In Brief

Security Tools for the New Era

While some technologies are still only dreams, others are beginning to make commercial advances. Here's a (by-no-means complete) sample of companies using new techniques to help CSOs do their jobs.

By Christopher Lindquist

December 01, 2003 — CSO — While some technologies are still only dreams, others are beginning to make commercial advances. Here's a (by-no-means complete) sample of companies using new techniques to help CSOs do their jobs.

ArcSight
www.arcsight.com
The company offers a suite of tools intended to let security personnel analyze and manage threat data through a consolidated interface.

Entercept Security Technologies
www.entercept.com
Intrusion prevention product maker combines signatures with "behavioral rules" to detect and stop attacks. Acquired by Network Associates in 2003.

Internet Security Systems
www.iss.net
ISS's Proventia product line will be able to help users create everything from firewalls to virus filters to intrusion prevention systems to as-yet-uninvented tools in the future.

Okena
www.cisco.com
Acquired by Cisco Systems, Okena's products detect and block potential attacks without the need for constantly updated digital signatures.

Sana Security
www.sanasecurity.com
If a previously "normal" application behaves abnormally, Sana's Primary Response can warn administrators of potential problems and block attacks for which patches may not yet exist.

Teros
www.teros.com
The Teros Secure Application Gateway promises to block a variety of Web-based attacks while "cloaking" machines to hide them from attackers.