Security Technologies

Sourcefire is 100% dedicated to cybersecurity technologies. Trusted for more than a decade, Sourcefire epitomizes security innovation, intelligence and agile end-to-end protection. With solutions from a next-generation network security platform to advanced malware protection, Sourcefire provides customers with Agile Security™ that is as dynamic as the real world it protects and the attackers against which it defends. But don’t just take our word for it, here’s proof from the industry:

• Fastest and most accurate IPS detection tested by NSS Labs
• Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network IPS Appliances
• Best IDS/IPS from SC Magazine
• Best IPS from Information Security Magazine
• ICSA Labs Certified

Sourcefire offers a next-generation security platform that can be deployed based on customers' unique needs:

Sourcefire Next-Generation IPS (NGIPS): For large networks with dedicated security teams, Sourcefire Next-Generation IPS (NGIPS) includes real-time network and user awareness for improved visibility and automation.

Sourcefire NGIPS with Application Control: The NGIPS solution can be further expanded with an optional Control License to add granular application control.

Sourcefire Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW): Includes the world’s most powerful NGIPS, granular application control, and advanced firewall functionality in a universal, high-performance security appliance for large enterprises.

Sourcefire offers advanced malware protection that discovers, analyzes and blocks malware by utilizing Big Data analytics:

FireAMP™: The only solution that provides the visibility and control needed to stop threats missed by other security layers. FireAMP is an intelligent, enterprise-class advanced malware analysis and protection solution that uses big data to discover, understand and block advanced malware outbreaks. FireAMP answers questions like: “Where did the attack start?”, “Where and how did it spread?”, “How can it be controlled?”

Sourcefire’s security portfolio also includes the following industry-leading offerings:

Sourcefire Defense Center®: Centrally manage hundreds of appliances and analyze events, automate threat prevention updates, configure policies, and generate reports and custom dashboards.

FireSIGHT™: An innovative technology built into the Sourcefire next-generation network security platform—NGIPS, NGIPS with Application Control, and NGFW—to provide the network visibility, “context” and automation required to respond to changing conditions and new attacks.

FirePOWER™: A unique hardware acceleration technology that supports Sourcefire next-generation network security platforms with unmatched performance and energy efficiency on a universal security architecture.

Vulnerability Research Team™ (VRT): A group of elite security experts that maintain the open source community rule set, develop the official Snort rules used by the Sourcefire NGIPS and NGFW solutions, and support FireAMP’s file analysis of malware behavior.

Snort®: Created in 1998 by Martin Roesch, Sourcefire’s founder and CTO, Snort is the most widely deployed intrusion detection and prevention technology in the world and is the rules engine used by Sourcefire network security solutions.