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2016: Time for Security to Take its Head out of the “Sand” (box)
2/05/2016
By Israel Levy, CEO Of BUFFERZONE. Read the article on Infosecurity Magazine
As malware has become increasingly sophisticated, conventional protection solutions have proven insufficient for companies’ IT security needs.
While “sandboxing” is still a popular, and frequently deployed solution, over the last several years new technologies and approaches have been introduced to the market. Let’s take a look at one of those approaches, called “containers”, and see how it measures up vs. the current industry standard set by sandboxes.
Common Problems
Containment is a fairly new concept, deviating from the widely known and popular “sandboxing” method. Sandboxing is a detection method which scans potentially malicious files in a confined area/an isolated environment, otherwise known as the “sandbox”, to determine if it is indeed malware. Sandboxing arose as a response to the realization that signature-based technology had grown increasingly ineffective in protecting endpoints from stealth attacks.
