As a widely adopted alternative to other common operating systems among IT professionals, the Linux platform has been broadly deployed for internal as well as web-facing applications, and runs a variety of critical business applications, including accounting, databases and file/print servers. Due to its rapid adoption, there are a number of known exploits targeted at Linux-based applications, which can cause system-wide outages. McAfee Entercept for Linux provides comprehensive, proactive protection to ensure the security, integrity and availability of all applications running on the Linux platform.
"McAfee customers demand comprehensive and uniform protection for their computing infrastructure and the introduction of McAfee Entercept for Linux exemplifies our commitment to providing proven multi-platform solutions that exceed our customers security needs," said Steve Crutchfield, director of product marketing at McAfee, Inc. "With McAfee's unmatched security expertise and broad set of solutions, our customers have the confidence that they are completely protected from threats targeted at any platform."
McAfee Entercept is the industry's only host IPS to combine both behavioral rules and intrusion prevention signatures. With added protection for Linux users, Entercept provides unmatched proactive threat protection with key features including:
- Comprehensive buffer overflow prevention for all installed applications.
- Unique application shielding and enveloping developed to protect system and application file manipulation.
- HTTP traffic intrusion prevention for Apache Availability.
