Norman Delivers Innovative SandBox Automated Antimalware Technologies

FAIRFAX, Va., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Norman Data Defense Systems announced today that its industry-leading Norman SandBox® automated antimalware technologies are being successfully implemented in large businesses, government, higher education and other organizational environments that now face a new threat threshold -- cyber attack onslaughts that amount to 75,000 to 100,000 samples of malicious software per day.

"Competitors are often not focused on automated malware analysis and instead offer plain vanilla, off-the-shelf security solutions often can't stand up to this level of cyber attack that many organizations now face," said Brian Beard, Norman vice president. "In-house experts need the right tools when determining if data has been accessed, who initiated the attack and who may be in possession of stolen data.  These tasks quickly become overwhelming when conventional analysis often takes up to 20 minutes per sample using manual reverse engineering methods.  This is enough time to bring down a whole corporate network and compromise a significant amount of data."

"The Norman SandBox automated malware technologies offer a better way. When implemented, Norman SandBox customers are seeing incident response fall from days to hours, in some cases reducing analysis time by 95%," Beard said. "Norman SandBox technologies offer automated approaches to high-volume malware analysis that deliver dramatic improvements in ROI."

Norman pioneered SandBox security products and has been trusted as the leading expert by global organizations to investigate and protect against cyber incidents since the first days of malicious software.

SandBox Malware Analyzer tools are built on the Norman SandBox platform, a fully emulated Windows environment clone for simulating code execution, built to fight cyber threats.  The operating system, software, system hardware, and network are all simulated, unlike any other tool on the market. Focused on analyzing malicious threats, Norman develops and controls the SandBox technology, enabling quick adaptation to the changing threat landscape.  

"Information Security Officers that invest significant program dollars in analyzing malware samples should not be burdened by products that are in themselves a vulnerable environment to malware attack," Beard said. "When customers choose Norman SandBox, they have a solution that is less detectable by the cyber attacker, and it prevents malicious software from escaping into the organization's network during analysis."

Norman SandBox offers:

• Superior detection of malware using self defense techniques
• Unmatched safety – Some competitive solutions risk escape from virtualized environments that use real resources and vulnerable tools
• Speed – Alternative approaches can involve slow and costly hardware infrastructure, re-imaging, outsourcing delays and stumped analysts
• Lower costs – An automated solution is dramatically more cost effective and pays for itself in days or weeks

"By delivering rapid innovation, Norman is building on its market leadership in automated malware analysis. We are totally focused on our customers, remain committed to delivering the most advanced security solutions and superior customer service," Beard said.

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About Norman

Norman ASA, founded in Oslo, Norway in 1984, is a world leader and pioneer in proactive content security solutions and forensics malware tools. Norman offers malware analyzers, network security and endpoint protection solutions to meet customer's security needs. Norman solutions are available through Norman subsidiaries and a network of partners around the world. www.norman.com

SOURCE Norman Data Defense Systems