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Home  :  Products  :  Technology  :  Content-ID

Content-ID

Accurately identifying the application traversing the network is only part of the challenge IT departments face with today's Internet-centric environment. Inspecting permitted application traffic becomes the next significant challenge, and one that is addressed by an innovative technology called Content-ID.

Content-ID melds a uniform threat signature format, stream-based scanning and a comprehensive URL database with elements of application visibility to limit unauthorized file transfers, detect and block a wide range of threats and control non-work related web surfing.

• High performance threat prevention is enabled by several innovative features including:
• Uniform threat signature format: A uniform threat signature format is used to detect and block a wide range of malware including viruses, spyware, and vulnerability exploits in a single pass.
• Stream-based virus scanning: Virus and spyware prevention is performed through the use of stream-based scanning, a technique that begins scanning as soon as the first packets of the file are received as opposed to waiting until the entire file is loaded into memory to begin scanning.
• Vulnerability attack protection (IPS): Utilizing application and protocol decoder-based analysis in conjunction with anomaly and heuristic-based protection, network attacks on vulnerable applications and operating systems are quickly thwarted. Traffic is normalized to eliminate invalid and malformed packets, while TCP reassembly and IP de-fragmentation is performed to ensure the utmost accuracy and protection despite any attack evasion techniques.
• Content-ID enables URL filtering with a fully integrated, on-box URL filtering database, delivering policy-based control over employee web surfing, safeguarding the enterprise from a full spectrum of legal, regulatory, productivity and resource risks.
• File and data filtering controls can be implemented to reduce the frequency and related risk associated with unauthorized file and data transfer.

The application visibility and control delivered by App-ID, combined with the comprehensive threat prevention enabled by Content-ID means that IT departments can make a significant step forward in the quest to regain control over the applications users and content traversing the network.

Learn more by downloading the Content-ID datasheet