Enterasys Secure Networks to Leverage FirstLight Early Warning and Prevention Signatures

Tysons Corner, VA – Dec 24, 2007
Endeavor Security, Inc. announced today that it has partnered with Enterasys Networks Inc., the Secure Networks Company™, to leverage the Endeavor FirstLight Knowledgebase of security signatures as an additional enhancement to the Enterasys Dragon® Intrusion Detection/Prevention System. Enterasys advanced security applications will receive constant signature updates, developed by Enterasys and Endeavor, to defend against new and mutated attacks, BOTS and worms.

“The constantly evolving IT security threat and vulnerability landscape requires adaptive defenses that can automatically sense and respond to suspicious activity,” said Trent Waterhouse, VP Marketing for Enterasys.

Endeavor Security focuses on determining the root cause of an anomaly. The capability of determining “what is wrong” in a more automated fashion allows vendors to reduce the amount of resources required to handle anomaly discrepancies while delivering better and timelier signature updates to customers.

“The Enterasys Dragon IDS/IPS is respected for its unique ability to apply signature, protocol, anomaly and behavioral techniques to secure networks,” said Christopher Jordan, CEO of Endeavor Security.

With the addition of the FirstLight Knowledgebase, Dragon IDS/IPS customers will continue to receive an expanded signature set, focusing in on the most complex threats – including peer-to-peer, instant messaging, SOA and VoIP applications. Dragon’s advanced intrusion prevention system (IPS) is designed to block attackers, mitigate denial of service attacks and prevent information theft while remaining totally invisible to the network.

About Endeavor Security
Endeavor Security is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company which uses a global early warning grid and technical analysts, to produce a highly accurate Knowledgebase of over 10,000 signatures for security devices offered by OEM vendors. The FirstLight Early Warning and Signature Service are focused on Zer0 Day, mutated threats, BOTS and malware and the ability to stop them, using advanced Patent Pending algorithms. The FirstLight Knowledgebase is formatted to the vendor engine to ensure maximum efficiency and capability. The FirstLight global sensor grid includes government and commercial entities. For more information about Endeavor Security, visit our web portal at: http://www.endeavorsecurity.com