Monday, October 27, 2008

Finovate 2008 | CheckPoint

Presenter: John Gable, Director of Product Management

Notes from the Presentation: Started by highlighted the browser security wars. Cyber criminals are making over $100M a year which is more than conventional crime. What is happening here? Over 1/3 of cyber crime is done through the attacks are coming through the web browser stealing confidential data. CheckPoint is the most profitable security software in the marketplace and work with 90% of fortune 500 companies.



Went to a Phishing site and showed a warning. Most products only know about a site that is on a list. They showed ZoneAlarm that does real time analysis. Showed a non FI site – the NFL Miami Dolphins site. Showed a key logger site that was loaded on the PC by using keystroke software. ZoneAlarm software that sits in the browser tool bar – they create a bubble around your browser and computer. The software creates a ‘forcefield’ – in a virtual sandbox.