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| May 2, 2005, Dailymaily, Israel |
| Securing an Organization's Network Nodes by Means of a Buffer Zone |
By Guy Grimland and Tal Barkai
Before we get to your unique technology, tell us what in fact the company does and when it was established.
“The company is called BufferZone Labs. It was established in 2000 and deals with information security at the nodes of an organization’s network. The product is based on “server-client,” where the customer is prevented from having unauthorized installations or harmful files that arrive through all kinds of applications and local drives.”
So how are you different from many other companies that protect organizational network nodes?
“Our technology is called Buffer Zone. It allows unknown programs and applications to run in a virtual world, such that the customer does not install anything that the network manager doesn’t permit. This is different from other companies in that they mostly have a signature file of known viruses, and if a file enters that doesn’t appear on the “wanted list,” then it goes inside. Our technology allows the user to use it without the program being installed on the computer by means of a virtual world.”
What’s the purpose of a virtual world?
We emulate system resources for the application in a specific way – in a virtual world – so that users can work quietly and not disturb the network manager with things blocked to them. On the other hand, it’s not installed physically on the computer. This resembles a “demilitarized zone” in which the users can work freely and the network manager doesn’t need to chase after them.”
What happens when that same application that the user tries to install requires a large quantity of system resources?
“Our ambition is that anything can be installed, even at the level of Office. For example, a network manager can decide that a user can surf freely, use attachments or work with instant messaging programs, such that the network managers knows that all the Flash games and the other things that can contain viruses simply don’t get in, and so no damage is caused.”
When will your product go to market and who is it aimed at?
“The product came out in December 2004. Right now we’re concluding a number of beta pilots, including one in a big government ministry. It’s aimed at the enterprise market and also at the SMB market. We also offer protection to laptop computers, servers and regular workstations with Management, which lets the manager configure with a simple Wizard. The price is on average $30 for a single license. The deal is closed according to the number of licenses sold, unless it’s a big organization that receives a general license.”
Who controls the company?
“Controlling ownership is in the hands of private entrepreneurs: Israel Baharav is the CEO. He’s a former brigadier-general and pilot, who has in his past a number of start-ups. Eyal Dotan serves as the company’s CTO. He’s a professor of information security in Paris.”
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