Friday, May 04, 2007

Proventia Desktop firewall stymies malware Proventia Desktop firewall stymies malware. In the days of overcomplicated security tools, it's satisfying to review a feature-rich product that intentionally keeps it simple. Internet Security Systems (ISS) Proventia Desktop (also known as IBM Proventia Desktop Endpoint Protection) offers a host-based firewall core supplemented by anti-virus, anti-malware, buffer overflow exploit protection, intrusion prevention, and it can function as a Cisco Network Admission Control agent. I was eager to test version 9.0.226.0, released after the IBM buyout of ISS, to see how the product is holding out against the competition. [InfoWorld: Security] 9:06:16 PM    comment []