News Article

Proactive Cybersecurity
Date: May 15, 2013
Author: Salim Hariri
Source: 2013 SBIR National Conference

Featured firm in this article: Avirtek Inc of Tucson, AZ



AVIRTEK developed three innovative technologies: 1) Appflow will accurately detect the current operational state of any hardware or software and any possible intruder threat, using predictive behavior analysis; 2) Anomaly Behavior Analysis (ABA) methodology can detect with high accuracy and zero false alarm any anomalous behavior triggered by cyber-attacks, faults (hardware or software) and accidents (malicious or natural); and 3) Self-Management Engine will deliver automated and semi-automated actions to proactively stop or mitigate the impacts of cyber-attacks.

Current cyber security solutions have failed significantly to address the exponential growth of threats and their complexity because they are mainly manual intensive, signature based (they cannot detect new and novel attacks); ad-hoc and cannot be generalized or adopted to address other areas. AVIRTEK Automated and Integrated Management (AIM) appliances address these challenges and deliver unprecedented smarter cyber resilience management services for the following markets: 1) AIM Small and Large Series appliances for Small/Medium and Large Enterprise; 2) AIM Cloud for cloud and data centers computing environments; and 3) AIM Microgrid appliance to secure and protect microgrid networks and critical infrastructures (i.e., utilities, industrial equipment, security systems).