"Typically, we can stop an attack within five messages sent by an infected client."
FaceTime, a Foster City, Calif.-based IM security firm, is so sure that its behavioral-based defense will stop attacks that it issued a "Worm Free Guarantee" on Tuesday as it launched IMAuditor 6.5, saying that it would compensate customers "upon a single instance of an IM worm propagating in the customer's environment."
"Even a short 'window of vulnerability' for IM based attacks is unacceptable," said Kailash Ambwani, FaceTime's chief executive, in a statement announcing the guarantee. "Enterprise organizations require a solution that prevents new infections before they start."
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
