SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
FireEye,
Inc., the leader in stopping advanced targeted attacks, today
announced its File
Malware Protection System (MPS) that detects and eliminates advanced
malware found on file shares. The File MPS is an industry-first in
preventing the lateral spread of malicious code into central data
stores. With FireEye File MPS, enterprises now have a solution that
addresses the security weaknesses introduced by Web-based email, social
networking, online file transfer tools, personal storage devices and
other manual means that bring files into the network.
The File MPS extends the FireEye security platform to protect companies
and federal agencies from another key stage of an advanced targeted
attack. The File MPS complements the Web
MPS and Email
MPS appliances, which protect against Web-based and email-based
threat vectors, by addressing the malware resident on file shares used
by cybercriminals to establish a long-term foothold in the network and
to infect systems, even those without access to the external Internet.
Now, enterprises can not only stop Web and email attacks, but can also
detect and eliminate the malware resident on file shares that target
sensitive information.
“Advanced targeted attacks are a real and present danger representing a
serious threat to enterprises, particularly a higher potential for data
loss and industrial espionage,” said Lawrence
Orans, Research Director, Gartner,
Inc. “Gartner believes that cybercriminals will continue to use all
available techniques during an advanced targeted attack to successfully
bypass traditional security.”
The File MPS security appliances analyze file shares using the patented FireEye
Virtual Execution (VX) Engine that detects zero-day malicious code
embedded in all common file types. The File MPS performs recursive,
scheduled, and on-demand scanning of accessible network file shares to
identify and quarantine resident malware without impact to corporate
productivity. This halts a key stage of the advanced attack lifecycle.
The FireEye security platform is the only comprehensive solution to
address advanced targeted attacks that use sophisticated malware and APT
tactics, not only to penetrate defenses, but also to spread laterally
through file shares. Many corporate data centers remain vulnerable to
advanced malware because of the ineffectiveness of traditional defenses
like anti-virus. Criminals leverage this vulnerability in the current
security architecture to spread into network file shares, embed
malicious code in the vast data stores and become a persistent threat
vector to infect and re-infect key systems even after IT remediates them.
“Our new product offering gives FireEye the unique ability to offer the
complete answer to protection against APT attacks,” said Ashar
Aziz, FireEye founder, CEO and CTO. “With the addition of File MPS
to FireEye Malware Protection System, we have changed the protection
landscape to prevent advanced targeted attacks from penetrating defenses
as well as from spreading into file shares and establishing long-term
footholds in networks.”
FireEye is uniquely able to deal with the challenges of multi-vector,
multi-stage attacks because the Malware Protection System shares malware
threat data in real-time across all its appliances through the Central
Management System and also through the global Malware Protection Cloud.
Each FireEye product features the VX engine that provides
state-of-the-art, signature-less analysis using the most sophisticated
virtual machines. With the inclusion of File MPS, FireEye Malware
Protection System now stops advanced targeted attacks across the Web and
email threat vectors and malware resident on file shares, to build a
360-degree, stage-by-stage analysis of an advanced attack, from system
exploitation to data exfiltration, to most effectively stop would-be APT
attackers.
Pricing and Availability
The FireEye File Malware Protection System will be available in the
second quarter of 2012 with two models depending on the number of files
shares to be secured. Pricing begins at $54,950.
Find FireEye at RSA
in booth #2117.
About FireEye, Inc.
FireEye is the leader in stopping advanced targeted attacks that use
advanced malware, zero-day exploits, and APT tactics. FireEye solutions
supplement traditional and next-generation firewalls, IPS, antivirus,
and gateways, which cannot stop advanced threats, leaving security holes
in networks. FireEye offers the industry’s only solution that detects
and blocks attacks across both Web and email threat vectors as well as
latent malware resident on file shares. It addresses all stages of an
attack lifecycle with a signature-less engine utilizing stateful attack
analysis to detect zero-day threats. Based in Milpitas, California,
FireEye is backed by premier financial partners including Sequoia
Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, and Juniper Networks.
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