Top Layer

Top Layer IPS™ (Intrusion Prevention System) delivers the most comprehensive network protection compared to other IPS products. The Top Layer IPS solution comprises (i) an in-line, transparent network appliance, (ii) Network Security Analyzer Software, a powerful real-time security event manager, (iii) IPS Controller software, a centralized management module for multi-device deployments and (iv) TopResponse™, a comprehensive threat update service together with (v) Hardware and software support & maintenance.

Top Layer IPS Appliance

Top Layer's IPS appliances scale in performance from 300Mbit/sec to 4.4Gbit/sec. With Top Layer's ProtectionCluster™ capabilities, up to 8 IPS appliances can be interconnected to deliver the highest performance in the industry, as well as providing transparent high-availability capabilities. The Top Layer IPS can be deployed in a variety of modes, including detection-only, pre-emptive blocking or a combination of both. The Top Layer IPS detection/protection capabilities use an integrated three dimensional approach to perform thousands of inspections on each packet to filter out any malicious traffic.

  • Stops exploits of critical vulnerabilities
  • Keeps Spyware, viruses, botnet programs and other
    malware out of the network
  • Thwarts advanced hybrid and application level attacks
  • Provides P2P security
  • Protects VoIP infrastructure
  • Blocks DDoS and botnet-based attacks
  • Prevents undesired access

 

New Protection Processor Engine - Unlike other IPS approaches, the Top Layer IPS uses a state-of-the-art, multi-tiered "Protection Processor Architecture" that couples our industry-proven protocol validation modules with a new set of data validation modules that inspect file content regardless of the protocol over which the files are being transported. This approach requires fewer filters which means we can deliver new protection more quickly while dramatically reducing the incidence of false positives compared to other IPS technologies.
Real-Time Incident Response - The Top Layer IPS has a built-in intrusion response engine that displays security events in real-time. The rich drill-down capabilities can be used to identify attackers, victims and the types of attack.

Reliability - The IPS appliance has seamless fail-over, hot swappable power supplies and fans and no rotating media or chip fans, making it the IPS with the longest MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) rating in the industry at 11+years.

Network Security Analyzer (NSA) Software

Top Layer's NSA provides essential security intelligence to help identify and understand hacker, virus and SPAM/spyware behavior, security breaches and unauthorized access to sensitive information. Armed with this intelligence, organizations are easily able to combat security threats and meet compliance auditing requirements. The powerful capabilities can be expanded beyond the events collected by the IPS appliances, in fact NSA can be upgraded to automatically collect and correlate event data from a variety of multi-vendor network and security devices.

IPS Controller Software

Top Layer's IPS Controller is used to configure and manage multiple Top Layer IPS appliances. The IPS Controller replicates the user interface of the IPS appliance and can show aggregated data from any combination of deployed IPS appliances, including high-availability clusters. Like the IPS appliance, the IPS Controller provides real-time data and drill-down capabilities. Editing configurations is intuitive and applying new TopResponse protection packs across the entire IPS appliance infrastructure couldn't be easier.

TopResponse™ Threat Update Service

Top Layer's TopResponse threat update service is an integral part of the IPS solution. TopResponse is a subscription service that delivers frequent protection pack updates and security advisories created by Top Layer's Security Active Response Team. Protection packs typically include data about badly behaving IP addresses collected from thousands of sensors throughout the Internet, as well as updated vulnerability and attack signatures. Security advisories, an important aspect of the TopResponse service, inform customers of newly discovered threats, recommend any actions that might be necessary to obtain protection against the threat, or assure customers that they've already received true zero-day protection, and need take no further action.