ACADEMIA

Kindsight announced Kindsight Security Analytics, a new platform for service providers to analyze network traffic for malware and aggregate security statistics onto a single web-based dashboard. The new platform provides unparalleled insights into subscriber infections, enabling Internet service providers and mobile operators to reduce risk within the network and diminish the malicious consumption of network resources.

Malware on the Internet and mobile networks is growing consistently. As measured by Kindsight Security Labs, approximately nine to 14 percent of home networks are infected on a typical day. Mobile malware is also escalating, having increased 400 percent over a three month period in late 2011. With Kindsight Security Analytics, service providers are able to see the extent and specific types of malware among their subscribers, so they may set new policies or take other actions to address these issues.

"Our new platform provides huge benefits to Internet service providers and mobile operators by giving them real-time, actionable security insights which can reduce network risk and improve the overall service experience," said Brendan Ziolo, VP, Marketing at Kindsight. "These service providers may also launch value-added security services using this same platform, which can alert subscribers and help them remove malware from their home networks or mobile devices."

Kindsight has developed advanced technologies for its Security Analytics offering. The new platform features high performance network sensors that support 20 Gbps of traffic analysis, more than 100,000 events per minute and can scale to hundreds of millions of subscribers. It uses signatures, which are continually developed and updated by Kindsight Security Labs, to detect and pinpoint subscriber infections from the network traffic. The Security Analytics dashboard displays data in real-time, sharing the extent and types of infections found among subscribers, with the ability to drill down and take action.