and an anti-virus solution in place is no longer enough,” said Keith Brown, network administrator for Gwinnett Medical Systems. “In order to proactively deal with the accelerated pace and changing nature of security threats, we have to have solutions that enable us to respond rapidly without waiting for security vendors to identify threats, define, and publish patches and other solutions.”
LANDesk Host Intrusion Prevention is available for a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $13 per system node. LANDesk Security Suite has a suggested retail price of $69 per node. This offers a low cost solution to administrators who need a little boost in security.
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