Distributed Intelligence Architecture™ (DIA)
DIA Overview
eSoft's Distributed Intelligence Architecture (DIA) was designed and developed to address the primary challenge confronting the network security industry – how to quickly identify and provide rapid, proactive protection against new malware, malicious websites, phishing attacks and botnet threats.
DIA’s approach adds higher levels of malware collection, URL classification, threat analysis, and more powerful and detailed reporting, as well as dynamic, reputation-based email and web services to eSoft's customers. The DIA architecture encompasses several subsystems, including the identification and collection of malware and new URLs and websites; the creation of anti-malware signatures and rules; the classification of newly identified URLs; the management of the combined threat/URL database; and the SoftPak Director™ subscription management system for the immediate delivery of new signatures, rules, URLs and updates.
DIA Components
Threat Manager
eSoft Threat Manager consists of a series of high-performance databases and systems. eSoft’s Threat Manager automatically statistically analyzes the massive malware and URL data feeds collected by DIA to identify attack patterns and generate signatures and rules for new viruses, spyware, phishing attacks, classify URLs, create blacklists and IPS rules, and to provide the repository for threat analysis performed by eSoft’s Threat Prevention Team. The Threat Manager also provides data feeds to the eSoft Threat Center portal.
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Threat Prevention Team
The Threat Prevention Team is a group of highly skilled threat engineers trained to devise strategies, signatures, rules, and policies to combat the latest attacks and threats. Working 24 x 7, eSoft’s Threat Prevention Team is focused on reacting to new threats, as well as proactively anticipating threats and threat trends, fine-tuning algorithms and developing micro-engines targeting specific threats. The Threat Prevention Team also oversees the auto- and manual classification of URLs and websites for eSoft’s SiteFilter offering. Combining anti-malware and URLs in an integrated security approach to fight blended threats provides eSoft’s customers with an advantage to fighting threats few other providers can match.
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SoftPak Director™
The SoftPak Director is a patented subscription management system that provides licensing, expiration management, renewal management, software and signature updates, and more. Any updates, newly classified URLs, signatures, etc. may be immediately and securely pushed to eSoft customers. SoftPak Director's unique "keyless" subscription management invention eliminates the frustration and delays associated with traditional software key-based licensing.
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Threat Prevention Lab
The Threat Prevention Lab is the collection hub for anomalous data, new URLs, and other suspicious data collected from eSoft’s worldwide network of appliances, sensors and honeypots. With over 200 million data feeds received daily, the Threat Prevention Lab is one of the largest collection hubs for malware in the world.
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DIA Benefits
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DIA provides eSoft customers with dynamic, real-time protection against the latest emerging threats, malicious websites and botnet attacks. By taking a holistic and comprehensive approach to network security, DIA enables eSoft to protect customers against the modern blended or “converged” threats that combine spam, viruses, spyware, and websites for a coordinated attack. Further, DIA provides the foundation for a range of hosted or managed services and reporting, including ThreatMap, a Google mesh application that shows the source of all attacks that have recently targeted the local appliance.
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