In Check Point Software Technologies has announced Check Point ThreatCloud - the first collaborative network to fight cybercrime - that gathers threat data from a worldwide network of threat sensors and distributes threat intelligence to security gateways around the globe.
With over 250 million addresses analyzed for bot discovery, 4.5 million malware signatures and 300,000 infected sites, Check Point ThreatCloud powers new Anti-Bot and enhanced Antivirus Software Blades by feeding threat updates directly to customers' gateways, enabling them to enforce pre-emptive protection against advanced threats, such asbots, APTs (Advanced Persistent Threats), and other forms of sophisticated malware.
Cybercriminals leveraging malware, bots and other forms of advanced threats often target multiple sites and organizations to increase the likelihood of an attack's success. As many enterprises fight these threats separately, more than half of such threats are left undetected without a current way of sharing threat information across entities. To stay ahead of modern threats, businesses must collaborate - sharing threat data between organizations - to make security stronger and more effective.
Check Point ThreatCloud is dynamically updated based on an innovative global network of threat sensors and invites organizations to share threat data and collaborate in the fight against modern malware. Customers can choose to collaborate by feeding ThreatCloud with their own threat data and can receive incoming protection updates through their security gateways with enriched threat intelligence.
When new bots or malware threats are identified on an organization's network, the malware identifier - such as the IP address, URL or DNS - is sent to the ThreatCloud and an update is distributed to their peers and customers around the world in a matter of seconds. ThreatCloud also includes other sources of threat data from the company's install base of security gateways, Check Point research, and industry malware feeds.
"Check Point Threatcloud is based on a global collaboration to increase volume, quality and speed of threat intelligence, this enables customers to quickly respond to threats and apply the appropriate protections to their gateways before they spread to the rest of the system. With emerging forms of viruses being generated on a daily basis in India, the introduction of ThreatCloud helps bring about awareness on the significant information along with the analysis about these attacks before they spread to the rest of the system," said Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu, Regional Director - India & SAARC at Check Point Software Technologies.
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