VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PFP Cybersecurity, a provider of an IoT platform to ensure trust, today announced it will demonstrate a simple solution for continuously monitoring and securing enterprise router racks in data centers. PFP’s new solutions include a portable unit for periodic cybersecurity checks and a small 1U rack-mount monitoring unit which can simultaneously monitor an entire rack without interfering with normal operations or adding software to the routers. PFP will demonstrate detection of attacks such as the SYNful Knock implant in Cisco routers at Black Hat 2016.
PFP’s advanced solutions detect anomalies from insider tampering and continuous attacks of critical infrastructure and protects against cyber-attacks that threaten any IoT connected device including data centers, medical equipment, power grids, cars, mobile devices, as well as, any other smart device. The increase in connectivity of everything IoT, consumer behavior and enterprise security is vital to the safety of anything and anyone connected to the internet.
Steven Chen, PFP CEO, says, “For years it has been said home routers are a key attack point, but enterprise routers are secure. Recently, FireEye burst that bubble announcing that Cisco enterprise routers are vulnerable to APT threat called SYNful Knock.”
“PFP has recently tested its product against enterprise router attacks such as SYNful Knock identified by FireEye,” said Thurston Brooks, PFP VP of Product Marketing, “Our newest product monitors an entire rack of Cisco routers at once and detects the attack instantly.”
Whether on the cloud or on premise, PFP enables a SaaS solution for brand protection for Fortune 1000 companies. The PFP IoT platform for trust, based on patented analytics for power analysis – the lowest common denominator of any digital processor – is proven to detect supply chain, configuration or continuous attacks. The PFP power analytics provides alarms in machine time to enterprise systems with strong confidence.
About PFP Cybersecurity
Headquartered in the Washington, D.C., PFP Cybersecurity (aka Power Fingerprinting Inc.) is a Virginia Tech spin-off using patented technology developed by Dr. Jeff Reed and Dr. Carlos Aguayo Gonzalez (CTO). Cofounder and CEO Steven Chen, CFO Rich Kearney and VP Marketing Thurston Brooks have proven the same business model, leveraging government funded technology for commercial success through $300M+ SBIR Phase III contracts. The PFP Board and advisors include the Honorable Gordon England, Chairman, National Academy of Engineering Council and former Deputy Secretary of Defense and Homeland Security; John Czupak, CEO of ThreatQuotient and former SVP of Business Development at SourceFire; Dave Merkel, former CTO of Mandiant and FireEye; and Todd Headley, former CFO of SourceFire.
PFP has been covered by media (e.g., Forbes, MIT Technical Review, Bloomberg, Dark Reading, etc.). Gartner has selected PFP as a 2015 Cool Vendor. PFP has been awarded the SINET16, the top 16 cyber security innovator award in 2015 and 2016. Lux Research highlighted PFP as a top 10 innovative company with a strong positive rating for connected objects and platforms. For more information, please visit: http://www.pfpcyber.com/
