Re: proactive blocking of malware threats

[John Morrison <john.morrison101 () googlemail com>]

Jason,

My thoughts are along the same lines. Some kind of IPS between the
protected network(s) and any hostile network would be good as well.
For example, Cisco
(http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/secursw/ps2113/index.html) or
Snort (http://www.snort.org/).

On 25 January 2010 17:16, Youngquist, Jason R. <jryoungquist () ccis edu> wrote:
> I'm looking for different solutions out there that can be used in a layered approach to block malware/known malware 
> sites before a user's desktop gets infected.
>
> So far, I've come up with only a couple thoughts
> --DNS/IP black hole malware sites
> --use an appliance specifically designed to detect/block malware such as FireEye
>
>
> Other thoughts?
>
>
> Thanks.
> Jason Youngquist
> Information Technology Security Engineer, Security+
> Technology Services
> Columbia College
> 1001 Rogers Street, Columbia, MO  65216
> (573) 875-7334
> jryoungquist () ccis edu
> http://www.ccis.edu
>
>
>
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