Check Point announces ThreatCloud

BANGALORE, INDIA: Check Point Software Technologies announced ThreatCloud — a collaborative network that gathers threat data from worldwide network of threat sensors and distributes threat intelligence to security gateways around the globe.

With over 250 million addresses analyzed for bot discovery, 4.5 million malware signatures and 300,000 infected sites, Check Point ThreatCloud powers new Anti-Bot and enhanced Antivirus Software Blades by feeding threat updates directly to customers’ gateways.

This will enable them to enforce pre-emptive protection against advanced threats, such as bots, APTs (Advanced Persistent Threats), and other forms of sophisticated malware, said a release.

Check Point ThreatCloud is dynamically updated based on a global network of threat sensors and invites organizations to share threat data.

Customers can choose to collaborate by feeding ThreatCloud with their own threat data and can receive incoming protection updates through their security gateways with threat intelligence.

When new bots or malware threats are identified on an organization’s network, the malware identifier — such as the IP address, URL or DNS — is sent to the ThreatCloud and an update is distributed to their peers and customers around the world in a matter of seconds.

ThreatCloud also includes other sources of threat data from the company’s install base of security gateways, Check Point research, and industry malware feeds.

“Check Point Threatcloud is based on a global collaboration to increase volume, quality and speed of threat intelligence, this enables customers to quickly respond to threats and apply the appropriate protections to their gateways before they spread to the rest of the system. Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu, regional director, India & SAARC, Check Point Software Technologies.

Check Point ThreatCloud sends collective threat information directly to security gateways and software blades, providing customers with real-time threat information and attack trends to enforce protection against bots, APTs and other sophisticated forms of malware — making it the first and unique collaborative network to fight cybercrime.