General Dynamics Introduces New Fidelis Network Security Solution

General Dynamics  today announced its network security solution, Fidelis XPS, now includes a new application of YARA technology.

YARA technology is a rule-based malware identification and classification tool, that will increase the real-time prevention of malware attacks by analyzing threats in network traffic.

"The addition of YARA will help customers' network teams analyze threats on their network in a more proactive and comprehensive way," said Tom Lyons, vice president of product management at General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions.

Fidelis XPS leverages YARA's capabilities of classifying detected malware and scanning static objects in a file system after they have already entered the network, to extend and support its prevention efforts to scan network sessions in progress.  With organizations placing an increased focus on blocking as much malware as possible before it enters the network, this collaboration makes advanced threat defense an active component of network defense. In doing so, the costs and downtime associated with remediation after a threat has been detected can be drastically reduced.

In addition, Fidelis XPS can augment YARA rules with situational awareness, applying context to the content. The open, non-proprietary nature of YARA allows security analysts to share these rules and learn from their colleagues, continually refining the intelligence of the security community.

Built on General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions' patented Deep Session Inspection platform, Fidelis XPS is an industry leading network security appliance that delivers network visibility, analysis and control over all ports and all channels in real-time, to defend against advanced threats and prevent the possibility of a data breach on multi-gigabit-speed networks. Deployed as a context-aware network appliance, Fidelis XPS gives global enterprises and government agencies the ability to see, study and stop advanced threats during all phases of the threat lifecycle. The solution recently earned an overall breach detection rating of 98.4 percent in an independent test conducted by NSS Labs, an information research and advisory company specializing in IT product testing.