Thursday, September 4, 2008
Antivirus products that are capable of safeguarding systems against threats before they have attempted to breach network security need to become more widespread.
Newsfactor.com has reported that if this fails to do so, businesses could be left vulnerable as criminals develop more complex and intelligent ways of bypassing web filters.
Speaking to the website, network security researchers John Munson and Rick Hoover explained that antivirus potrection these days need to be quicker to respond to the rapidly expanding number of online threats.
One such method of doing so is to continually monitor system performance for telltale signs of an intrusion.
Network security teams could then be alerted to any deviation from normal behaviour "milliseconds" after they occur, the duo claimed.
In doing so, antivirus products would be in a much better position to catch unidentified virus threats before they do lasting damage to networks.
Elsewhere, ZDNet has alleged that clunky client-side antivirus protection could soon become redundant as robust web filters become more dominant and firewalls become more efficient at blocking threats.
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