NETWORK ASSOCIATES AWARDED TWO NEW MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INTRUSION DETECTION RESEARCH CONTRACTS FROM DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NEW CONTRACTS Awarded to NAI Labs Security Research Division to Develop Next Generation Intrusion Detection for DARPA
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jul 22, 1999 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Network Associates, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETA) announced today that NAI Labs, its security research division, has been awarded two new U.S. Government-funded contracts to develop next generation intrusion detection technology. NAI Labs will develop the technology to address the convergence of physical security breaches with network security and protection. The two new contracts are being funded by the Department of Defense's (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the same group that funded the original development of the Internet.
These two new DOD contracts illustrate the growing trend toward the convergence of physical devices and computer networks and the need for increased security coordination. Through the research conducted for the DOD, NAI Labs hopes to enable companies to integrate physical and computer security into one network where physical intrusions trigger network security responses. For example, if the physical security system identifies an intrusion, it notifies the network to increase its security levels, reducing the risk ofa computer attack while authorities are notified.
"These new contracts represent a significant vote of confidence in Network Associates as a clear leader in next generation intrusion detection technology and security architecture design," said Terry Benzel, vice president of research for the Advanced Security Research Division of NAI Labs. "NAI Labs is proud to continue its longstanding work with DARPA to help direct future Internet security advances that protect both corporate and national securityinterests."
Under the first contract, NAI Labs will design intrusion detection and network security into a comprehensive communications security architecture to protect a unique network of physical sensor devices (acoustic, seismic, infrared, visible light, motion, humidity, temperature, etc.). NAI Lab's architecture will be incorporated into DARPA's Sensor Information Technology (SensIT) program. The SensIT program's networking of physical devices will significantly enhance the capabilities of future sensor systems, making them able to detect physical intrusions or abnormalities (e.g. an advancing line of enemy tanks or a leaky nuclear reactor).
The second contract is a part of DARPA's "Active Networks" initiative which integrates network applications, allowing them to actively communicate in real time. NAI Labs will develop intrusion detection tracing, response, and recovery capabilities to protect this new environment against security risks, including unauthorized modification of network behavior. These capabilities will include autonomous, self-deploying intrusion detection mechanisms that evaluate the network and identify optimal locations for collecting relevant data and responding to intrusions rapidly and effectively. Once identified, a mechanism can install itself into that area of the network and actively scan and respond to intrusions. This contract will build on prior DARPA research in which NAI Labs, working with Boeing, and University of California Davis, developed the Intruder Detection and Isolation Protocol (IDIP), a research technology that allows intrusion detection systems, routers, firewalls, and network management components to cooperate to automatically trace attacks that cross multiple network boundaries.
Network Associates currently offers an award-winning line of commercial intrusion detection products including:
* CyberCop Scanner -- the industry's most highly rated network
vulnerability scanner;
* CyberCop Monitor -- a real-time intrusion detection application
that
monitors critical systems and networks for signs of attack;
* CyberCop Sting -- a unique new "decoy" server that traces and
tracks
hackers who attempt to break in, gathering critical audit
information on
their activities.
The CyberCop products are a core component of the Network Associates Active Security initiative, which integrates best-of-breed security products like Gauntlet, PGP, CyberCop and VirusScan to address the growing complexity of today's enterprise networks.
NAI Labs, the research division of Network Associates, Inc., is the industry's leading security research organization with more than 200 dedicated researchers around the world and research facilities on five continents. NAI Labs is a multi-discipline research organization with world-renowned expertise in the areas of virus and malicious code security, computer vulnerability and exploit prevention, and advanced security research. In addition to its prominent role in the security research community, all NAI Labs research is made immediately available to the product development and support organizations at Network Associates to enable superior solutions for Network Associates customers.
With headquarters in Santa Clara, California, Network Associates, Inc.is a leading supplier of enterprise network security and management software. Network Associates Net Tools Secure and Net Tools Manager products offerbest of breed, suite-based network security and management solutions. NetTools Secure and Net Tools Manager suites combine to create Net Tools software, which centralizes these point solutions within an easy-to-use, integrated systems management environment. For more information, Network Associates can be reached at 408-988-3832 or on the Internet at nai.com.
NOTE: Network Associates, CyberCop, PGP, Gauntlet, VirusScan and Net Tools are registered trademarks of Network Associates and/or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other registered and unregistered trademarks in this document are the sole property of their respective owners.
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