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RTGuardian™

Prevent Spyware and Secure IM and P2P Use in the Enterprise

About RTGuardian

Real-Time Guardian (RTGuardian) is the most advanced perimeter security solution for blocking the spread of spyware and adware in the enterprise and securing unauthorized IM and P2P usage. RTGuardian integrates with FaceTime’s Greynet Enterprise Manager (GEM) and IMAuditor to create FaceTime Enterprise Edition, the leading solution for securing and managing all greynet applications.

Real-Time Guardian provides comprehensive visibility and control for real-time communications in the enterprise – public and enterprise IM, P2P, VoIP, professional communities, IRC and other chat systems – as well as spyware. Used in conjunction with Greynet Enterprise Manager (GEM), RTGuardian delivers end-to-end spyware management, leveraging detection at the gateway to deliver targeted remediation to the infected endpoint.

Real-time Communications in the Enterprise Instant messaging (IM), Web conferencing and other real-time communication and collaboration tools have become requirements for strategic and competitive advantage in today’s real-time enterprises. The productivity benefits reaped from the use of these tools have dramatically expanded the use of IM, peer to peer (P2P) file sharing and Voice over IP (VoIP) for many organizations.

IM and Web conferencing programs, as well as their less-well-intentioned cousins, P2P and spyware, are part of a category of applications that FaceTime terms ‘greynets.’ Greynets are network-enabled applications that are installed on an end user’s system without the permission or knowledge of the IT department (or frequently the user) and are largely invisible to the existing security infrastructure.

Instant messaging in particular has quickly moved from personal communications niche to a valuable business tool – so much so that email is sometimes regarded as being as slow and outdated as postal mail. According to IDC, more than 28 million business users today use IM to send nearly 1 billion messages each day at work, making it the fastest-growing communication system ever.

Because greynet applications tend to operate below the security radar, their widespread and uncontrolled use brings with it new risks for malware infection, loss of intellectual property, falling out of compliance with government regulations and more. While some greynets, such as IM and Web conferencing, have significant business value, others can pose serious security risks. However all need to be controlled and managed according to policy set by the enterprise.

About RTGuardian

Purpose-built for the security of real-time communications, RTGuardian is designed to fit seamlessly within the enterprise network without the need to change other network elements such as firewalls or anti-virus. Designed for deployment in the internal LAN as well as the corporate DMZ, RTGuardian acts as a security gateway to protect against the spread of spyware, as well as the ability to block unauthorized connections and file transfers, and delivers comprehensive IM and P2P usage statistics.

RTGuardian’s unique anti-spyware design encompasses four key components:

Prevents Infections:
Prevents users from visiting known spyware and adware infectionsites and blocks the download of known spyware file types.

Secures IM and P2P Use:
Secures the use of all major public and enterprise IM and P2P networks, some of the largest distribution vectors for spyware and adware today.

Blocks Phone Home Behavior:
Interrupts spyware’s “phone-home" behavior and stops the delivery of hijacked data and online advertising server requests before they reach their destination.

Targeted Remediation:
In conjunction with Greynet Enterprise Manager (GEM), enables targeted remediation and inoculation of spyware-infected endpoints without the need for client software deployment.