Actiance Security Labs maintains the popular SpywareGuide.com
site. SpywareGuide.com is the
leading public reference site for spyware research, providing details
about spyware and adware applications, their known variants, and their
behavior through an extensive and continually updated database. The site
also offers a wealth of information to enable both IT professionals and
home computer users to educate themselves on the problems and risks
associated with spyware.
Actiance Security Labs is the industry's largest research team dedicated
to the collection, analysis, understanding, and management of threats
generated through the intentional or accidental use of greynet
applications
such as spyware, adware, P2P file sharing networks, IRC, and instant
messaging. With facilities in the United States (West Virginia and
California), the United Kingdom, and India, Actiance Security Labs
employs dozens of dedicated researchers and supports a global community
of concerned individuals who contribute their own experiences to the
research effort.
Actiance Security Labs provides the foundation for complete instant
messaging security and spyware prevention strategy, delivering detailed
information about known threats that enable organizations to:
Block P2P network use that could breach corporate security
policy
Prevent spyware from being accidentally or intentionally
downloaded by users
Secure instant messaging against worms, Trojans, malware and
rootkits
Remain in compliance with data privacy and information security
legislation
The Labs also power the patent-pending inoculation and targeted
remediation capabilities that keep clients spyware-free.
Actiance Security Labs provides the foundation for Actiance's
Defense-in-Depth spyware prevention strategy
, delivering detailed information about known threats that
enable the blocking of spyware distribution sites as well as powering
the patent-pending inoculation and targeted remediation capabilities
that keep clients spyware-free.
Keeping you protected 24-7
Actiance's spyware research base is the result of seven years' working
with customers to identify and address problems associated with greynet
applications. Every instance reported by a customer is analyzed by the
team and incorporated as appropriate into the company's spyware
database, enabling every customer to immediately take advantage of new
detection and remediation through automated updates.
By combining analysis of all greynet applications from IM to P2P to
spyware, the Actiance Security Labs team is uniquely well-equipped to
provide organizations with the information they need to make informed
choices about application behavior that will and will not be tolerated
on their networks.
SpywareGuide.com was acquired by Actiance Communications in the spring
of 2005. From the outset it was Actiance's desire to keep
SpywareGuide.com, its community and expert team intact with the primary
mission to study and document the spyware and adware landscape in an
objective fashion.
