Our annual look at new security companies worth keeping an eye on.
Dasient Web Anti-Malware
http://www.dasient.com/
Key features: Cloud-based service intended to detect Web site infections that attackers carry out to turn legitimate sites into attack sites by injecting malware into them; plus a separate quarantining service that relies on Dasient software on a host Web server to contain and eliminate malware.
Datagent
http://www.talisdata.com/
Key features: Small hardware device, installed in desktop computers, controls both access to USB ports as well as network access through domain separation based on factors such as time of day.
D S Gateway
http://www.delfigosecurity.com/
Key features: Software-as-a-service for fraud detection related to Web site log-in procedures by means of IP geo-location and keyboard analysis. Also offered as on premises gateway.
Switch
http://www.egress.com/
Key features: Switch, which includes both a Windows client software component and cloud-based management and enforcement, lets users encrypt any information to be shared with any authorized recipient with the Egress client software to decrypt it.
Failsafe
http://www.damballa.com/
Key features: The Failsafe appliance, placed in the corporate network, monitors for signs of botnets
FireID
http://www.fireid.com/
Key features: This application for one-time password authentication for mobile phones works with the FireID authentication server to provide higher security than re-usable passwords
HyTrust Appliance 1.0
http://www.hytrust.com/
Key features: Enables policy enforcement for administrative use of VMware ESX servers and the Virtual Center management console
Discover, Tag, and Protect
http://www.indorse-tech.com/
Key features: A set of tools that provides a way to monitor, detect and if necessary, block the use of data associated with Microsoft's SharePoint server platform
MashSSL
http://www.safemashups.com/
Key features: Web toolkit works with digital certificates to apply trust relationships to a Web application interacting with another Web application in a dynamic mashup
Rapport
http://www.trusteer.com/
Key features: Typically offered by financial institutions to their customers, Rapport monitors transactions to detect possible phishing attacks.
UnboundID Directory Server
http://www.unboundid.com/
Key features: Developed as a highly scalable, fast and reliable directory server that is also part database to provide high-speed data retrieval, particularly for Web-based services and mobile computing
source:networkworld
