Symantec Unveils Global Early Warning System for Internet Attacks

Symantec released version 4.0 of its DeepSight Threat Management System, promising enterprises a birds-eye view of global Internet attacks in a timely manner, quick analyses, and countermeasures to protect against or even avoid malicious threats. The DeepSight Threat Management System works by gathering data from firewalls and intrusion detection systems (IDS) of more than 19,000 partners in over 180 countries. The latest version of the software is capable of providing early warnings to impending threats by recognizing suspicious, unidentifiable activity targeting specific ports and devices. Symantec said its system discovered the Slammer worm hours before it began rapidly propagating.
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