Check Point announces SandBlast Agent for Browsers

Source: Check Point Technologies. An endpoint forensics analysis.

Check Point Software Technologies has announced SandBlast Agent for Browsers to protect users from evolving threats. As the newest member of the SandBlast family of solutions, SandBlast Agent for Browsers provides real-time protection while reducing the resources required to prevent today’s most advanced attacks.

A preview of an upcoming SANS survey, Exploits at the Endpoint: SANS 2016 Threat Landscape Study, reveals:

• Four in 10 (41%) of the respondents experienced their most impactful security events through attacks that used drive-by downloads of malicious programs.
• Eight in 10 (80%) of organisations have been impacted by phishing attacks over the past 12 months, with 68% witnessing an increase in this type of attack.

Coupled with the fact that 63% of data breaches involved some form of credential theft through either weak, default or stolen passwords, according to Verizon’s 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report, it becomes clear preventing the full-range of Web-based attacks from reaching end users is critical to maintaining business security.

In this ongoing struggle to protect their endpoints, enterprises want maximum protection, while minimising the footprint of running, managing and deploying multiple endpoint products on every system. SandBlast Agent for Browsers addresses these requirements with:

• Proactive, real-time protection from advanced malware delivers safe reconstructed content within seconds
• Dynamic analysis blocks unknown and zero-day phishing attacks targeting user credentials
• A browser plugin for Internet Explorer and Chrome that installs in minutes and operates with minimal overhead
• What Check Point says is the highest malware catch rate in the industry, utilising advanced sandbox technology and patented CPU-level detection

“As cyberattacks are growing in their complexity and frequency, enterprises are increasingly at risk of falling victim to a wide range of browser-based attacks,” said Nathan Shuchami, Head of advanced threat prevention, Check Point. “Existing technologies ask users to wait for content to be evaluated, or require multiple, intrusive software installations on every system. SandBlast Agent for Browsers brings the highest level of protection to users in a simple browser plug-in that blocks unknown and zero-day malware delivered via web downloads, while quickly delivering safe content within seconds.”

Interested?

SandBlast Agent for Browsers will be available in Q316. View the associated video