Trend Microsystems, a US-Japanese anti-virus and internet
content security company, announced yesterday that it has been
awarded a patent for technology which manages the security risks of
applications downloaded from the web, including Java applets and
Active X controls.
The multi-tiered technology involves server-based scanning and
malicious code filtering at the internet gateway, followed when
necessary by real-time behaviour analysis at the client browser. In
that final step, a suspect application is wrapped in security
monitoring code, which causes it to terminate immediately upon any
forbidden behaviour.
Trend Microsystems’ Chief Technology Officer Eva Chiang stated
“Ensuring the safety of Java applets and other mobile code is an
important part of internet security…With the nature of viruses and
other security threats constantly evolving, we certainly can't
afford to stand still.”
