McAfee DeepSAFE

McAfee and Intel developed the first security technology which involves the hardware and will protect outside the operating system.

McAfee DeepSAFE uses assistance of the hardware therefore it has deeper access to the device of the computing system. The technology is outside OS that changes rules of the game. McAfee DeepSAFE performs pro-active protection and beforehand blocks action of a malicious code and the attack like Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) which purpose is cracking of a specific system. Many APT attacks are executed using means, such as rootkits which allow to get and remain imperceptibly in the operating system.

According to data of McAfee, in day more than 1200 new rootkits – i.e. on 50 rootkits per hour are detected. The system equipped with DeepSAFE could detect a rootkit of Agony unknown earlier and block it in real time before hit in a system.

McAfee DeepSAFE:

• Creates a starting point for the security technologies of new generation working together with the hardware and protecting the device outside OS.
• Allows to monitor the events which are taking place out of OS.
• Finds and blocks unknown threats.
• The improved protection against invisible threats and the APT attacks.
• An opportunity to monitor operation of the CPU in real time without decline in production.
• Integrates power hardware and flexibility of the software, opening new the directions for market development.

It is going to put technology on the market until the end of 2011.