"Nearly 88 percent of today's malware can morph to avoid detection by signature-based AntiVirus solutions*," said Corey Nachreiner, director of security strategy and research for WatchGuard Technologies. "That means today's AntiVirus solutions remain necessary for catching known threats but alone, they're no longer sufficient. APT Blocker's full-system emulation approach to sandboxing provides simple, rapid protection, which doesn't rely on a traditional, signature-based approach to detect and stop advanced malware; in a solution that scales to inspect millions of objects at any given time."
WatchGuard's UTM and NGFW security platforms were purpose-built to simplify the process of adding newly-emerging technologies such as APT management, meaning customers can deploy this sophisticated technology in a couple of clicks. Continuing the strategy of working with best-of-breed technology partners, WatchGuard has teamed with industry veteran and APT heavyweight, Lastline, for cloud-based, full-system-emulation inspection capabilities. Lastline's founding team has been doing advanced malware research for more than 10 years and its commercial products have significant credibility in protecting businesses against today's unknown APT threats.
"WatchGuard is recognised as a leader in the network security space," said Brian Laing, vice president of products for Lastline. "We are thrilled to strike up this partnership to combat advanced cyber threats. With nearly a million red WatchGuard appliances installed worldwide and our unique, cloud-based sandboxing capabilities for detecting advanced malware, companies worldwide now instantly will have access to the industry's most sophisticated technologies to stop evasive malware designed to bypass traditional security products."
Historically, APT targets were exclusively governments and large enterprises whose critical infrastructures were put at risk by the likes of Stuxnet and Duqu. But today, advanced threats have evolved to target much smaller organisations and corporations to similarly devastating effect.
"Since today's APT targets are not anticipating these threats, they are not sufficiently protected. Often relying almost entirely on AntiVirus and digital-signature solutions, these networks are almost completely vulnerable," Nachreiner said.