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Endpoint Security PC Protection – Anti Virus, Anti-Spyware, Firewall –Intrusion Prevention, Anti Malware Software Program

What is End-Point Security?

End-Point Security is the measures that are being taken to access the risks at endpoints and protect them. In simple words, endpoint security is the security implementation methods concerned to prevent and protect the network, which include the Enterprise firewall systems, client antivirus with anti malware software program, spyware detection and removal tools to prevent intrusions (Access Control) and delete i.e. quarantine the unwanted programs such as viruses, worms, Trojans, malware, spyware, adware and other hacking tools trying to get unauthorised access to the computer. An effective Endpoint Security system monitors the risks, takes the necessary security measures and also has a reporting system to provide the results of the security measures taken by the end-point security system (Firewall, Antivirus, or internet security suite) through log files, which would be used by the management and administration, to make more effective build.

What is the benefit of using an Endpoint Security System?
The security threats and vulnerabilities are always in an increasing rate day-to-day. So it has become essential to protect the WAN (Wide Area Network) and LAN (Local Area Network) Endpoints. So an Effective Endpoint Security if implemented maintains a safe productivity level and helps the businesses to improve their business results by preventing losses that occur due to vulnerability and security incidents happening over the computer network.

What are the current security threats and vulnerabilities?
New types of internet security threats are emerging on a regular basis, which makes our computer vulnerable to hacker attacks. The vulnerabilities include buffer overflow attacks, key-loggers (Key Stroke Loggers), spam emails, email worms, zombies, Trojan horses, DDOS Zombies host, spyware, adware’s, malware and so on. Also nowadays many of these types of vulnerabilities and threats are being injected into the computer, when a user downloads a free software, or gaming, or porn websites, and even via unsecure emails, which causes disruptions to the endpoints. Since most of the business transactions are being transmitted over the network, the endpoints have now become the primary target to phishers and hackers. So the enterprises needs to confront for the endpoint security systems to secure the core business related materials and confidential information. Click to view the current internet security threats and vulnerabilities.

Endpoint Security System – What does it consist of?
An Endpoint security System tools include Client Antivirus, Firewall – Host intrusion prevention system, Anti-Spam with Email Scanners, Anti-Spyware removal tool, adware blocker tools, root-kit prevention, anti-Keyloggers programs, endpoint vulnerability assessment tools, patch management remediation programs, client remote access (IPSec VPN , SSL VPN ie. Secure Sockets Layers Virtual Private Network), Regulatory Compliance, Endpoint management and policy enforcement, host detection and compliance, endpoint policy development and communications, Reporting and logging security threats and vulnerabilities, and action taken to prevent them.

Also read http://yuvi-internetsecurity.blogspot.com/2008/10/adware-spyware-firewall-antivirus.html

Adware, Spyware, Firewall, Antivirus, System Monitor, Privacy, Parental Control Software – A Glossary

Adware
A form of advertising that is being integrated in most of the free software’s. They are usually commercial banner ads or popup advertisements, which slows down the system process. Adware gets installed without the user’s knowledge, when the user downloads certain free software for his own purpose.

Adware Remover
Adware Remover or Ad-ware removal tools are kind of internet security tools which prevents and protects a user from adware’s getting installed without his/her knowledge, while downloading free software’s over the internet. An Adware removal tool is also known as Adware Blockers.

Spyware
Spyware is a form of software that gathers the computer activity and information secretly and transits to third parties when a user surfs the Internet. Spyware gets downloaded and installed automatically without the user’s knowledge.

Anti-Spyware
Anti Spyware or Spyware Removers is software that is developed to detect and remove spying software being installed in a computer. Notably most of the spyware removal tools are developed in a way that it not only eliminates spy bots but also malwares, key loggers, root kits, browser hijackers, worms, Trojan horses, and other potential computer viruses.

Malware
Malware is termed as Malicious Software. Any software that is designed to disrupt a network, in the form of viruses, worms, Trojans, or any other illegal programs is termed as Malware.

Key Loggers
Keyloggers are programs that are being installed invisibly in a user’s computer without his /her knowledge to record the entire keyboard / keystroke activity, and pass it on to third parties, online thieves such as phisher or hackers.

Root Kits
Rootkits are small programs designed to steal passwords, and other confidential information from a computer, without the users’ knowledge. These Rootkits captures the user’s personal and confidential information and transfers it to hackers.

Firewall
Firewall is also known as hacker intrusion prevention system or access control software. A firewall monitors the system traffic and alerts the user when there is some suspicious network that tries to gain access to the computer. There are two types of firewall – Hardware Firewall & Software Firewall.

Anti-Virus
Antivirus is a software program, which scans, detects, and prevents a computer from potential virus attacks. Nowadays most of the Antivirus software comes not only with Virus protection tools, but also with adware protection and spyware prevention tools.

System Monitor
System monitor are application that are being installed in a computer, to monitor the entire performance and activity of a computer, and alerts the user when any miscellaneous application is trying to change the computer’s security settings.

Privacy Control
Privacy control provides security for the users by providing him/her a security space to store all his personal / confidential details such as passwords, social security numbers and so on, which can be accessed only by the specified user.

Parental Control
Parental Control is a feature mostly used by parents, to block certain illegal, porn, gambling and other insecure websites, while their children surf over the internet. Nowadays privacy control and parental control features comes along with any internet security suite software’s.

The Future of Computer Security

Article by Comodo's President & CEO - Melih Abdulhayoglu

Source: http://forums.comodo.com/

The Future of Computer Security

People keep asking me:

Is AV dead? Is HIPS the ultimate solution? Are we going to need to have chips surgically implanted in our…”

Okay, let’s not degenerate this in the first fifty words. I’d like to start with some facts about the state of software security for PCs.

1. The world does not protect itself against Zero Day attacks. The majority thinks it does, but reality begs to differ.
2. People buy AV products because they don’t know any better. Ignorance is bliss, but not in security. Security checks have been bumped up since 9/11 – enough said.
3. People are lazy, myself leading that pack. We want things done, but we don’t want to lift a finger. It’s 2007, so we shouldn’t have to!

Let me expand on these points.

1. The world does not protect itself against Zero Day attacks.
Our primary protection is the use of software products called AV (antivirus). These products essentially create a signature for the malware, which functions much like a mug shot does for a criminal, but only after the crime has been committed. In PCland, AV can never be used as protection against Zero Day attacks because the virus signature (a.k.a. the mug shot) has not been created yet; hence, no protection. In an ideal, if not idiotic, world, virii authors would be kind enough to submit their malware to AV vendors, wait for them to create signatures and update their AV users, and then release their malware to the public so that we could catch zero day attacks. We can expect that about as much as we can expect the criminal to go to the police and say “hey, I’m going to commit a crime”, and the police to prevent the crime. My point: we just don’t protect ourselves against Zero Day attacks.

2. People buy AV products because they don’t know any better.
People buy a lot of AV, so it must be the best protection available, right? Wrong. This is not a good argument. People buy a lot of cigarettes, too. This is not to discredit AV; it does what it was designed to do, but it just isn’t enough by itself. Fraudsters and their toys are a force to be reckoned with, and AV alone isn’t up to the fight.

3. People are lazy.Look around you:
we built washing machines because we got tired of hauling our laundry and the washboard to the river and back. We built dishwashers so husbands wouldn’t have to wash dishes (and spot on, I say!). From cars to nappies, humans demand easy-to-use, painless solutions that give us more time for ourselves and deliver the desired outcome with minimal effort. We want the same from our internet security. We can clap our hands and turn on a lamp, so we should be able to “plug and protect” our PCs just as easily.

The future, from my point of view.
Our houses have doors, burglar alarms and insurance. Well, most do, at least. If you don’t have a door, a burglar can walk in and steal your PC; thus, the door prevents the burglar from entering.

But Melih, doors can be kicked in!

Yes, they can, so continuing to get stronger doors isn’t much of a solution. This is why we should never rely on just one layer of security. The door to the house isn’t enough, so we install a burglar alarm. If he can get in, at least we can detect him – prevention plus detection, two layers. Let’s say he cuts your electric wires or manages to turn off the burglar alarm in another way (They make it look so easy on TV, don’t they?). He walks away with not only your computer, but your priceless stamp collection, too. This is why we have insurance, to recover the value of stolen items. Thus, insurance is the cure, the third layer in our layered approach. Stacking up these layers, in order, to protect the PCs in our homes, we have:

1. A door for prevention
2. A burglar alarm for detection, and
3. Insurance for the cure.

I thought you were going to tell us how to secure our PCs, not our homes, Melih!

I just did. The layered approach can be just as easily applied to our PCs. We use AV as our main source of defense, but is AV prevention? No, it’s detection, the veritable burglar alarm for a PC, but it must have the malware signature – the burglar’s mug shot – or it won’t sound the alarm. A new burglar, however, has a free pass, and no alarm goes off. This, my friends, is the infamous Zero Day attack, which our AV allows to happen. Now relax, AV devotees. I’m not saying AV is crap; I’m just pointing out its weaknesses, so calm down. With AV, our PC “house” has a burglar alarm but no door. Ridiculous, right? But that’s how it is! Some of us employ Firewalls too, but that’s also a form of detection, with a little prevention thrown in, if it’s a decent Firewall that doesn’t leak. If a firewall does leak, it lets the burglar (malware) take something out of the house or, in firewallspeak, make a call to the Internet with your sensitive information. A good firewall sounds an alarm in the form of a popup when this happens, and a really good firewall gives you advice on what to do next. You need both the AV and the firewall to detect someone coming in and things going out. So now our PC house has a decent burglar alarm (detection), but no door. Yikes!

Dude, where’s my door?
This is where we are challenged and need to change the model altogether. We are backwards when it comes to our default settings, but we can overcome this. Today, it’s fair to say that PCs are running with the “default: allow” function, which means they are allowing everything to run and hoping to catch the bad stuff before it executes. It’s more of a swinging gate than a door, and can’t really provide the prevention we seek.

So we should run with the “deny all” function and only allow the good stuff, right?

Bingo. With the “default: allow” in place, we operate on a system of “blacklisting”, blocking only the things that we know ahead of time are destructive. By reversing that and only granting entry to those names on the “whitelist”, we save ourselves the hassle of trying to figure out who’s good and who’s bad. If you aren’t on the list, you’re not coming in, period. Thus, we have a door, it’s solid, and it’s locked.

But Melih, who wants to deal with all the popups asking us if we trust ‘this or that’?Frankly, no one, but why are we making the assumption that the whitelist database will be limited? It is feasible to create a very cogent whitelist security layer which will be virtually noise-free for the average user, and that is exactly what we are doing.

The days of going to bed without locking the front door are long past. PC security is, or should be, just as important as the security of our homes and personal belongings. We deserve to live our lives without the constant worry of burglary and vandalism, and only a layered approach will give us that peace of mind in regard to our computers.

Melih’s prediction: prevention will become the first line of defense!

thank you

Melih


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