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Smart Protection Network, unique in-the-cloud technology that correlates web, email, and file reputation data in real time—so you are protected immediately.
As an integrated solution, it also reduces management complexity."
Source : Trend Micro Incorporated
Smart Protection Network: Stop Web Threats Before They Reach You
Protection Network is also known as :
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Free Network Assessment,
Software Protection,
Network Design Software,
Network Security MGMT,
Network Security Software,
Network Assessment Tool,
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Network Access Protection,
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Mange Network Health,
Protection Network Works,
Solutions Network Protection,
Protection Network Power,
Options Network Protection,
Sites Protection Network,
Protection Network Blog,
Looking for Network Protection,
Identity Protection Network,
Planning & Protection Network,
Shared Protection Network,
Identity Protection Network,
Network Protection Info,
Network Configuration,
Protection Network Homepage,
Security Resources,
Got Network Security.
The Trend Micro Smart Protection Network is a next generation cloud-client content security
infrastructure designed to protect customers from Web threats. By combining Internet-based-or "inthe-
cloud"-technologies with smaller, lighter-weight clients, you will have immediate access to the latest
protection wherever and however you connect- from home, within your company's network or on the go.
It's security made smarter.
PROBLEM
The Internet has become a powerful platform that has changed the way we do business and the way we
communicate. It offers anonymity, a growing user base, and evolving technologies that expose new,
exploitable weaknesses. Anytime we browse the Web or click on a URL embedded in an email, we put
ourselves and others at risk from Web-based threats. Today's threat landscape is characterized by profitdriven
cyber criminals, who have taken advantage of the evolution of the Internet to create a powerful
underworld economy.
Today's threats are sophisticated and dangerous. Web-based threats are multi-dimensional, coordinated
attacks that can cause significant damages including financial losses, identify theft, and loss of intellectual
property or trade secrets to name a few. Not just your information, but your personal and business
reputation are at stake.
Malicious attacks have grown exponentially. In all of 1988, security vendors dealt with 1,738 unique threat
samples. During the first two months of 2008 alone, 1.1 million unique samples were reported.1 Trend
Micro has seen a 1,731% increase in Web threats since 2005.
Security vendors are reacting by issuing more frequent pattern updates. This overwhelming increase in
the number of threats and the consequent volume of updates has significant impact on the system
resources required to manage these pattern downloads, often leading to critical performance issues-
an approach that is not sustainable over time.
SOLUTION
The Trend Micro Smart Protection Network delivers security that's smarter than conventional approaches
by blocking the latest threats before they reach you. Leveraged across Trend Micro's solutions and
services, the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network combines unique "in-the-cloud" technologies and
lighter-weight clients, providing stronger protection while reducing your reliance on time-consuming
signature-downloads.
The Trend Micro Smart Protection Network offers real-time "better together" security against all types
of threats-from malicious files, spam, phishing, and Web threats, to denial of service attacks, Web
vulnerabilities and even data loss. Combinations of activities are correlated to determine if they are
malicious. That's because a single activity of a Web threat may appear harmless, but when several
activities are detected together, they may present a malicious result.
Stop Web threats before they reach you. It's security made smarter.
KEY COMPONENTS
- Web reputation technology
- Email reputation technology
- File reputation technology
- Correlation technology with behavior
analysis
- Feedback loops
- Threat intelligence
(threat collection and threat analysis)
KEY BENEFITS
- New threats, new defense
- Stronger, faster protection-lighter
on your system resources
- Anywhere, anytime security
- Multi-layered protection
- Comprehensive security
- Better together security
- Backed by proven content security
leadership and expertise
KEY COMPONENTS
Web Reputation
With one of the largest domain-reputation databases in the world, Trend Micro's Web reputation technology
tracks the credibility of Web domains by assigning a reputation score based on factors such as a Web site's
age, historical location changes and indications of suspicious activities discovered through malware behavior
analysis.
Email Reputation
Trend Micro's email reputation technology validates IP addresses by checking them against a reputation
database of known spam sources and by using a dynamic service that can assess email sender reputation in
real time. Reputation ratings are refined through continuous analysis of the IP addresses' 'behavior,' scope of
activity and prior history. Malicious emails are blocked in the cloud based on the sender's IP address,
preventing threats from reaching the network or the user's PC.
File Reputation
In-the-cloud file reputation technology checks the reputation of each file hosted on a Web site or attached to an
email against an extensive database before permitting user access. High performance content delivery
networks and local caching servers ensure minimum latency. Since the malware information is stored in the
cloud, it is available instantly to all users on the network.
Correlation with Behavior Analysis
Correlation technology with behavior analysis correlates combinations of activities to determine if they are
malicious. A single activity of a Web threat may appear harmless, but when several activities are detected
together, they may signal a malicious result. By correlating the different components of a threat and
continuously updating its threat databases, Trend Micro has the distinct advantage of being able to respond in
real time, providing immediate and automatic protection from email and Web threats.
Feedback Loops
Integrated feedback loops provide continuous communication between Trend Micro products, and the
company's 24/7 threat research centers and technologies in a two-way update stream. Each new threat
identified via a single customer's routine reputation check automatically updates all of Trend Micro's threat
databases, blocking any subsequent customer encounters of a given threat. Because the threat information
gathered is based on the reputation of the communication source, not on the content of the specific
communication, the privacy of a customer's personal or business information is always protected.
Threat Intelligence
With 20 years of leadership in Internet content security, Trend Micro maintains data centers in five locations
around the globe, processing more than 1.2 terabytes of data every day. TrendLab - Trend Micro's global
network of research, service and support centers-is committed to constant threat surveillance and attack
prevention. With more than 1,000 security experts worldwide and 24/7 operation, TrendLabs delivers realtime
security measures designed to detect, pre-empt, and eliminate attacks.
The Trend Micro Smart Protection Network continuously processes the threat intelligence gathered through
its extensive global network of honeypots, submissions, feedback loops, Web crawling technologies,
customers, partners and TrendLabs threat research to deliver automatic, real-time protection against the
latest threats. The threat data gathered is analyzed and correlated in real time via queries of Trend Micro's
malware knowledge databases and by TrendLabs.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Trend Micro Smart Protection
Network handles more than five
billion URL, email, and file queries
daily.
- Trend Micro processes more than
50 million IP addresses and URLs
daily.
- More than 250 million sample
submissions originate from Trend
Micro's comprehensive, global
threat collection system of traps,
honeypots, product feedback loops,
and other proven collection
techniques.
- Trend Micro maintains datacenters
in five locations around the globe,
processing more than 1.2 terabytes
of data every day.
- Trend Micro has more than 1,000
security experts committed to
constant global threat surveillance
and attack prevention.
- Every day, Trend Micro breaks 8 to
10 million infections.
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