SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
Sept. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Palo Alto Networks® (NYSE: PANW), the next-generation
security company, today announced enhancements to its Traps™
advanced endpoint protection offering that strengthen current
ransomware prevention by monitoring for new techniques and
ransomware behavior and, upon detection, prevent the attack and
resulting encryption of data.
As ransomware attacks continue to escalate in both
sophistication and frequency, organizations are working quickly to
protect themselves from falling victim to the next attack.
According to Cybersecurity Ventures, ransomware will cost
organizations more than $5 billion in 2017 – more than 15 times the
cost of damages absorbed in 2015.
To protect themselves from the evolving threat of ransomware,
most organizations deploy multiple security point-products and
software agents on their endpoint systems, including one or more
legacy antivirus products. The protections provided by these
signature-based products continue to lag behind the speed of
ransomware attacks, which can impact and spread throughout
organizations in a matter of minutes compared to the hours or days
it could take a customer to receive a signature update.
When combined with its existing ransomware prevention and other
multi-method prevention capabilities, Traps offers effective
ransomware protection and helps organizations avoid the business
productivity losses associated with inaccessible data. Traps
effectively secures endpoints with its unique multi-method
prevention capabilities by combining multiple defensive techniques,
preventing known and unknown attacks before they can compromise
endpoints.
QUOTES
- "Traps 4.1 takes endpoint security to the next level, and
continues to bring more innovative and impressive capabilities to
address the modern threat landscape. The added ransomware
capabilities and ease of deployment across Windows and MacOS
clients further cement Traps as a necessary standard for any
organization serious about their endpoint security strategy."
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- Bryan Norman, chief executive
officer, Norlem Technology Consulting
- "Ransomware attacks will continue to increase in frequency and
sophistication for the foreseeable future, and with the new
capabilities introduced today in version 4.1, Traps is better able
to preemptively stop these attacks and protect our way of life in
the digital age."
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- Lee Klarich, chief product
officer, Palo Alto Networks
Key advancements introduced in Traps version 4.1 include:
- Behavior-based ransomware protection adds a layer of
malware prevention to pre-existing capabilities without reliance on
signatures or known samples. By monitoring the system for
ransomware behavior, upon detection, Traps immediately blocks the
attack and prevents encryption of end-user data.
- Enhanced kernel exploit prevention protects against new
exploit techniques used to inject and execute malicious payloads,
like those seen in the recent WannaCry and NotPetya attacks, by
stopping advanced attacks from initiating the exploitation
phase.
- Local analysis for macOS provides added protection
against unknown attacks for a growing macOS® user base.
AVAILABILITY
Traps version 4.1 is generally available
to Palo Alto Networks customers with an active support
contract.
LEARN MORE
- Traps advanced endpoint protection
- Traps: Expanding Ransomware Protection for Current and Future
Threats (blog post)
- Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform
About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is the next-generation security company,
leading a new era in cybersecurity by safely enabling applications
and preventing cyber breaches for tens of thousands of
organizations worldwide. Built with an innovative approach and
highly differentiated cyberthreat prevention capabilities, our
game-changing security platform delivers security far superior to
legacy or point products, safely enables daily business operations,
and protects an organization's most valuable assets. Find out more
at www.paloaltonetworks.com.
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