DEMO 2006: Day Two - Afternoon

Last round of companies:

• StrikeForce Technologies: Solution preventing identity thefts via key logging programs which are distributed through the download of executables or even MP3 files. WebSecure is a browser extension that bypasses the standard input management layers to work around keylogger standard techniques.
• Mi5: anti-spyware solution for the enterprise, delivered as an appliance. It detects spyware/malware as they are installed during drive-by downloads, and prevents spyware from calling back to their “home base”. Part of the DEMO demo was to show how many computers belonging to attendees had been infected. Damn.
• ASTAV: another identity theft and fraud protection solution. ASTAV means “enough” in Russian. The idea is that a website protected by ASTAV will call the user’s cellphone when he/she is trying to login, and asks for the password on the phone (through an automated system). This means that hackers getting a login will not be able to enter a password on the site. The same system can be applied to validating transactions (above a certain amount), or purchases.
• PayWi: a cell-phone based payment solution, eventually replacing credit cards. PayWi can be used for online and credit card payments, money transfers, checking account balances,… Credit card information never leave the phone, and are secured with military grade encryption. More complex operation are possible with the platform
• Pay by Touch: fingerprint-based payment solution, based on new/extensions of credit card readers. Two large retailers have adopted the solution, and the company announces today the availability of Pay by Touch “Online”. Users need one of the recommended fingerprint scanners to make this work (the one available in the ThinkPad works).
• Shimon Systems: launches Bio– NetGuard, which is a security solution for Wifi networks superseeding existing solutions. The device actually acts as a WPA authentication service, and only needs to be configured with the fingerprints of potential users.
• Cesura: managed service monitoring and preventing business interruptions by measuring the overall health of a back-end system, and  sending alerts whe issues are found.
• Fortify Software: poorly written software is the source of 50% of the problems on the Net. Fortify Software performs checks of online applications, and puts protection wrappers around areas of weaknesses.
• IronPort Systems: introduces a web reputation system, based on a broad monitoring of threats in real-time (such as new URLs transmitted over emails through zombie PCs, etc.). A user of an IronPort’s appliance (which can process data at a speed of over 1GB) would not be able to access a URL that is spotted as compromised.
• FrontPorch Systems: solutions for enterprises to monitor threats, prevent access to compromised sites as well as forbidden applications. Because of the self-service nature of the system, this will also cut down on monitoring costs.
• Tested Technologies: makes devices, networks,… invisible from hackers through hyperblocking technology, which detects machines used by hackers/spammers and adds these to a central database. If another machine starts seeing packets from that machine a few minutes/hours later, it will remove all traffic.

PS: Pictures and proof-reading coming later – off to the airport now.

Tag: demo2006, demo

Comments

[David Ulevitch]

Jeff,

Check out FrontPorch.com -- it's a method of redirecting homepages, inserting pop-ups, pop-unders (all specifically mentioned on their site!). I don't know how they presented it at DEMO but their site doesn't pitch the same message that you wrote down.

I'm not saying what they are doing is wrong (I don't think that at all) but they do need to be clear and upfront about it.

-david

[Anton Antich]

Uhm. Just a side note - ASTAV does not mean "enough" in Russian. In fact, it means nothing in Russian at all. If somebody told you that, i am wondering what they really meant, as this does leave any russian-speaker confused...