ipTrust

Community Guest Blog post by By Katie Sewell

Every year in conjunction with the Georgia Technology Summit, TAG showcases Georgia's Top 10 Innovative Technology Companies of 2011. We would like to introduce you to ipTrust.

ipTrust is the industry’s first cloud-based botnet and malware detection service. Harnessing Web-scale technology, ipTrust distills hundreds of terabytes of security events into usable intelligence and information, helping companies quickly assess the security of their systems without depending on access to internal network traffic, or requiring any hardware or software installation.

Over 280,000 organizations and more than 250 million IP addresses have been infected with botnets, worms, viruses and other malware threats. The most dangerous of these infections are designed to harvest a network for malicious use, or to access private data. While attacks are becoming smarter every day, so are tools that organizations can use to protect themselves.

ipTrust leverages emerging new technologies, including cloud computing and the ability to query massive data sets, to develop a world-class, petabyte-scale data processing Reputation Engine that distills hundreds of terabytes of security data into usable intelligence and information. ipTrust harvests, analyzes and classifies malware and botnet samples each day on over five million systems from around the world, to deliver the industry’s most accurate IP address reputation scoring service. ipTrust customers leverage this information to quickly gain visibility into the security of their networks, as well as those of their trusted partners and customers.

ipTrust requires no hardware or software installation on a customer’s network, or any network reconfiguration. Its easy-to-read reports provide an efficient view into the threats emanating from a network, and the IP addresses likely hosting those threats. Customers receive continuous, actionable information to create highly granular controls and conduct more efficient incident response, helping mitigate fraud and improve overall security posture.