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TippingPoint Extends Intrusion Prevention Capabilities
SecurityProNews
Staff Writer
2004-11-22
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TippingPoint Technologies has extended the capabilities of its UnityOne Intrusion Prevention Systems to protect organizations from Spyware.
"Immediately after installing the UnityOne, we saw 900 Spyware packets blocked per hour," said Bonnie Norman, system security engineer at WellStar Health System. "Despite the other tools we had in place to block Spyware, we had 95 machines that UnityOne showed us were seriously infected. The UnityOne helped us locate and remove the Spyware-infected computers on our network, and is now blocking Spyware installation attempts daily."
According to the annual SpyAudit report jointly released by Earthlink and Webroot, over three million scans uncovered over 83 million instances of Spyware. Spyware is software that collects personal information about a computer user without their knowledge or permission. It often causes computers to act sluggish or crash, causes a bandwidth drain on organizations, and can be a conduit for security threats.
"Unfortunately, most organizations we've worked with do not realize they have Spyware installed on desktops throughout their network," said TippingPoint's Chief Technology Officer Marc Willebeek-LeMair. "By blocking Spyware at the network level, organizations gain the efficiency of one centralized solution that can protect desktops, increase uptime, optimize bandwidth and productivity, and proactively block Spyware threats."
According to John Jones, network supervisor at Utah Transit Authority, "By using TippingPoint's UnityOne, we have removed Spyware from systems where it was unwillingly installed and have reduced Spyware installation attempts. In addition to its security benefits, blocking Spyware enables us to use our limited bandwidth for business-critical applications."
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