The TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) delivers the most powerful network protection in the world. The TippingPoint IPS is an in-line device that is inserted seamlessly and transparently into the network. As packets pass through the IPS, they are fully inspected to determine whether they are legitimate or malicious. This instantaneous form of protection is the most effective means of preventing attacks from ever reaching their targets.

The switch-like performance characteristics of the TippingPoint IPS allow it to be placed in-line at the perimeter, on internal network segments, at the core, and at remote site locations. These powerful enforcement points can be centrally controlled to institute and enforce business-wide security policies. This pervasive presence allows the TippingPoint IPS to see all network traffic and protect against external as well as internal attacks.

TippingPoint’s Security Management System (SMS) is responsible for discovering, monitoring, configuring, diagnosing, and reporting for multiple TippingPoint systems. TippingPoint’s SMS enables “big picture” analysis with trending reports, correlation, and real-time graphs on traffic statistics, filtered attacks, network hosts and services, and IPS inventory and health. Because the SMS provides a scalable, policy-based operational model, it enables straightforward management of large-scale IPS deployments.

TippingPoint's Digital Vaccine® offers ongoing threat prevention against emerging vulnerabilities. Digital Vaccines are created not only to address specific exploits, but also potential attack permutations, protecting customers from zero-day threats. Digital Vaccines are delivered to customers twice a week, or immediately when critical vulnerabilities emerge, and can be deployed automatically with no user interaction required. This unique and valuable service allows customers to restore efficiency to the security patching process. The burden of emergency and ad-hoc vulnerability patching is alleviated; as IT personnel can apply patches only as required and at regularly scheduled times.

TippingPoint’s DVLabs team is a premier security research organization for vulnerability analysis and discovery. Recognized in 2007 as the fastest growing discoverer of new vulnerabilities and the leader in the discovery of high-severity and Microsoft vulnerabilities by Frost & Sullivan, the team consists of industry recognized security researchers that apply their cutting-edge engineering, reverse engineering and analysis talents in their daily operations. The by-product of these efforts fuels the creation of vulnerability filters that are automatically delivered to TippingPoint customers’ intrusion prevention systems through the Digital Vaccine® service. The DVLabs Web site (dvlabs. tippingpoint.com) serves as a portal into the research laboratories headquartered in Austin, Texas. The portal includes upcoming and published advisories as well as blogs, RSS feeds and other security resources.

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