Tech Shout!

FireEye Inc., a provider of network malware control solutions, has just announced that they have released of the FireEye Central Management System (CMS) and the FireEye 4200 2.0 appliance. These two appliances address the exploding threat of remotely controlled malicious software also known as crimeware such as botnets, zombies and zero-day threats.

According to Ashar Aziz, founder and CEO of FireEye, “Malware breaches have now evolved into full-blown crimeware - stealthy organized, monetized threats that can disable entire organizations.By combining advanced network security with our unprecedented virtualization technology, FireEye’s new Network Malware Control solutions create a new industry standard for addressing major gaps in enterprise protection. Crimeware threats like phishing, botnets, and zero-day attacks are repudiated with little impact to the IT organization due to the FireEye Central Management System’s easy configurability and integration.”

Basically, the FireEye Central Management System and the FireEye 4200 2.0 appliance helps protect against network-borne exploits, both known and unknown, and make sure that only comliant, up-to-date machines are granted network access.

The FireEye CMS and the FireEye 4200 2.0 appliance use FireEye’s virtualization technology that is meant to protect both servers and desktops against targeted, intrusive malware while taking care of management of the solution.

The FireEye Network Malware Control System version 2.0 protects servers and desktops from stealthy malware that seeks to compromise an organization’s computing environment. In fact, this new release features centralized management of FireEye 4200 appliances, and server platform protection against targeted crimeware attacks like phishing which has become inevitable worldwide.

With the FireEye Attack Confirmation Technology (FACT) engine, the FireEye 4200 2.0 uses virtualization technology to continually assess suspect network traffic and block actual threats with minimal interruption to network access. Employing an infinite supply of instrumented virtual victim machines, dynamically built on-the-fly to scan real-time traffic flows for previously undetectable malware, FireEye’s FACT engine verifies crimeware attacks by analyzing suspicious traffic flows as it compromises a virtual victim machine. This allows FireEye to conclusively confirm attacks prior to taking any quarantine actions or denying access to the network. With the FireEye 4200 2.0, enterprises are able to fight attacks that circumvent traditional signature-based security products and fly under the radar with typical anomaly/heuristic detection solutions.

FireEye 4200 2.0 can be deployed together with network-level security devices to provide true zero-day attack protection without changing the existing enterprise infrastructure. FireEye 4200 2.0 protects against previously unknown malware attacks without requiring signature updates or IT analysis. Deployed out-of-band within LANs, as well as next to key entry points such as VPNs concentrators and wireless mobility controllers, FireEye 4200 2.0 can be deployed within minutes into almost any existing network infrastructure.

The new FireEye CMS enables consolidated reporting and streamlines enterprise-wide deployment from a single centralized management appliance. The FireEye CMS serves as a data storehouse providing a means to collect and store audit-relevant security events to meet long-term data retention requirements.

New FireEye 4200 2.0 Windows Server support enhances critical network infrastructure protection. Other security enhancements include enforcement integration with Aruba mobility controllers and out-of-band network access controls that support auditing and compliance requirements.

FireEye’s new 4200 2.0 attack prevention enhancements include built-in attack quarantine methods, dynamic inline traffic cleansing that enables packet-level scrubbing and integrated enforcement support via ArubaOS’ ESI module.

The FireEye Central Management System has a starting price of $10,000 per unit, while the FireEye 4200 2.0 starts at $35,000 per unit.