Collaborative Internet Security Network

The patent-pending CyberDefender Network is the only network today that distributes information securely and exponentially between the CyberDefender Network and client networks and desktops using a secure high speed client-to-client network. This process of distribution is an integral part of the CyberDefender Collaborative Internet Security Network™, or CISN.

The Problem with Broadcasting
Conventional Internet security companies have to broadcast updates to each individual client on the network. There are serious drawbacks to this method:

1. It is cumbersome. The network does not update in real time, but instead relies on updating in batches that must be timed days apart as threats are spreading in the wild. And, they must repeat this process for each of their many products.

2. Because they are a single point of distribution, broadcasting servers are vulnerable to "flooding" attacks that prevent clients from getting the updates they need.

3. A threat can block a client computer's access to the broadcast server, disabling its ability to download an update for the threat.

 

Instead, the CyberDefender Alert Server uses its secure high-speed client-to-client network to provide the latest verified updates. This distributed notification process frees up the CyberDefender Internet Security Network to deal with new incoming alerts from clients that have encountered unexpected behavior, making this network truly responsive and "tuned" to its users.

Distributed and Controlled
CISN is not a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. The Alert Server is a required checkpoint for all client activities, thus assuring the integrity of the network. It is instead a controlled publishing network that leverages the power of distributed bandwidth.

Each client has a controlled role in relaying the definitions to as many as 20 more clients securely, thus allowing a continuous real-time release of threat updates.

In the future, this technology will be used to update a central enterprise gateway, which will then take care of updating all the clients behind the gateway, thus satisfying enterprise needs for the highest security behind corporate firewalls.

The More Clients, the Better
The power of well-managed peer networks, like Skype, is well known. Clearly the more users in these networks, the better.

The same is true of the CISN. With more clients, threats are picked up faster; and verified threat definition updates are delivered faster too.

Clients that cannot connect with other clients fall back to connecting directly with the Alert Server.