Damballa and PerfTech Partner to Provide Integrated Solution to Protect ISPs and Subscribers from Cyber Threats
Damballa and PerfTech Partner to Protect ISPs and Their Subscribers from Cyber Threats
Damballa Inc., the leading provider of cyber threat protection solutions for enterprise and carrier networks, and PerfTech, Inc., a supplier of in-browser subscriber messaging, today announced a partnership to provide an integrated solution that protects Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and their subscribers against malware, botnet infections, and targeted threats. The integrated solution combines the cyber threat detection capability of the Damballa® CSP offering for communication service providers with the ability of the PerfTech® Bulletin System to notify subscribers of a malware infection through its in-browser alert capability.
Damballa CSP monitors DNS activity in an ISP/Telco network to identify malicious traffic indicative of a malware infection on a subscriber device. Damballa CSP identifies and reports subscribers’ cyber threat activity including threat type and risk, then suggests removal options to the PerfTech Bulletin System. PerfTech then formulates an in-browser alert for the subscriber that contains personalized, detailed information on the appropriate remediation process for the respective threat. Combining the rapid threat detection capability of Damballa CSP with the automated subscriber notification features of PerfTech Bulletin System provides carriers with a powerful weapon in the fight against cyber crime – quickly alerting subscribers of the infection, enabling the carrier to provide instructions for remediation, or even enabling the subscribers to perform their own remediation by directing them to sources such as Microsoft’s anti-malware technology like Safety Scanner.
“Damballa and PerfTech are delivering an integrated solution that provides unprecedented protection for communication service providers and their subscribers against cyber fraud and the silent threat of advanced malware,” stated Stephen Newman, vice president of product management for Damballa. “The joint offering provides an easy-to-implement, automated solution that removes a huge burden from the carriers’ technical support staff, significantly improves the customer experience, and helps position the carrier as a trusted provider of secured services.”
“In developing our respective technologies, our two companies independently arrived at an approach with the following features,” said Jonathan Schmidt, PerfTech’s vice president of business development. “Both the Damballa and PerfTech solutions operate out-of-band, leave a small footprint from an installation perspective, feature high-efficiency operation with no impact to network performance, and provide excellent scalability across extremely large networks. Not only did these synergies make our collaboration straightforward, they make deployment of our combined solution easy for the Internet service provider as well.”
Damballa will host a webcast titled “Detecting Cyber Threats and Botnets in Service Provider Networks” on Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern. Interested parties can register here: http://landing.damballa.com/CSP_Webcast.html?campaignID=70170000000Xbwe
About Damballa – Damballa is a pioneer in the fight against cybercrime. Damballa provides the only network security solution that detects the remote control communication that criminals use to breach networks to steal personal and intellectual information, and conduct espionage or other fraudulent transactions. Patent-pending solutions from Damballa are platform and system-agnostic, protecting networks with any type of device including PCs, Macs, smart phones, as well as mobile and embedded systems. Damballa customers include Fortune 1000 companies, Internet and telecommunications service providers, government agencies and educational organizations. Privately held, Damballa is headquartered in Atlanta. http://www.damballa.com
About PerfTech – PerfTech enables ISPs to forge a responsive and transparent relationship with their subscribers through proactive communications. The company’s patented Bulletin System allows ISPs to deliver time-critical messages directly to targeted subscribers’ browsers, while it vigilantly preserves subscriber privacy, choice, and website-publisher copyrights. Bulletin System is consistently selected by top-tier ISPs for its performance and flexibility. Privately held, PerfTech is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. 2011 marks the 10th anniversary year since PerfTech was founded, although collaboration among its team of management and core engineers spans three companies and three decades. See http://www.perftech.com/
